Example sentences of "[noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prismed bomb aimer 's station provided excellent visibility for the pin-point accuracy required . |
| 2 | The staircase and walls are of white marble , with the addition of lapis lazuli for the geometrical floor pattern . |
| 3 | Monsignore de Haerne had previously already founded Catholic institutions for the deaf in Belgium , France and Portugal and was later to found one in India . |
| 4 | Students turned against their universities and universities are the most important institutions for the professional-managerial class . |
| 5 | Instructions were given for easing the routines in homes and institutions for the elderly . |
| 6 | For example , the local authorities implementing the Griffiths Report on Care in the Community ( 1988 ) are dependent on central government making the resources available to complete the changes from long-stay institutions for the elderly to community care . |
| 7 | Six weeks later a great demonstration in the Royal Albert Hall demanded the establishment of a Merchant Seamen 's League to put the boycott into effect and " to assist them in maintaining their benevolent institutions for the aged and infirm " A short time ago , he declared in 1918 , he had received a document from four leading German trade unionists attempting to justify the U-boat campaign by arguing that " only a campaign of frightfulness against the British and neutral vessels trading to ports in the United Kingdom and the starving of the people of the British Isles would bring the war to a speedy close " . |
| 8 | It is true that they set up the great caring institutions for the poor , the handicapped and the sick — forerunners of the welfare state . |
| 9 | the extent to which the family took on responsibility from other institutions for the poor , the sick , the old and the unemployed . |
| 10 | Sometimes they were envisaged as semi-penal institutions for the unregenerated poor . |
| 11 | The frustrations and criticisms arose from clear enough aspirations on the part of institutions for the maximum attainable independence — but far from agreed as a concept within institutions and organizations . |
| 12 | He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 . |
| 13 | In another entry the master had sent the porter for the medical officer at three o'clock in the morning to attend a single woman in childbirth . |
| 14 | One hang-up for the profit-motivated British garage is that they feel it is not worth taking on work for less than a tenner . |
| 15 | It will include access ramps for the disabled , new heating , fire alarm and fire detection systems and toilets on the first floor . |
| 16 | Shorty was also a good guide and mentor for a growing lad , as good a father as any man could want . |
| 17 | The key feature of effective mentor schemes is a genuine consistent interest on the part of the mentor for the young person . |
| 18 | She 'd changed her earlier shorts and T-shirt for a cool beige wrap-style cotton dress , belted at the waist with a strip of tan leather . |
| 19 | I should like to take this opportunity to thank all the employees of Johnson Matthey for the skilled and dedicated service that resulted in this year 's record performance |
| 20 | With a helping hand from Sister Jacqui Littlewood , he sets off on a ‘ police ’ trolley bike for a minor op . |
| 21 | Day at leisure , or hire a bike for an extra day . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 23 | TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake . |
| 24 | The Nature Conservatory Council , who thankfully own Creag Meagaidh , have a couple of suggestions , including it being a monument to a lost lover or an old protection for a rowan tree . |
| 25 | The specific reason for the arrival of 252 Squadron was to provide long-range protection for a fast merchant vessel — the S.S. ‘ Parracombe ’ — on its way from Gibraltar , unescorted , carrying 21 crated Hurricanes and much needed cargo for the island , and also for a convoy of five fast freighters for Alexandria ( ‘ Tiger ’ convoy ) due to pass the island several days hence . |
| 26 | Perhaps recognising the risk , Malaysia has used tariffs only as a temporary form of protection for the first-comer investor in certain sectors , like television sets . |
| 27 | Indeed the Committee even extended this logic to a position whereby they felt themselves able to justify the decriminalisation of adult homosexual behaviour in private as a form of protection for the young : |
| 28 | The spur — which must be 2.5mm 2 cable — runs to a fused connection unit ( FCU ) , which should contain a 5amp fuse to provide the correct fuse protection for the new lighting sub-circuit . |
| 29 | In all three parts " reasonable " means providing no more than relevant and necessary protection for the legitimate interest of the covenantee . |
| 30 | What better protection for the rich world 's vanishing wildlife than a tract of land that stays untouched because people are frightened to visit ? |