Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus support for families who are helping to care for an elderly frail relative was built into the activities planned for social service departments from the beginning . |
| 2 | The activities required for successful operation of the EPH were known , and , based on the acquired knowledge of the EPH environment , those activities that were suitable for computer support could , in consultation with the client , be identified with reasonable accuracy . |
| 3 | And typically the forms used for such display are versions of the cultural forms adopted and displayed by the ruling classes . |
| 4 | The shareholders applied for judicial review of the decision and the Court had ordered a reference to the European Court of Justice for a ruling on the proper construction of Art 15 of Council Directive 79/279/EEC . |
| 5 | The clinics operated for short office hours on only one or two days a week and were not staffed to cope with disturbed and upset people who required help in a crisis . |
| 6 | The Germans argued for increased centralization in order to fight the empire . |
| 7 | The proposals made for guaranteed work by the House of Commons Select Committee on Employment are also relevant to any scheme of providing a bridging mechanism between training on the one hand and permanent employment in the labour market on the other ( Special Employment Measures and the Long-term Unemployed , House of Commons Paper 99 , 1986 ) . |
| 8 | The Russians plead for sympathetic consideration . |
| 9 | Whereas the Chinese would take only clear amber and the Dutch had a preference for it , the Russians went for cloudy amber . |
| 10 | So it is essential to memorise your line of ascent as far as is possible , piecing together its major features and landmarks , even the times taken for each section , so as to smooth your downward passage . |
| 11 | For example , those responsible for the labour budget will know the hours required for forthcoming period and can therefore plan to ensure this requirement is available . |
| 12 | Social mobility , the prospect of rising incomes and independent control of their working lives are the rewards offered for competitive individualism . |
| 13 | The other is to add together all the personnel costs for each kind of worker from the original job advertisement through to the retirement or redundancy payments . |
| 14 | The two worlds of ‘ work ’ and ‘ non-work ’ are separate but far from independent , and the rules established for one impact on the other . |
| 15 | The rules needed for this type of parser are difficult to develop for a large grammar . |
| 16 | Among the reasons given for this conclusion were that the system imposes long delays in obtaining foreign exchange for essential imports , thus putting a brake on exports ; that the rate of exchange was not adjusted sufficiently ; and that in the absence of retention rights the exporters had lost their motivation for exporting . |
| 17 | The reasons advanced for this failure in the " statement " of 1904 were " the difficulties which female organisers have had to contend with in other trades — apathy and lack of support " . |
| 18 | With no might duty neighbourhood police usually avoid loitering youths , drunks , and other might people , something which at least one complained about , leaving these categories to the section or reserve police who possess in less proportion the skills required for effective community policing . |
| 19 | The skills required for proficient reading take time to acquire . |
| 20 | Craft activities — weaving , pottery , printing , painting , woodwork , metalwork and so forth — may be offered for attenders but are only modestly popular , and increasingly units are focusing on developing the skills required for ordinary life , such as shopping and cooking , and on some forms of regular task-oriented activity which mimic the skills required for work , such as operating a computer keyboard . |
| 21 | The skills acquired from rigid planning are different in degree but not in kind from the skills required for flexible planning . |
| 22 | S1 and S2 pupils follow a common course which is intended to introduce the subject and the skills required for further study . |
| 23 | No man is an island ; no smallholder can possibly find the time or produce all the skills needed for complete self-sufficiency . |
| 24 | The skills needed for this kind of work are almost certainly totally alien to the average businessman . |
| 25 | Actually , estimates for the ratio of public spending to National Income vary widely , depending on the definitions used for each item . |
| 26 | There was a small silence ; then Jennifer asked a question about one of the meetings listed for next week in the area . |
| 27 | The values recorded for each pixel are expressed on a scale of 0–63 , giving a requirement of six bits of computer storage per pixel . |
| 28 | The sick were provided with food and medicine , neighbours were paid to nurse them and in some cases the overseers paid for medical care by contract with a local practitioner , or patients might be sent to hospital . |
| 29 | The characteristics chosen for this analysis were selected to illustrate any visual correspondences that the instruments might or might not have with the Mercier portrait . |
| 30 | The principal aim of the Juvenile ‘ Rules ’ was to continue ‘ the supervision of the boy or girl , when placed , with a view to his or her further education , both technical and humanistic ’ and to bring to bear on the life of the adolescents ‘ all the influences making for industrial efficiency , for enlightened citizenship and self-realisation ’ . |