Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be stressed , however , that , if the potential dysfunctional effects of ROI use are to be avoided , financial controllers must make it very clear throughout the organization exactly how supervisors are using ROI for evaluation and exactly how it is to be used by SBU and divisional managers . |
| 2 | Campaigns to improve the health of the armed forces represented a classic instance of the inter-relation between science and politics . |
| 3 | The big boy 's asking for a bike for Christmas and Joanna wants dolls . |
| 4 | Pressures from the DES and what in some cases amounted to directives from local authorities , led the colleges concerned to move away from outright hostility to testing out what degree of autonomy and protection for art and design would be forthcoming within the polytechnic structure . |
| 5 | A properly understood market process is not just a generator of economic welfare , it is also protection for liberty and an efficient method for the realization of many desirable social goals . |
| 6 | Protection for bedding and furnishings |
| 7 | Safeguarding , retaliation , imperial preference , protection for industry but not for agriculture , all created a web of almost infinite complexity . |
| 8 | Underlay forms a necessary cushion between carpet and floor which helps to even the wear , absorb sound and cut down on heat loss . |
| 9 | Dorset SSD director Robin Se-Queira , who attended a national conference last week , hopes local authorities will earmark funds out of their community care grant for drug and alcohol care , though no extra funds have been given by the government for this new responsibility . |
| 10 | Erm now , of course , we 'd wear a jersey and boots quite happily , but er I did get a grant for clothing because otherwise there was no way of goin of accepting a scholarship . |
| 11 | The research follows an earlier ( 1987 ) successful study of the same issues for the period c.1660-1770 which was financed for three months byu The Nuffield Foundation and aided by a British Academy grant for travel and consumables . |
| 12 | This would give sufficient time for preparation for release if the Parole Board recommended it , having considered risk . |
| 13 | Parallel to this education and close round the school , the life of the community goes on — the child plays and is expected to play a very full part in it ; fetching water and firewood , minding little brothers and sisters , running errands , buying and often selling in the market , performing religious duties at Koranic schools , catechist classes or in traditional preparation for circumcision and other initiation ceremonies , alongside all the watching , the imitation , the play , the chit-chat and the ‘ mucking about ’ which is part of growing up everywhere . |
| 14 | So we know that we have to think carefully and critically through the general idea of ‘ preparation for work and adult life ’ . |
| 15 | However , for working-class girls the emphasis within education remained largely on the preparation for marriage and a family , with little account being taken of their equally likely long-term participation in the labour market . |
| 16 | They are part of preparation for life and , provided they do not get out of hand , do no harm whatever . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , Toshiba Corp and NEC are thought to have invested some $200m in preparation for development and fabrication of MIPS ' next-generation R5000 and R10000 RISCs ( UX No 377 ) . |
| 18 | At the secondary level , the report continued , pupils should study in addition a modern language and the curriculum of all pupils should include what is called ‘ preparation for adult and working life ’ , a varied programme of activities incorporating craft , design and technology , history and geography , moral education , health education , and ‘ preparation for parenthood and for a participatory role in adult society ’ . |
| 19 | Other subjects were grouped under the general heading of ‘ preparation for adult life ’ and included : craft , design and technology ; arts , including music and drama ; history and geography ; moral education ; health education and preparation for parenthood and family life ; careers education and vocational guidance . |
| 20 | The promotion of preparation for parenthood provided the focus for two DHSS seminars at which Sir Keith Joseph stated that ‘ there is little argument that the way families function is vital to the health of our society ’ ( DHSS , 1974 ) . |
| 21 | Together these viewpoints have distorted the development of English education at the expense of a balanced provision in a system which could be expected to be concerned with the broad world of personal development , preparation for employment and providing for economic and community need , both local and national . |
| 22 | It was not direct preparation for production that the schools should be providing but image building . |
| 23 | She 'd tied my cock to her apron strings in preparation for flour-dusting and rolling out . |
| 24 | At the secondary level , the report continued , pupils should study in addition a modern language and the curriculum of all pupils should include what is called ‘ preparation for adult and working life ’ , a varied programme of activities incorporating craft , design and technology , history and geography , moral education , health education , and ‘ preparation for parenthood and for a participatory role in adult society ’ . |
| 25 | PETRA is a European Community Action Programme for the vocational training of young people and their preparation for adult and working life . |
| 26 | It did not come to his mind to murder any of them ; it was not his way , or the way he had been raised , to take life in cold blood , without a formal challenge or warning , without the necessary ritual preparation for combat and maybe death . |
| 27 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 28 | Because she did not have any preparation for pregnancy or birth , her labour and delivery were quite difficult , complicated by her having curvature of the spine which was not realised at such short notice . |
| 29 | For example , " Is your father feeling better ? " may be simultaneously referential ( referring to a person and his illness ) , directive ( demanding a reply from the hearer ) , and social ( maintaining a bond of sympathy between speaker and hearer ) . |
| 30 | More serious still , during his reign the lack of contact and sympathy between ruler and people , already growing during the last two decades of the life of Louis XV , became more marked . |