Example sentences of "of [noun] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Additionally , confidence can be useful for certain types of secrets for which other rights are inappropriate such as the recipe for Coca-Cola or a secret research technique or industrial process . |
2 | Any further attempt to violate the principle of statehood by the new Northern-led leadership , it could be presumed , is unlikely to succeed — indeed , in certain circumstances could result in a reduction of support for their Northern campaigns . |
3 | President Mengistu Haile Mariam , in a nationally broadcast speech in Addis Ababa on March 5 , put forward proposals for far-reaching economic liberalization , accompanied by political changes to broaden the basis of support for his beleaguered regime . |
4 | He then gave a couple of reasons for his spectacular performance , which included 11 birdies . |
5 | Mr Evans came under attack in yesterday 's report of the official Jockey Club inquiry for standing too close to the starting line , and thus being primarily concerned with escaping the thunder of dozens of pairs of hooves for his own safety , rather than waving his flag . |
6 | She will be working on a wide range of projects for our expanding activities in savoury food ingredients . |
7 | They had time for their economic activities and were free to choose the form of payment for their other work . |
8 | This part can then be positioned within another space by defining its six degrees of freedom for its rigid body motion ( three of translation and three of rotation ) . |
9 | Spain and Portugal wanted the unified EC market of 1993 to retain measures of protection for their domestic producers ( in the Canaries and the Madeiras respectively ) from the cheaper Latin American product . |
10 | She and Madeleine would make a fine pair of concubines for his personal pleasure . |
11 | It has long been established in England and Wales that the schools should have the fullest possible measure of responsibility for their own work , including responsibility for their own curriculum and teaching methods which should be evolved by their own staff to meet the needs of their own pupils . |
12 | As men expanded the field of responsibility for their own existence , the field formerly assigned to Providence , in the traditional sense , contracted . |
13 | Page references have been included in this file as , a/though pub have covered indexes in their information skills course , this was of the first occasions when they were asked to take much of responsibility for their own project . |
14 | In keeping with its standing as an independent body with a built-in majority of teachers , the Council was committed to the thesis that ‘ each school should have the fullest measure of responsibility for its own curriculum and teaching methods based on the needs of its own pupils and evolved by its own staff ’ . |
15 | Still , most of us were glad to be relieved of responsibility for our failing learners for a few months . |
16 | Remove the lens cap only when shooting , and fit a plain glass or polaroid filter over the lens to provide a first line of defence for its delicate surface . |
17 | A contributory factor in their campaigns to secure charters was that the peasants who grew the vines around the outskirts of the town found arbitrary and unpredictable seigneurial exactions an intolerable burden on a form of agriculture for which long-term planning was essential . |
18 | The last ten years have seen the beginnings of a trend away from the study of objects for their own sake , stimulated partly by the discovery and excavation of settlement sites which have encouraged the formulation of a new range of questions ; the nature of and change in human societies have replaced the barren side of the artefacts . |
19 | Table 4.3 shows at a glance the magnitude of flows for which various classes of NBFI were responsible in 1987 . |
20 | He wondered if his Mum had fixed on the wallpaper with the Birds of Paradise for his new room . |
21 | Geoff says : ‘ Eddie 's cool , calm and collected approach still amazes me , and I 'm full of admiration for his flying skills — for which I will be eternally grateful ! ’ |
22 | But although Ralph 's business is being hit by the dispute , he has a certain amount of sympathy for his French counterparts . |
23 | The personal allowance must be ring-fenced to ensure that people in residential care can have a small amount of money for their personal needs . |
24 | Simmel recognizes , however , that this particular variety of means has a tendency to become an end , as with the accumulation of money for its own sake . |
25 | The formula sets an amount for maintenance ( based upon income support rates ) , allows the absent parent an amount of money for his personal needs ( again set by income support rates and also including reasonable housing costs ) , and then requires the absent parent to pay half of his remaining income in child support . |
26 | He knows better than that , and anyway he is rumoured to be paying the Italian genius a lot of money for his one-box design vision that forms part of BMW 's long-rumoured MPV programme . |
27 | It was the widow 's custom to leave a jug of milk for them each night after milking , she gave it as a gift in thanks , she said , for their support of an unfortunate woman on her own . |
28 | As I said on Second Reading , there is an explosion of opportunity for our young people . |
29 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton ( Dr. Twinn ) and , indeed , to the hon. Member for Birmingham , Erdington ( Mr. Corbett ) and all Members of Parliament for their continued interest in the matter . |
30 | As the Member of Parliament for my former constituency , I represented the town of Troon , a very Tory town that had more millionaires per head of population than any other area in the United Kingdom . |