Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [noun pl] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quasi-market was therefore an attempt to expose providers to competitive tests of cost-effectiveness and quality while retaining safeguards for the consumer . |
| 2 | The second main emphasis of Callinicos ' critique is aimed at the philosophy most frequently regarded as underpinning claims for the distinction of a postmodern culture , viz. poststructuralism . |
| 3 | Now , however , the mounting body of research has reinstated horse behaviour as interesting per se , as well as providing guidelines for the welfare and handling of domestic horses . |
| 4 | When evaluating expressions for the Weyl tensor , it is convenient to use the coordinates and defined by ( 10.10 ) ( it may be noticed that these differ from those used by Ferrari and Ibañez ) . |
| 5 | One thing to watch for when buying herbs for the border ; there are now garden forms of many herbs , or garden species grown in preference to the true herb . |
| 6 | Although there have been some famous poets who occupied this chair ( for example Matthew Arnold and W. H. Auden ) , it has much more commonly been occupied by dons ; and the point at issue when choosing candidates for the Chair of Poetry has very seldom been their views about the subject on which they are supposed to lecture , still less their competence to do so . |
| 7 | The 1980 Education Act , which extended parental choice of schools , was seen as creating pressures for the raising of academic standards . |
| 8 | He said that the land was given in 1962 as a charitable gift by Mr Ina Clayton , a metal merchant , to be used ‘ solely ’ as playing fields for the benefit of local inhabitants . |
| 9 | As well as setting targets for the growth of money supply , it also gave targets for the PSBR as a percentage of GDP . |