Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Nikolayeva certainly does not have the Horowitzian panache generally associated with Russian virtuosos — it is her mind and ears which are transcendental rather than her fingers — but that ‘ handicap ’ is actually a positive attribute since it makes for painstaking care and originality in all of her interpretations .
2 After the couple 's victory this week Yeo said : ‘ There is no room for political correctness or ideology in fostering .
3 A Palestinian , Hafez Kassem Dalkamoni , and a Jordanian , Abdel Fatar Ghadanfar , were sentenced on June 3 by a Frankfurt court to 15 and 12 years ' imprisonment for attempted murder and possession of explosives similar to those involved in the Lockerbie air disaster in December 1988 .
4 This means that in an ideal world a new mailing list has to be compiled for each story or piece of information you want to impart to the media .
5 In a bid to raise funds , the foundation is asking farmers to donate £1 for each animal or pen of animals sold through livestock auctions next week ( starting September 6 ) .
6 To avoid contamination sterile reagents were used with new disposable pasteur pipettes for each addition and removal of washing solution .
7 The framework set for the business as a whole should usually consist of two sections Part 1 : general guidelines that apply to all sectors Part 2 : specific guidelines for each function or service within each sector .
8 This reserve will be used to offset any losses which may arise for each trade or gang during the progress of the contract .
9 There are options for calculating the critical path only and for each phase or network to be scheduled from the project start date , permitting multiple phases to be scheduled at the same time .
10 YOU may pay a non-refundable premium per yacht to insure against any claims for accidental loss or damage to the yacht or its equipment .
11 I 'm all for loud singing and opposition-baiting at matches and other times , but I do n't normally Do The Dambusters , or worse still the ‘ who 's that dying on the runway ’ stuff .
12 Is the Minister aware that the case for expanded production and investment at the Dalzell plate mill in Lanarkshire is now backed by the Glasgow university study , the Scottish Office , the Scottish Trade Union Congress , the Scottish National party and Motherwell district council , all of whom believe that it is an outstanding plant , given the requisite investment , with a ready market for its enlarged product ?
13 However , I am expected to maintain the image of an angling guru , and all too frequently this uncomfortable mask slips ; generally leaving me red-faced with embarrassment , furiously attempting to devise some semi-acceptable excuse for rampant stupidity or lack of skill .
14 However true this may be for the economic development of the United States — and even there such contentious hypotheticals are highly dubious — it certainly can not hold good for European expansion and supremacy in the later nineteenth century .
15 The following year provided hard evidence for the case for total communication and recognition of BSL as the language of the deaf .
16 In addition , some nerve cells have a special secretory role ( p. 273 ) and the integrity of the nervous system may be required for normal development and regeneration of other tissues ( Finlayson , 1960 ; Nuesch , 1968 ) .
17 Staff shortages , combined with the patients ' helplessness and their invisibility from the general public ( few visitors come to these wards ) , make it easy for private toileting or modesty to be ignored and emotional lives denied .
18 Thanks also to all the other organizations that helped , the Vale of White Horse District Council who allowed us to use their land , the National Rivers Authority for the use of the river , Thames Water for the use of their island and for generous sponsorship , an extra special thanks to Roger Steer , the lock keeper , for much help , kindness and understanding and to his wife for providing a seemingly endless supply of ice-cream , to Jim Croft of Slalom Sports for unfailing help and loan of computer hardware and to our local Scouts for looking after the campsite and for organizing effective first-aid cover .
19 He emphasised the need for devotional discipline and training in holiness , and added that in West Africa he had introduced a choir practice on every day of the working week .
20 Although such improvement has been vigorously promoted by the North of Scotland College of Agriculture ( which is responsible for agricultural extension and training in the area ) , the response has , after some initial enthusiasm , been extremely disappointing .
21 As we have seen , the trade union movement either could not or would not show the forbearance required , in the national interest , of a great and powerful institution ; nor , for that matter that sense of enlightened self-interest which would have told it that the morality of forbearance was its own best policy .
22 The General could see that the garrison were having trouble adjusting themselves to the new state of things and so , to give them time , he called for iced sherry and soda to be served .
23 The Pact for Economic Stability and Growth between the government , business and trade unions , initiated in 1988 [ see pp. 37078 ; 37274 ; 37849 ] , was in November again extended , to the end of January 1993 .
24 Since then he has been involved in two research projects on older workers , and has acted as a consultant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on early retirement policies .
25 It has turned up in Canberra with Japan to develop Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation ( APEC ) and a new 12-nation organisation which will mimic the role of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Europe .
26 The Organistion for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris predicted a 1.3 per cent growth , ending two years of decline .
27 The Minister can refer to the definitive report prepared for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by Martin and Bazen , which made it clear that there was no loss of jobs among adult workers and no evidence of loss of jobs among youth workers .
28 Fassi , a campaigner for Saudi democracy and opponent of the Gulf war , had been in prison in Saudi Arabia since his sudden arrest in and deportation from Jordan in October 1991 .
29 The USSR Space Committee has agreed to pay 1.5 million roubles compensation to the district of Kazakhstan for extensive dumping and pollution around a cosmodrome at Baykonur .
30 must provide the mechanism for direct involvement and communication between different professionals at different levels in a range of different statutory , voluntary , and other agencies ;
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