Example sentences of "[noun prp] for the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hayes and Garvin ( 1982 ) , for example , went so far as to blame the growing use of DCF for the relative decline in the performance of Western businesses . |
| 2 | Should not the Government , in the last few days of their existence , bring to bear upon the Iranian Government the utter condemnation that is felt by the people of the United Kingdom for the disgraceful action in imposing a death threat on a British citizen in the capital of the United Kingdom ? |
| 3 | The experiment , known as the Isotropic Lead Experiment , involved substituting a special isotope of lead mined at Broken Hill in New south Wales , Australia for the normal additive in all petrol sold in the area . |
| 4 | Flanagan began the big Bangor revival , winning the Ulster Cup and taking the club into Europe for the only time in their history as League runners-up two years ago . |
| 5 | The statement added the IAAF had stressed the serious problems that could arise from interference by civil courts , and such interference posed a grave risk and could ‘ create serious damage to major sports everywhere , particularly in the US for the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 . ’ . |
| 6 | The Emir Bashir the Third , who ruled Mount Lebanon for the Sublime Porte in Istanbul , had been unable to contain the bitter disputes which had broken out between the two communities . |
| 7 | While Jim Wells was in Castlewellan for the banned parade in June 1985 , he preferred to negotiate with the RUC rather than be arrested like Foster and Graham or , like Smyth , lie down in front of a Landrover . |
| 8 | The provisions made by Edward III for his large family are celebrated , culminating in his creation of a principality of Aquitaine for the Black Prince in 1362 . |
| 9 | The 39-year-old , on what he insists is his last tour , re-asserted his intention to return home at the end of the India leg on 6 March — rather than go , after all , to Sri Lanka for the final fortnight in an effort to help restore confidence and belief to his side . |
| 10 | SCOTLAND captain David Sole has given short shrift to anyone who has blamed Martin Bayfield and Tim Rodber for the drastic change in Scottish scrummaging fortunes between the World Cup semi-final and the Five Nations opener , when his side scored their first pushover try against England for donkey 's years , despite losing by a record score . |
| 11 | She credits the Crystal Palace built by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition in 1851 as the inspiration for later conservatories and ‘ the whole future of growing plants indoors ’ . |
| 12 | The advance was a direct snub for America , which hours earlier had criticised Serbian paramilitaries and the regime in neighbouring Serbia for the escalating conflict in Bosnia . |