Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The threatened revolt fizzled out as Conservative critics decided to draw back from voting down the whole Budget , keeping their powder dry for future votes when the issue comes before the Commons in detail . |
| 2 | The imminence of the Olympic Games means that the top British fighters , having competed at the British Open last weekend , are back in training , leaving the field clear for emerging figures in both the men 's and women 's events . |
| 3 | UN force due for Central America |
| 4 | The adviser responsible for multicultural education took this view . |
| 5 | On some of the whole-school matters , such as equal opportunities provision , the adviser provided feedback to the head only , although the adviser responsible for multicultural education spoke to all the senior staff . |
| 6 | A notable exception to this was the adviser responsible for multicultural education who argued that since the school did not seem to have developed an overall policy for multicultural education he could not conduct an appraisal of it . |
| 7 | In a continent notorious for appalling prison conditions , where brutality and corruption are the norm , Nicaragua 's penal system stands out as a genuine effort to find a more humane yet affordable alternative . |
| 8 | Rational planning was to be achieved by unifying health services , which were at that time split between local authorities , the boards of governors of teaching hospitals , a regional and local administration responsible for other hospitals and the executive councils who administered the contracts for general practitioners ( see Figure 1.1 ) . |
| 9 | This is the most evident from the continuing guidance issued to these industries over many years by the principal government department responsible for financial and related matters , H. M. Treasury . |
| 10 | One implementation problem here is that the main central department responsible for local government is the Department of the Environment . |
| 11 | Recent studies have suggested that in vivo , at the time of partial hepatectomy , the ligand responsible for down regulation of the EGF is in fact TGFα , which is synthesised in the liver immediately after partial hepatectomy , and is a powerful hepatic mitogen via the EGF receptor . |
| 12 | Research by the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory in Oxford has traced the protein responsible for blocking treatment . |
| 13 | Three research groups recently announced — in the same issue of Nature — the discovery of the site of the genetic anomaly responsible for Myotonic Dystrophy , which is a major genetically transmitted disorder . |
| 14 | Of all the treatments for obesity , none could be more physiological or less psychological than the operation known as jejeunoileostomy or ileal bypass , in which most of the small intestine is short circuited thus greatly reducing the amount of intestine available for absorbing food . |
| 15 | However , the absence of any immediate military threat enabled him to reduce naval expenditure in this and the succeeding Budget , thus leaving a small amount of revenue available for social expenditure . |
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| 17 | This measure effectively makes competitive tendering compulsory for designated services , replacing the former ( largely discretionary ) powers which had been used by relatively few authorities in specific areas ( Ascher , 1987 , especially ch. 7 ; Stoker , 1988 ) . |
| 18 | A government strategy for the revival of British industry is that of making aid available for various aspects of business needs . |
| 19 | For example , in one bookshop , just before Christmas , I saw two women examining books on football suitable for young people . |
| 20 | The buildings were subsidized by charitable donations but required rent-income for their upkeep , and the problem remained that the poorest could not afford the rent necessary for adequate housing . |
| 21 | Goat 's milk , which is sometimes used as an alternative to cow 's , is low in folic acid , an important vitamin necessary for proper blood formation , and his vitamin should be added if you use goat 's milk . |
| 22 | It was the legacy of the previous form of uneven development based in the sectoral spatial division of labour ( high levels of unemployment from previously dominant sectors which had overwhelmingly employed men ) which provided the conditions ( regional policy grants , a ‘ green ’ , female labour force anxious for paid employment ) which attracted in this new form of economic activity and laid down a new form of uneven development . |
| 23 | The primary and secondary windings of the transformer have been interlinked as shown in the circuit diagram , such that the twin 120V primary windings are in series , making the transformer suitable for domestic 240V mains operation . |
| 24 | In this context it is worth looking at a recent study carried out in California by Harbicht Research Inc for Southern California Edison , a local utility company who investigated how local residents felt about a proposed " wind-farm " project . |
| 25 | This metric equation differs from a metric equation valid for Euclidean space in having both positive and negative terms on the right-hand side . |
| 26 | Are n't you a bit early for chrissy decorations is n't it ? our tree when send for it . |
| 27 | Within the archdiocese Renfrew was Vicar General as well as Vicar Episcopal for Religious from 1974 , Chaplain to Notre Dame Convent , Dowanhill , for a year , as well as to Bons Secours Convent from 1975 to 1989 . |
| 28 | Non-executives may also staff a remuneration committee responsible for top management appointments and for setting the level of their salaries and other benefits . |
| 29 | He had previously been a minister without portfolio responsible for regional affairs . |
| 30 | ‘ Our review consisted principally of obtaining an understanding of the process involved in the preparation of the information , applying analytical procedures to financial data , and making enquiries of group management responsible for financial and accounting matters . |