Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for the " in BNC.

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1 Soon after work began however , it was found that there were serious problems in making a secure , stable base for the embankment and thus progress was brought to a halt .
2 It was agreed that retail/service jobs provided neither a stable base for the economy nor decent jobs for the people of the area .
3 I am optimistic now that we 've got a stable base for the next year , and I 'm always optimistic for the year after !
4 Reports continued of tacit Iranian support for the Soviet Moslem republics [ see p. 38409 ] .
5 The Netherlands and UK Ministers both opposed Franco-German proposals for the WEU 's eventual incorporation into the EC [ see p. 38022 ] .
6 The range of normal values for the oesophageal pH environment has been derived from previous study of 30 asymptomatic control subjects in this laboratory .
7 The project therefore attempts to devise a more general descriptive framework for the intonation of the languages investigated and to establish a general theory of intonation structure which takes account of the different role of intonation in languages of different types .
8 Landsbergis on May 2 expressed support for the idea of Franco-German mediation , and said that some of the laws passed since the March 11 independence declaration could be frozen , but that the declaration itself was sacrosanct .
9 Finance Ministers from the Group of 24 ( G-24 ) developing countries who met in Washington on April 28 expressed support for the World Bank 's reaffirmation of its commitment to make poverty reduction " a priority objective " in its lending operations .
10 Chinese Premier Li Peng on Sept. 8 expressed support for the East Asia Economic Grouping ( EAEG ) plan , proposed by Malaysia , saying that the planned grouping was vital in view of increasing economic protectionist practices .
11 Yet the means he employs seem to contradict these aims : reconciling his removal of benefits from 16 and 17 year olds , for instance , with his expressed support for the family , is an exercise to test even the wisest .
12 ‘ The death of Marcos offers a momentous opportunity for the Aquino government to rally the people behind the ideals which swept it to power : freedom and democracy , bread and justice .
13 Well , I mean to say , I 've got total admiration for the way you chaps work .
14 It is clear that in both Australia and New Zealand there is a continuing ferment arising from conflicting support for the old or the new .
15 Critics of this view variously suggest that Socialist propensity to ‘ violence ’ anticipated that of the right ; that unnecessary enemies for the Republic were created by anticlericalism and , in general , too narrow a view on the part of the left as to what constituted acceptable ‘ Republican ’ values , credentials and behaviour ; and that the CEDA , a potentially Christian Democratic party which might have evolved in a genuinely democratic direction , was actually forced rightwards by the conduct of the left .
16 And the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand will be an admirable opportunity for the fringe men to gain valuable international experience .
17 The fact that several provincial towns reported pope-burnings in November 1714 and 1715 should make us question how extensive support for the Jacobite position was at this time .
18 Moreover the hitherto unstoppable rise in property value has formed an apparently solid base for the credit spiral which so bedevils government economic policy .
19 It is remarkable that the Working Party could be so cavalier in ignoring its own evidence ; it is perhaps even more surprising that no crash research programme was advocated in order to provide a solid base for the allocation of such a vast sum of money .
20 Project English gives the experienced and confident teacher maximum scope while providing a clear and supportive framework for the less experienced teacher to try out new techniques .
21 On Feb. 27 the EC Commission agreed on its proposals for agricultural support for the 1991/92 EC agricultural year starting on April 1 .
22 However , as I told the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) , there will be an opportunity in due course for the legislation that enacts the agreement to be considered in detail by the House .
23 An integral part of Labour 's plan to look after the coal industry will be the adoption of European proposals for the coal industry .
24 Possible applications range from loft insulation to making fitted furniture , so selecting the right board for the job is vital .
25 Grachev met his Georgian counterpart Tengiz Kitovani in Moscow on Dec. 31 to discuss demands by the Georgian parliament for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Abkhazia .
26 The Corporation has exclusive rights to the working of coal , but may issue licences to private operators for the working of coal from small underground mines and from opencast operations .
27 Children whose parents had given unconscious , covert permission for the child 's aggressive behaviour .
28 The offence is in outline very similar to the pre-existing offence under the Public Order Act 1936 , section 5A , although it adds ‘ behaviour ’ to the list of proscribed activities for the first time .
29 That these were exceptional arrangements agreed during a period of acute difficulty for the District is revealed in the following table which summarises the provision of Chapter III courses in England and Wales in 1935–36 :
30 This was based on the assumption that once supranational institutions had been set up in one economic sector , interest groups would look to that political level for the realisation of their demands , and that in time the groups would begin to appreciate the value to themselves of integration .
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