Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prismed bomb aimer 's station provided excellent visibility for the pin-point accuracy required . |
| 2 | He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The key feature of effective mentor schemes is a genuine consistent interest on the part of the mentor for the young person . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 : |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In all three parts " reasonable " means providing no more than relevant and necessary protection for the legitimate interest of the covenantee . |
| 10 | What better protection for the rich world 's vanishing wildlife than a tract of land that stays untouched because people are frightened to visit ? |
| 11 | Captain George Sutherland , director of marine operations for Shetland Island Council , said : ‘ The proposals for traffic separation should go a long way to providing protection for the adjacent coastline and we are content with the measures . ’ |
| 12 | Events have also shown that in this day and age the exercise of a right to silence affords protection for the guilty and is unnecessary to safeguard the innocent . |
| 13 | The use of copper as a protection for the underwater parts of ships ' hulls had been suggested in England as early as 1708 and by the 1770s it had been generally adopted throughout the navy . |
| 14 | The protection of that model , and the benefits of legal charisma to individual clients , is the justifica-tion for the claims to power and privilege — power to determine the conditions of practice independently of the state and privilege in state protection for the monopolistic economic basis of that practice . |
| 15 | But life has got too complicated to understand : the vote is no longer sufficient protection for the working man . |
| 16 | The Stabil , according to adidas , offers both stability and protection for the advanced player , while the ‘ direct contact ’ feel required by serious players can be found in the Tennis Lite . |
| 17 | adidas ' Tennis Stabil offers both stability and protection for the advanced player |
| 18 | It would certainly create more work for the lawyers but would not add a great deal of protection for the ordinary person . |
| 19 | And therefore more protection for the middle peasants . |
| 20 | So there is , there is this very clear and I think very substantial protection for the middle peasant . |
| 21 | Perhaps some consideration might be additionally given to the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the interiors of unlisted buildings within conservation areas … ’ |
| 22 | The American law of libel , including as it does no protection for the individual politician as well as political institutions , goes further along the road of freedom of the press than the English law ; nor would I wish to extend it . |
| 23 | The legislation , hailed as the strongest civil rights protection for the disabled anywhere in the world , prohibited discrimination in employment , public accommodation , transport or telecommunications . |
| 24 | John Redwood , Head of the Prime Minister 's Policy Unit in 1983–5 , now a Conservative MP , sees two different kinds of justice : protection for the poor ; and that all who enjoy services should pay ( speaking on Weekend World , 11 October 1987 ) . |
| 25 | The second approach is unlikely to leave the customer with insufficient protection for the following reasons . |
| 26 | Lining provides essential protection for the main curtain fabric against exposure to sunlight , dust and dirt . |
| 27 | These synthetic chemicals were first generally introduced in the late 1940s and early 1950s , and are mainly used in two stages in arable operations — as protection for seed at sowing , and as protection for the growing crop . |
| 28 | The withdrawal of state protection for the marginal workforce makes adherence to that principle problematic . |
| 29 | This is a valuable , although indirect , additional protection for the local authority . |
| 30 | This protection for the local authority does not require the residence to have taken place for the whole 12 months in the house to which succession is claimed . |