Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April of the same year it was clear from the interim report of the committee that recommendations would be proposed whereby building development would be controlled throughout the country and that compensation for the public acquisition of land would be set at the standard of 31 March 1939 . |
| 2 | The opposition of Scipio Nasica to the destruction of Carthage figures so prominently in this account by Diodorus — and therefore by Posidonius — because he was thought to have foreseen the possibility of civil war in Rome if Carthage were to be eliminated : " but once the rival city was destroyed , it was only too evident that there would be civil war at home and that hatred for the governing power would spring up among all the allies because of the rapacity and lawlessness to which the Roman magistrates would subject them " ( 34.33.5 transl . |
| 3 | But what of immediate realities and possible action for the present back in the workplace ? |
| 4 | In its strategy for continuing education provision for qualified nurses in Scotland , the Scottish National Board for Nursing , Midwifery and Health Visiting accepts in principle the recommendations of a working party on continuing education and professional development for the three professions which reported in 1981 . |
| 5 | And for the benefit of those readers who are persuaded by his arguments ( and those who are not , too ) , may I refer you to a letter from Simon Kyte appealing for financial and professional help for the Humanitarian Appeal for Victims of the Yugoslav Civil War . |
| 6 | Wearing a woollen pixie hat above his bright red beard , he loudly and uninterruptedly belched and farted his way up and down Moel Hebog with a cheery smile and complete disregard for the appalled looks which followed his thundering progress . |
| 7 | The great problem now is to find a versatile and economic replacement for the ageing BN3 . |
| 8 | In March 1986 a BBC monitor report told of demonstrations in Tehran by students and others , ostensibly Gulf Arab nationals , protesting against Kuwaiti and Saudi support for the Iraqi war effort . |
| 9 | It was recalled that when the Community Charge was introduced and differential rating for the rural areas of the borough ceased , to compensate the rural areas the Borough Council undertook to pay Parish Clerks ' salaries and to be responsible for the maintenance of playing fields . |
| 10 | Transport Studies : Transport systems planning and evaluation ; Development and application of expert systems in multi-modal transport ; Vehicle routing and navigation ; Discrete event studies within multi-modal transport ; Cost benefit analysis particularly in conjunction with road transport ; Cellular radio and freight distribution ; Integration of para-transit and public transport ; Community and public transport for the handicapped and elderly ; Socio-economic evaluation of road proposals ; Transport network analysis with respect to the Channel Tunnel ; Peripherality and the Single European Market ; Rural and urban accessibility studies of public transport ; Freight origin/destination patterns ; Modern urban transport technology assessment studies ; Co-ordinated public transport planning ; Personal mobility with particular emphasis on disabled people . |
| 11 | Relatively weak primary and community based health and social care , and a deficiency of nursing homes and residential care for the elderly |
| 12 | In the first instance it stemmed from an understandable utilization of familiar forms to furnish a reassuring and acceptable face for the new means of locomotion and thus allay the fears of travellers for whom speed was a new and potentially alarming phenomenon . |
| 13 | Lang confirmed that a report due to be produced soon by a Scottish Office-COSLA working party on the internal management of councils is likely to include initiatives like American-style elector mayors and cabinet-style management for the new authorities . |
| 14 | If Dr Runcie sees self-interest , self-righteousness and an intolerant and uncharitable disregard for the unsuccessful and the unemployed , it is not merely his right but his duty to speak out . |
| 15 | There is not space to enumerate all his works which arose from such associations , but The Battle of Tewkesbury for voices and instrumental ensemble for the 1971 Tewkesbury Festival and Henry Purcell for counter-tenor , clarino obbligato and strings for Alfred Deller and Stour Music ( 1971 ) , the Jubilate for Charlton Kings Choral Society ( 1979 ) , the Scherzo for piano and orchestra for Douglas Smith and the Cheltenham Sunday Players , the moving Concerto for trumpet and strings in memory of Bernard Brown ( 1976 ) , and the Cantate Domino in memory of John Clough ( 1978 ) are all interesting examples that deserve to be heard again . |
| 16 | Built for defence and coolness in a hot climate , the old town was a compact and charming maze for the modern tourist . |
| 17 | He succeeded in winning Stansfield 's confidence and in stamping his personal authority on all areas of the new department , including Simon 's , by intercepting correspondence and seizing responsibility for the smallest details of policy . |
| 18 | Portugal also provided humanitarian and logistical support for the multinational force . |
| 19 | Malcolmson has shown that fairs had special significance in terms of courtship and sexual activity for the young as well as allowing participants the chance of winning status and prestige among their peers . |
| 20 | No matter which coach you went on in the old days ( and the Brightside and Carbrook Co-op ones were the best ) there was always a shilling sweep for the biggest fish and another shilling for the best roach . |
| 21 | The policy and resources committee , after a fierce debate yesterday , endorsed plans to axe special exemptions in Skinnergate and High Row for the orange badge users . |
| 22 | The relationship between society and the state has been a central concern of western political and social thought for the last four hundred years , one crucially bound up with attempts to understand and evaluate the character of new social , political , economic and intellectual forms associated with the development of a capitalist world economy . |
| 23 | It also drove the response of early Thatcher governments to health and social care for the elderly . |
| 24 | Little attention has been given to the relationship between mental and social class for the older age groups . |
| 25 | The reformers established a succession of central bodies claiming national leadership and co-ordination of the cause and adjacent to political power in London ; the Abolition Committee ( 1787 ) , the African Institution ( 1807 ) , the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Dominions ( the Anti-Slavery Society , 1823 ) , the British and Foreign Society for the Universal Abolition of Negro Slavery and the Slave Trade ( the successor to the Agency committee from 1834 ) , the Central Negro Emancipation Committee ( 1837 ) and the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ( 1839 ) . |
| 26 | By contrast members of that younger and more ‘ populist ’ group of abolitionists envisaged addressing the universal abolition of slavery through the British and Foreign Society for the Universal Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade — reorganised from the Agency in March 1834 — and more permanently with the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ( BFASS ) . |
| 27 | In the interim , she adds , NIH has scheduled training on sexual discrimination and cultural awareness for the entire division . |
| 28 | Thanks to the constant assistance of the Soviet Union and the selfless labour of the Korean people in the restoration of their country on a democratic basis , the Northern part of our Republic has developed into a powerful military , political , economic and cultural base for the democratic development of the whole country , and has considerably raised the level of material and cultural life of the people of our young Republic . |
| 29 | While there he tried to form the Labour Church Settlement , a community to function as a centre of intellectual and cultural life for the surviving Labour churches . |
| 30 | In his softly spoken New Zealand accent he says ‘ It 's the biggest and the most influential monastery in the area and is very much regarded as a religious and cultural centre for the local people . |