Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this implicitly assumes that the investor may be able to reinvest the dividend for the same return at a lower risk than the firm ( or for a higher return for the same risk ) which , given the asymmetry of information , can not be the case unless the firm itself has an inferior investment policy , in which case the investor would be advised to withdraw his or her investment from the firm completely . |
| 2 | But their strength as vehicles for practice or as a first amp for a budding shredder would be difficult to challenge . |
| 3 | In New Zealand it is still milked but is mainly used as a suckler for early-maturing calves , or as a terminal sire for easy calving in dairy herds , whereas in Australia it competes successfully in steer competitions , especially for home-frozen beef . |
| 4 | The conception and management of change in these organizations confirms the inadequacy of the structure-strategy paradigm either as a heuristic for understanding the process of innovatory change or as a prescriptive tool for enterprises searching for durable competitive advantage in volatile markets . |
| 5 | Whether the colleges saw the DipHE as a genuine alternative to existing provision , or as a structural device for redesigning their curriculum , is open to doubt . |
| 6 | So much so that last month saw the formation of a national body for abseilers and rappellers — the British Abseil Association , which aims to act as a focus for those interested solely in abseiling , whether as an adventure activity , competitively or as a sponsored activity for fund raising . |
| 7 | It can either be used as a ‘ black box ’ analyser with preprogrammed applications and automatic set-up for simple routine analysis , or as a sophisticated tool for application development . |
| 8 | Certainly for the launch of a new brand , or of a new campaign for an old brand , there can be little doubt that an initial burst pattern offers the best chance of building awareness among the target audience . |
| 9 | It is available smooth for spreading , or of a coarser texture for slicing when it may be heated before serving . |
| 10 | is that a person who acts as a representative of another is in a conflict of interest situation if , either at the time when he accepts appointment or subsequently while he acts as a representative , there is a material interest of his own or of a third person for whom he also acts , and the pursuit or protection of that interest would create a substantial risk that he may not act in the best way to pursue or protect the interest of the person he represents . |
| 11 | or with a specific letter for them saying you know welcome if you if you feel like it . |
| 12 | Another variety — the low-voltage miniature halogen lamp — is designed for use in a special fitting complete with a transformer and is excellent used on its own or with a miniature track for lighting objects and paintings , as is the new low-voltage halogen reflector lamp . |
| 13 | for proceeding to or from a public weighbridge for ascertaining its unladen weight or to or from any place for its registration or inspection by a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State ; |
| 14 | ( 2 ) Nothing in subsection ( 1 ) above shall prohibit or restrict : ( a ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor in any premises at any time within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours ; ( b ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours and was not supplied or taken away in an open vessel ; ( c ) the sale or supply to , or consumption by , any person of alcoholic liquor in any premises where he is residing ; ( d ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises by a person residing there ; ( e ) the supply of alcoholic liquor , in any premises , for consumption on those premises , to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by , and at the expense of , that person , or the consumption by such friends of alcoholic liquor so supplied to them ; the ordering of alcoholic liquor to be consumed off the premises or the despatch by the vendor of liquor so ordered ; ( g ) the supply of alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises to any private friends of the holder of the licence bona fide entertained by him at his own expense , or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by persons so supplied ; ( h ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor at a meal by any person at any time within half an hour after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if the liquor was supplied during the permitted hours and served at the same time as the meal and for consumption at the meal ; ( i ) the sale of alcoholic liquor to a trader for the purposes of his trade , or to a registered club for the purposes of the club ; or ( j ) the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to any canteen in which the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor is carried on under the authority of the Secretary of State or to any authorised mess of members of Her Majesty 's naval , military or air forces . |
| 15 | This is particularly true in this area where we have to compete with the Townswomen 's Guild which has a lower subscription and also with numerous Council-run activities , many of which are free or at a low cost for pensioners . |
| 16 | 1.3 A student may undertake a variety of Music Making modules at the same or at a different level for a combination of music categories . |
| 17 | This was frequently influenced by the fact that easily available building materials like turf or heather thatch were not long-lasting , or by a short-term need for housing in particular places , such as mining areas where the demand disappeared when the coal seam ran out . |
| 18 | The base Paradigm technology comes from software originally developed by Boeing for internal network management and as a strategic technology for the Computer Service Division 's commercial network business . |
| 19 | Doubts have recently arisen as to the value of miscue analysis , both in theory and as a viable practice for teachers ( see , for example , Potter 1980 ) . |
| 20 | The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance , comprising the USSR , Poland , the GDR , Hungary , Czechoslovakia , Romania and Bulgaria , was founded in 1949 as a diplomatic counterweight to the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation ( OEEC ) and as a multilateral forum for containing the effects of Titoism . |
| 21 | The main products now are artificial fertilisers and carbon dioxide which is sold to other industries , particularly to put the ‘ fizz ’ into drinks and as a cooling agent for nuclear power stations . |
| 22 | The VC2300 codec is to be marketed both for use in the VC5000 Series 2 rollabout videoconferencing system , and as a stand-alone unit for use by systems integrators and PTTs . |
| 23 | This is seen both as a device for testing the seriousness of the teacher and thus his/her attitudes to the pupils themselves , and as a retributive routine for dealing in an orderly fashion with what they construe as insulting or demeaning . |
| 24 | It may interest them that within the last few months the European parliament has agreed to press for a bill of rights for the citizens of Europe and for a written constitution for Europe . |
| 25 | The proposed constitution allowed for the election by universal suffrage of a president for a five-year term , renewable once only , and of a legislative assembly for a four-year term , and for the formation of a senate of 15 members , five from each main island , to be chosen by an electoral college for a term of six years . |
| 26 | But she continues with an account of the difficulties of linking theories of ‘ race ’ , class , and gender , and of disagreements between black feminists , and with a vague plea for white women , who can not share black female experience , to nevertheless ‘ identify with ’ it ( 1987 : 61 , 64 , 65 ) . |
| 27 | A man who liked to dress for every occasion … and with a fascinating taste for everything from Japanese culture to the history of the bicycle . |
| 28 | Reviewer Ron Rum said of their show at London 's Old Kent Road Ambulance Station : ‘ They play loud , fast , sharp and with a stringent discipline for guitar interplay which develops their sound into a splendid , if not technical , terse pop noise . ’ |
| 29 | The ideal pecuniary man is like the ideal delinquent in his unscrupulous conversion of goods and persons to his own ends , and in a callous disregard for the feelings and wishes of others and of the remoter effects of his actions . |
| 30 | John Main was a very minor figure in the politics of Inverkeithing , for he was not a councillor , but Main was influential in the hammermen 's trade , and in a contested election for deacon of the hammermen John Main 's vote carried the contest for Cunningham 's friend . |