Example sentences of "of [verb] for the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In tackling the serious problem of rural poverty , the Kenyan Government has advocated a Basic Needs approach to development and the research focuses on the ability of the schemes to improve standards of living for the rural poor . |
| 2 | As a result of the introduction of machines and the growth of markets , relatively unrestricted by government , the standard of living for the average British person — judged in terms of food , clothing , shelter , health , life expectancy , infant mortality , education and material possessions — increased on an unprecedented scale over these years . |
| 3 | The profit-seeking firm faces the difficult task of searching for the appropriate profit-maximising output and profit margin . |
| 4 | And the only thing is that finally after three months of waiting for the received all their medals and things for so it can go ahead . |
| 5 | The difficulty of accounting for the historical demographic transition by conventional economic measures ( Cleland and Wilson 1987 ) , and the fall of fertility even in some Third World countries with little economic progress today ( Cleland 1985 ) , has revived interest in non-material motivations for childbearing . |
| 6 | In July 1936 he gathered in his palace at Bishopthorpe a select team of ten for the purpose of preparing for the coming ecumenical conference . |
| 7 | The rhetoric of Idealism , as proclaimed by , for example , Sadler , Urwick , and Haldane , gave intellectual credence to their views on the importance of educating for the new democratic age , as they perceived it , especially after 1918 . |
| 8 | Some people may feel that Rawls ' original position is already a description of a process of compromise , of settling for the second best . |
| 9 | Wirral Association for Disability starts the scheme to take the strain out of shopping for the disabled next March . |