Example sentences of "for [noun] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The case for foot rests on the presumed equivalence of contrast between foot and query , in 17 :
2 It 's been said although I would n't say it for myself that the lack of pressure for change stems from the Royal Family 's landholdings .
3 Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on .
4 ‘ The ideal milieu , ’ says the reply from the WCC , ‘ would be in a Third World country ( where ) the ‘ laboratory ’ for research lies at the very door-step of the academic institution .
5 Meanwhile , down the road in Skinnergate , Darlington the cellar bar at The Bowes was a popular venue for rock acts in the Seventies .
6 He had first reported to Donleavy on the use of counterfeit money for DEA stings during the 1987 season , after Dany Habib had produced a sample from his desk drawer , but it was soon clear from what he observed at Eurame that this , too , had become standard operating procedure in his absence .
7 Beccaria 's reputation for humanity comes from the famous sections that oppose the use of torture and of capital punishment .
8 The twice-weekly Carers and Toddlers Club for 1½–2½-year-olds concentrates on the visual arts ( collage , clay , drawing ) There are stories , too , for the eight children and parents .
9 These are the reasons why the discussion of economic policy during the election has been so trivial and impoverished , with so much fuss about how the budget deficit limits the scope for tax cuts on the one hand and expenditure increases on the other .
10 They began filling in forms for security passes at the little reception desk while a faded old man in a messenger 's uniform rang number after number to find out where the meeting was being held .
11 He is currently 114th , his reward for top-four finishes in the recent German and English Opens , and no fewer than 11 under-par rounds from four big tournaments during August .
12 To that end it has recently amended the European Commission 's proposals for the introduction of a licence system for art exports outside the European Community and a directive concerning the regulation of the return of works of art illegally removed from one member state to another .
13 ‘ Freedom from law ’ , however , was heady language for Gentile converts without the strong moral training provided by an orthodox Jewish family .
14 Ultimate responsibility for admissions lies with the Modular Course Co-ordinator , an academic working essentially full-time in a management role but retaining some involvement in teaching .
15 A comfortable chair for nanny stands by the brass-bound fender that surrounds the hob grate , with the nursery kettle on it for making the baby 's feeds .
16 A few examples have been found made from silver , which was a metal commonly used for finger rings in the 1st century AD .
17 The family in early times for Marx belongs to the private domain , rather than to the public and political .
18 A further deep-seated reason for neglect lies in the unforgiving attitudes of the general population towards criminals , which , although fostered and maintained by the British , existed long before and after they left ( cf.
19 On the whole , there is very little variation between Authorities in the amounts per head allocated on the basis of total population figures , although Westminster provides a striking exception ; the very large amount for Westminster derives from the large daytime population , since all provision for library expenditure for commuters is transferred to their place of work !
20 In particular , Grolier 's books are famous for gilt stamps on the upper covers : sometimes ‘ Grolierii Lugdunensis et Amicorum ’ ( 'for Grolier of Lyons and his friends ' , Lugdunum being the Latin name , appearing in many publishers ' imprints , for Lyons ) ; sometimes just ‘ Io Grolierii et Amicorum ’ ( for Grolier and his friends ) ; and , almost always on the lower cover , a text from the Vulgate , Psalm cxli .
21 A different difficulty with the market for control derives from the particular character of that market as a market .
22 The Cherry and Whites are used to winning against Nottingham … last time they played it was for league points in the first division …
23 This is because the energy for neuroses comes from the sexual instincts which are seeking private gratifications , rather than the combination of erotic and egoistic elements found in the social impulses .
24 In order to alleviate bottlenecks in the supply of skilled labour at that time , each enterprise or factory assumed the responsibility for training recruits for the emerging mass-production industries .
25 As tension rose over international weapons inspection in Iraq [ see this page ] , the US administration announced on Aug. 1 that an extra 2,400 US troops — a reinforced armoured battalion — would shortly arrive in Kuwait for training exercises with the Kuwaiti army .
26 The argument for Woolwich starts with the general principle enunciated by Lord Wright in Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v. Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd. [ 1943 ] A.C. 32 , 61 :
27 The second strand of the duty to provide further education for adults falls to the local education authorities .
28 On June 29 participants adopted the text of the format for country reports under the new trade policy review mechanism ( see also below ) .
29 Also its outreach welfare rights facility which provides access for house calls to the disabled .
30 Just before La Barre , the road for Biarritz bends to the left and you can drive peaceably into that still glamorous resort , with the racecourse , the pine trees and beyond them the sands on one side , and more pine trees , the little Lac de Chiberta and the best known of Biarritz 's golf-courses on the other — the Basque Coast is very good for golf , with four courses all quite close to one another ; this is the English influence once again , creating links out of some auspicious dunes .
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