Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exemption will not apply to a mere agreement for the sale of specific assets or where the vendor is disposing of only part of his interest in the business . |
| 2 | The Government 's commitment to the coal industry has been clear over the past 10 years or more ; they have also shown their commitment to a successful future for the industry . |
| 3 | At a meeting in Pretoria on April 21 , South Africa and five of the nine members of the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference ( SADCC ) agreed to a joint project for the importation and movement of grain . |
| 4 | In 1898 , having since 1871 styled himself ‘ electrical engineer ’ , he was elected an honorary member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers , and the following year contributed the sum of £1,500 to a benevolent fund for the benefit of their members . |
| 5 | prior to the next meeting of the Highways Committee before any decision is taken with regard to a preferred route for the Brandon bypass . |
| 6 | He commanded a hired merchantman in the summer of 1650 , serving under his brother , and was appointed to a fourth-rate warship for the following winter guard . |
| 7 | Thus the death in 1751 of the Prince of Wales , who had long been on bad terms with his father , led to a virtual collapse for the time being of all political opposition . |
| 8 | How kind of you , ’ said Felicity and they agreed to a tentative appointment for the following morning . |
| 9 | Most difficult to resolve in the struggle for jurisdiction over clerks who were charged with crimes was whether they could be tried twice , as clause three of the royal Constitutions of Clarendon ( 1164 ) outlined , first in the king 's court and then in the church court , and whether , if found guilty , they should be handed over to a civil court for the passing of the sentence . |
| 10 | This conference has initiated a process of community discussion which we hope will lead to a coherent strategy for the economic development of West Belfast . ’ |
| 11 | A Punjabi speaking volunteer was suggested to sit in , but this was not acceptable as the family did not want to commit themselves to a regular time for the volunteer to call . |
| 12 | Features that have been attached to FRNs include floors ( the coupon can not fall below a minimum rate ) , caps ( the coupon can not rise above a maximum rate ) , droplocks ( if the coupon falls below a certain minimum the FRN converts to a fixed-rate instrument for the remainder of its life ) , convertibility ( into a fixed-rate instrument at the option of the issuer or investor ) , callability , and a sinking or purchase fund . |
| 13 | For the low risk junctions , however , this result appears to be completely reversed , the high risk exemplars have a slightly lower number of hits than the less risky ones and considerably more false alarms , this corresponds to a higher P(A) for the least risky exemplars . |
| 14 | But in many cases , increased security measures simply lead to a greater thrill for the would-be shoplifters creating the opposite of the desired effect as thieves become more determined to steal . |
| 15 | The Company is intent on maximising its potential and feels it is now set to further sales from 1991 which with revenue from other sources , point to a good year for the Company as a whole . |
| 16 | After a run of say five or six seconds , press the button again to stop the machine on record-pause while you move to a new position for the next shot — this might include both the house and part of the garden . |
| 17 | Within the central bureaucracy , sympathy for reform was growing , and traditional high-handedness was giving way to a new respect for the law . |
| 18 | Air pollution in the Thai capital of Bangkok has reached the point where it is " a serious threat to public health " , killing 1,400 per year , according to a new report for the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) , Ranking Environmental Health Risks in Bangkok . |
| 19 | The expression " New Deal " was first used by Roosevelt in his speech accepting the Democratic Party nomination as its presidential candidate in July 1932 , when he said " I pledge you , I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people . " |
| 20 | There was no guarantee that it would lead to a new deal for the industry nor that , even as a compromise , it would hold against the tensions of a situation in which one side at least seemed determined to continue on a collision course . |
| 21 | President Bush says the world must look beyond the Gulf crisis to a new deal for the Middle East , and he 's hinting that an Iraqi pull out from Kuwait could lead to an end to the conflict between the Arabs and Israel . |
| 22 | patients with acute watery diarrhoea presenting to the hospital Emergency Service were admitted to a metabolic ward for the study . |
| 23 | In the absence of a firm formula , the parties will either tie themselves to a fixed price for the duration of the agreement ( which is clearly usually undesirable ) or else have to provide an agreement with a shorter duration , but with an option of renewal if new prices can be agreed . |
| 24 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
| 25 | Eastern winds have brought what had been fair sport back to a normal level for the time of year . |
| 26 | Initially the quantity expected to be eaten should be very small and gradually the amount increased up to a normal portion for the age of the child . |
| 27 | Software designers will never agree to a standard format for the data in their programs so instead there has to be another piece of software that will bundle the information into a standard format to enable it to be transmitted to another computer . |
| 28 | He would adapt his style according to the commission , returning , for example , in 1949 to a neo-romantic style for the Grey Walls Press anthology , New Road , or adopting a dryer , more factual approach for his portraits of Karl Rankl , Marjorie Shires , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , drawings reproduced in the April 1950 issue of Opera . |
| 29 | Similarly , the court has implied the grant of a right of way , solely for the purpose of a rent review , in order that the rent review clause should have a practical effect ( Jefferies v O " Neill ( 1983 ) 269 EG 131 ) and has enlarged a definition of " lessor " in a lease in order to give effect to a general scheme for the maintenance of a building and the recovery of a service charge ( Adelphi ( Estates ) Ltd v Christie ( 1983 ) 269 EG 221 ) . |
| 30 | As this is ’ Youth and Parliament ’ day , led by the British Youth Council , would my right hon. Friend recognise the importance of investing in the young , overcoming unnecessary disadvantages such as handicap , and giving them the opportunity to contribute fully to a better future for the country ? |