Example sentences of "for the [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 For the first time , to anything like that extent , parents are liable for the criminal activities of juveniles .
2 Quantitative material is also used as evidence for the criminal proclivities of persons with certain social characteristics .
3 It will also provide for the mutual recognition of diplomas and other professional qualifications throughout the EEA .
4 Agreement was reached only after the government withdrew a clause providing for the automatic dismissal of workers who did not comply .
5 In the early 1970s , Habitat was the first retailing company to install electronic point of sale systems ( EPOS ) in its stock control department for the automatic replenishment of stocks .
6 This was to be the legal basis for the armed detachments of workers who were supposed to confiscate surplus grain and the hoards of speculators .
7 On the other hand , he does try to give a social context and explanation for the geographical bunching of innovations in his descriptions of regional differences .
8 Under Article 65 the party which invokes a ground for invalidity or termination must notify the other parties of its claim ; each other party has the right to raise an objection and to invoke the measures for the peaceful settlement of disputes in Article 33 of the Charter .
9 All the participant states accepted ( although Turkmenistan did not sign ) motions tabled by Kazakhstan on ( i ) setting up a group of military observers as a collective CIS peacekeeping force for preventing and settling conflicts arising on CIS member states ' territory ; ( ii ) banning the use or threat of force between member states ; and ( iii ) collective action for the peaceful resolution of disputes and conflicts .
10 Having achieved this enormous distribution of people ( with all its many and continuing cruelties ) , the nationalist can point proudly to the result as itself the evidence for the prior existence of nations .
11 So much for the elementary properties of pencils .
12 But in any event , the mathematical model will usually involve the finite element concept which gives accurate values for the lower band of frequencies , but is often quite unrepresentative of the top frequencies .
13 For instance , personality variations account for the wide range of reactions towards a salesperson .
14 Within this perspective , the need to develop in every child a facility with skills of study , library use and information handling was clearly significant , as was some ideal of a fully integrated , centralised resources centre which would provide a hub for the wide range of activities comprising the curriculum .
15 Although aimed at student nurses , it would also be of interest to graduate nurses both for revision purposes and for the wide range of topics covered .
16 There were no obvious differences between the studies in the way in which they were conducted which could account for the wide range of rates of dream reporting from NREM sleep .
17 Chemical Engineering graduates are qualified for employment in the process industries ; they are also especially well placed for the wide range of jobs which require numeracy , a knowledge of scientific and engineering principles and practice , together with an understanding of economics and industry .
18 There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks .
19 As a consequence of the egocentric nature of deictic reference , the disambiguation of deixis usually requires that interpreters identify the spatio-temporal coordinates of the producer of the utterance , who acts as deictic centre , i.e. as the anchorage point for the indexical realisation of deictics in the particular instance of discourse .
20 Franklin , who was 18 years Gould 's senior , had established ‘ for the better class of colonists ’ a scientific society , the first of its kind in the colonies ( and later to become the Royal Society of Hobart Town ) and welcomed the ornithologist 's arrival with great enthusiasm .
21 The account describes the ‘ hospitals and open stables for the reception of diseased and sick horses in the first stage of their complaints ’ … ‘ more pure stables , which are taken up by horses in physic , or patients whose complaints are not contagious ’ … stocks where ‘ all operations are performed without the trouble or hazard of casting … a perfect skeleton of a horse , to refer to in cases of lameness , fractures , etc … various paddocks , some with and some without water for the better accommodation of horses of different descriptions , whose complaints require open air , or grass , for their perfect recovery ’ .
22 This is the reason for the internal head-band in helmets which looks as if it was put in in order to provide ventilation .
23 The use of such incentives can have important implications for the internal organisation of firms and for the way labour markets operate .
24 ( Chapter 7 contains an attempt to follow through the implications for the internal life of institutions of their practising such a Habermas type communicative rationality . )
25 Overlooking Colwyn Bay and with magnificent panoramic views of Snowdonia , the Conwy Valley , Anglesey and the North Wales Coast , it provides the perfect setting for the varied collection of animals , birds and flowering plants .
26 The Italians see many reasons for the sharp increase in numbers .
27 Strict logical positivists only have two categories for the logical status of propositions : a proposition is either verifiable or falsifiable , using empirically observable and measurable , variables ; or it is a mystical , poetic , emotional insight .
28 For indoor recreation a local leisure centre and a swimming pool are hired on Wednesday afternoons by the University for the exclusive use of students .
29 The quantity of facilities provided for the exclusive use of pedestrians is significant , particularly when compared to the low level of provision available for the other green mode , cycling .
30 ( Simon and Garfunkel were used as models for the untalented couple of nerds played by Dustin and Warren Beatty in Ishtar twenty years later . )
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