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

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1 PETER Einstein , director of network development for MTV Europe , has announced the appointment of Tony Wawryk as satellite music and television ( SMATV ) hotels manager .
2 The term ‘ supervision ’ is used here to mean the monitoring of financial institutions for investor protection , prudential regulation , and structural regulation purposes combined .
3 The House of Lords Select Committee on the EC has welcomed the proposed Directive on the Freedom of Management and Investment of Funds held by Institutions for Retirement Provision .
4 The level of cover is usually 90% for buyer risk and 90 — 95% for political risk .
5 I increased the allocation to St. Helens for improvement work from £311,000 last year to £556,000 this year .
6 This study contradicts the ‘ flocculus hypotheses ’ , which requires activation of vestibular inputs during motor learning .
7 Sentencing Tucker , 29 , yesterday assistant recorder Timothy Workman said : ‘ I accept you have sincerely held views about animal rights but those views can never justify the actions you took . ’
8 Short of a series of studies which is designed directly to compare regional patterns , holding other variables constant , we can not be certain that any observed variations can be attributed to , say , people 's views about family responsibilities being different in the north-east of England from the prevailing norms in the south-west .
9 Charlie , Avant-Garde stylist of the Year , holds very strong views about client relations and they are like music to the ear .
10 There are also vacancies for computer technicians , secretaries , and mechanics .
11 One organisation , which faced a marked seasonal demand for its output and made substantial hirings once a year , reserved its temporary vacancies for school leavers .
12 Thank you for your enquiry regarding vacancies for Enforcement Officers within this Department .
13 Campus is a new newspaper published by the University of Stirling for University staff , Members of the Court , Members of Conference , Alumni , Honourary Graduates and Friends of the University .
14 She housekeeping for aunt Bessie and the lodger in South Stainmore , and he farming over at North Stainmore .
15 ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’
16 When off skis and quads , Ruggia has a YZ125 moto crosser parked in his garage and a new WR250 enduro bike for winter training sessions .
17 Welcoming Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon to Prodescon 's new offices , director Malcolm Palmer was keen to point out the blue carpeting and wallpaper gracing the new building as proof positive of the his own , if not the company 's , political leanings .
18 This question is of such fundamental importance because , if answered in the negative , copyright protection for computer programs would be considerably weakened .
19 In some respects , the decision strengthens copyright protection for computer programs .
20 US District Court Judge William Hoeveler , who presided over the arraignment proceedings , entered a not-guilty plea on the prisoner 's behalf on the 12-count indictment which charged Noriega with having used his position as Commander of the Panamanian Defence Forces to provide protection for drug traffickers and to allow a cocaine-manufacturing laboratory to be established in Panama .
21 The US has strengthened protection for sea turtles by requiring shrimp fishermen to ensure that the turtles do not become trapped in their nets .
22 Among its aims are the maintenance of a job register and establishment of some sort of financial protection for member pilots who become unemployed or who are otherwise subject to hardship .
23 There is at present no effective form of protection for landscape parks .
24 Dr Cunningham told the press conference : ‘ There is virtually no protection for water consumers in these proposals at all . ’
25 If conservationists manage to save the leopard , bobcat and alerce , they may lose some of the battles that will be fought over dozens of other issues including proposals to increase protection for hair seals and whales , to decrease protection for Nile and saltwater crocodiles , and to weaken controls in the trade in ivory and sea turtles .
26 The contents of shareholder agreements may provide important protection for minority investors .
27 Respectable workers were rewarded with the vote , and in 1868 the Royal Commission on Trade Unions recommended the extension of legal protection for trade unions , which was achieved in the Trade Union Act of 1871 which for the first time gave legal protection to Trade Union funds and the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1875 which legalized peaceful picketing .
28 British conservationists are now campaigning for changes in planning law in order to increase protection for wildlife sites .
29 These include : , an end to unconditional price support schemes and the production of unnecessary agricultural surpluses ; , a shift away from high-input farming , dependent on large amounts of fertilizers , pesticides and other chemicals , towards more extensive , low-input and organic agriculture ; , strengthened protection for wildlife habitats ; , the improvement of farm animal welfare standards ; , a ban on the patenting of genetic material .
30 New protection for pension scheme members
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