Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His protest that this was the worst kind of Victorian colonialism was short-hand for the conviction that the action had played into the hands of all the enemies of the West . |
| 2 | ‘ It means I 'm the sort of town clerk for the garrison , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Both had begun the war as conscientious objectors , Vaughan ending it as an Orderly Room clerk for the Army in a prisoner-of-war camp in Yorkshire . |
| 4 | As this was my first experience of squadron life , I quickly fell into its easy way , I was rather surprised to find I was already selected to play rugger for the squadron the following Sunday , and also went straight into the squadron tennis team . |
| 5 | The Government have made clear their opposition and abhorrence for the fatwa to which the hon. Gentleman referred , but he differs from the view of his colleagues on the Opposition Front Bench if he wishes to stop trade or perhaps impose an embargo on trade with Iran or , indeed , any other country . |
| 6 | It was designed in the Grecian style by Edward Taylor , a York architect who used red brick for the body of the building and stone for the dressings . |
| 7 | I would be on my bike for the rest of my life , stuck on the stopping train to nowhere . |
| 8 | Victory at the Donington event and other impressive results were enough for Huberts to secure his signature with a brave promise of a factory bike for the future . |
| 9 | ‘ Yeah , all right ! ’ commented Ealing 's prodigal singer/songwriter Jamiroqua , who celebrated signing a big-money , eight-album deal with Sony by spending the rest of the day testing the taxi bike for THE FACE . |
| 10 | Lord Templeman has given examples of Parliament 's encroachments on the principle ( sometimes involving a measure of protection for the person compelled to make disclosure , and sometimes not ) and Lord Ackner , quoting a passage from Cross on Evidence , 7th ed. , p. 427 , has reminded your Lordships that the principle is not immutable . |
| 11 | The protection for the person called upon to produce documents lies , thus , not in a limitation by category of documents ( ‘ reconstituting the company 's state of knowledge ’ ) but in the fact that the applicant must satisfy the court that , after balancing all the relevant factors , there is a proper case for such an order to be made . |
| 12 | Since statements are seen in part as a form of protection for the child , we must seek to ensure that all who need this protection have it . |
| 13 | The principal objective of the system of supervision with the Appointed Actuary is to give emphasis to the importance of providing fair value for consumers of life assurance products and ensuring their security , rather than to provide protection for the insurance company . |
| 14 | The delay , such as it was , was not unjustifiable ; the chances of prejudice were remote ; the degree of potential prejudice was small ; the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the respondent ; there was no danger of the trial being unfair ; in any event the case was in no sense exceptional so as to justify the ruling . |
| 15 | The delay , such as it was , was not unjustifiable ; the chances of prejudice were remote ; the degree of potential prejudice was small ; the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the respondent ; there was no danger of the trial being unfair ; in any event the case was in no sense exceptional so as to justify the ruling . |
| 16 | While legal accountability is primarily directed towards providing protection for the individual against administrative discretion , political and managerial accountability are concerned more with the provision of an account of why funds were disbursed in a particular manner and what results or benefits thereby resulted . |
| 17 | 3 Support The right of support and protection for the benefit of the Premises as is now enjoyed from all other parts of the Centre It is suggested that this right strengthens the landlord 's covenant for quiet enjoyment , and the only question is as to whether to extend it to include 'shelter " , but this is probably unnecessary . |
| 18 | The Misrepresentation Act 1967 provides considerable protection for the buyer . |
| 19 | Mr. Lester presented us with what he termed a menu of choices in case we should be against his submission that the right to sue in malicious falsehood was a sufficient protection for the reputation of a corporate public authority . |
| 20 | Nor is it easy to see on what basis a stricter protection for the wife should have been demanded by the facts in Shears and Sons Ltd. v. Jones than was demanded by the facts in Howes v. Bishop [ 1909 ] 2 K.B . |
| 21 | A proper balance needs to be struck between essential protection for the public , and over-zealous and intrusive controls aimed at the elimination of all conceivable risk . |
| 22 | We can not close our eyes to the fact that if the arguments advanced on behalf of the appellant in relation to this ground of appeal are soundly based , then there is , not a small lacuna , but a yawning gap in the protection for the public afforded by section 16 of the Act of 1968 through which a large number of dishonest persons can — by arranging matters so that they come within the definition of ‘ self-employed ’ — escape conviction and punishment for the kind of deceitful conduct of which the jury , by their verdicts in the instant case , found this appellant to be guilty . |
| 23 | In Britain , while the ability of an MP to gain access to the bureaucracy and publicity for a cause may amount to some protection for the public , it is hardly adequate , given the size of the bureaucracy and the number of MPs . |
| 24 | The December package also angered employers as it eliminated tax concessions and protection for the vehicle assembly industry , while imposing higher corporate income tax and social security contributions . |
| 25 | ( vii ) If the court reaches the point of weighing the social needs in issue , first that of securing to the council the effective means in law of protecting its reputation and , secondly , that of protecting the right of free expression of the people of this country , the court should hold that the remaining remedies for the council , if it could not sue for libel , and in particular the action for malicious falsehood , would not be a sufficient protection for the council 's reputation , and the ability of a local authority such as the council to sue for libel would not improperly or unnecessarily restrict free expression . |
| 26 | The only protection for the petitioner at the papal court is the Purse . |
| 27 | So simply by carrying on your premium payments at the same level , the DOUBLE PAYOUT PLAN will give you continuing protection for the rest of your life . |
| 28 | Plus — family protection for the rest of this century automatically built-in … |
| 29 | The legal system should also provide adequate protection for the exercise of citizenship rights , and here there are questions as to whether the present system under which civil liberties are residual rather than rights is adequate . |
| 30 | Lin Foh hesitated , frowned , then glanced back at the two young Foreign Office men ; they were hardly protection for the Colonel ; rather , were deliberately overt presences with him , keeping an eye on him on the instruction of the Foreign Secretary . |