Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larger businesses showed little enthusiasm for the scheme when it was first announced in January . |
| 2 | Common-sense observers have long noted this ‘ mellowing ’ , yet it is only recently that empirical data have demonstrated that concern for relationships does on average increase , that concern for stability and structure also increases , and that enthusiasm for the radical or the different is replaced by conservative views of the world . |
| 3 | So , in the short term I see little hope for the newcomer or success for the organic smallholder . |
| 4 | Beyond these specific studies there is little support for the view that the domestic theme in women 's general situation has been substantially muted over recent decades . |
| 5 | The boy showed little talent for the business and hardly earned the £2 10s Mr Marshall paid him at the end of the week . |
| 6 | So when I 'm knitting I will add a stitch each side for the seam if necessary , so that I do n't lose any of the pattern . |
| 7 | The overall conclusion of the AD paper is that there is some support for the proposition that monetary growth affects real output only if it is unpredictable , and that the impact on output of unpredictable monetary growth declines the more unpredictable monetary growth becomes . |
| 8 | There is some support for the proposition that such a loan , if made to a person fully capable of repaying the same and , for instance , charged against property in the United Kingdom , gives the taxpayer minimal benefit from the case of O " Leary v McKinlay [ 1991 ] STC 42 where Vinelott J at p51 , dealing with a Schedule E beneficial loan , stated the following : If an employer lends money to an employee free of interest or at a favourable rate of interest and if the employee is free to exploit the money in any manner he chooses his employment can not be said to have been the source of the income derived from the exploitation ; the employer is the source of the money and the taxpayer is assessable to tax under Sch E on the benefit to him of obtaining the loan on the terms on which the loan was made ; but if the loan is repayable on demand that benefit can not be quantified and form the basis of an assessment under Sch E. It is arguable if property is held by a non-resident trust for A for life and B absolutely that if the trustees lend money to A at interest then if A allows the trustees not to pursue him in his capacity as borrower for the interest that no benefit will arise . |
| 9 | In the data there is some support for the notion that certain matters such as child care and support for elderly people are regarded as women 's business in families , while men 's business is money ; but it would be too crude to assume that this simple division of responsibilities could explain all the gender differences which occur in kin support . |
| 10 | Some support for the notion that there are ways of marking the boundaries of ‘ speech paragraphs ’ can be found in a common practice of people who are asked to read pieces of written text aloud . |
| 11 | Investigations conducted among more recent groups of émigrés suffer from the fact that such groups have been disproportionately Jewish ; there has nevertheless been some support for the view that nationality is not a ‘ primordial ’ attachment and that its political importance is likely to depend on situational factors such as the degree of competition for employment opportunities . |
| 12 | It is only common sense that an interviewer will be interested in a candidate who actually shows some enthusiasm for the job and the firm . |
| 13 | However , dealing with local agents is another worry for the expatriate and so some employers manage the expatriate 's affairs in the UK during an absence overseas by paying the mortgage and rates when the home is empty or when the rent achievable does not cover the outgoings . |
| 14 | By the time you 've bought them some cigarettes and given them some money for the pub and said well if there er and the car has n't got any petrol so you pay for ten pounds worth of petrol . |
| 15 | Finn left some money for the tea and coffee on the table , then fed change into the cigarette machine and pulled a packet out . |
| 16 | Instead , the work should consider what has culturally negotiated this experience for the artist and for other women whose personal experiences so closely echo her own . |
| 17 | But there 's another blow for the Queen as Elizabeth plunges to 18th place . |
| 18 | This is still some disadvantage for the acquirer because it is more difficult to gain agreement to a change made subsequently than to a provision included in the first draft . |
| 19 | A major difficulty with this criterion for the acceptance and rejection of research programmes is associated with the time factor . |
| 20 | This was some compensation for the fact that she was almost certainly no better at the piano . |
| 21 | So they 're saying this is an ex gratia payment in other words they 're offering you that payment as er some compensation for the fact that you 've losing your job . |
| 22 | Alternatively , he might prefer to hold the other party to the contract but would like some compensation for the breach and if the breach concerns a minor term this is usually the better solution . |
| 23 | They were only too used to the need for chivvying insouciant students into beginning some work for the module as deadlines approached . |
| 24 | The court must consider appointing as guardian anyone who has previously acted in this capacity for the child but is not obliged to re-appoint . |
| 25 | The extra complexity of the second hypothesis may seem a good reason for preferring the first , but in fact any theory of latent inhibition will need to find some place for the idea that associability can change if it is to accommodate the chief conclusions to emerge from Chapter 3 . |
| 26 | And the writer can only conjure up this gift for the reader if he/she is prepared , first of all , to write plainly what he/she believes to be true , rather than fall for the surface sweetmeats which seem to satisfy but which , like sugar , leave the reader hungry minutes later . |
| 27 | I did n't expect to see her again until late on Monday — I went off to do some walking for the weekend and was taking an extra day . |
| 28 | As the Men carried Minch away Creggan looked desperately about him as if to seek out some inspiration for the action and sign of hope that her final words had seemed to wish to invoke . |
| 29 | The American view of neutralisation in the Third World will continue to determine the efficacy of this concept for the resolution or limitation of conflict as much if not more than the Soviet view . |
| 30 | It depends upon the precise accuracy of some observations made in 1715 under the direction of Sir Edmond Halley , later Astronomer Royal and known to this day for the comet that bears his name . |