Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] 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 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | Well , I mean to say , I 've got total admiration for the way you chaps work . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand will be an admirable opportunity for the fringe men to gain valuable international experience . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Moreover the hitherto unstoppable rise in property value has formed an apparently solid base for the credit spiral which so bedevils government economic policy . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | On Feb. 27 the EC Commission agreed on its proposals for agricultural support for the 1991/92 EC agricultural year starting on April 1 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Possible applications range from loft insulation to making fitted furniture , so selecting the right board for the job is vital . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Children whose parents had given unconscious , covert permission for the child 's aggressive behaviour . |
| 23 | 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 : |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Sixty-two MPs , equally divided between Christians and Muslims , have been in this Saudi resort for the past two weeks examining a ‘ National Reconciliation Charter ’ drafted by Arab League mediators as the basis for a permanent peace . |
| 26 | The strong rural support for the Party is recognized by a call for ‘ a realistic return for the farming community , with special measures to offset the disadvantages , especially in the intensive livestock sector , resulting from our isolation from Great Britain ’ . |
| 27 | Cuts of £2.9 million to the specific grant for the development of AIDS services may seriously restrict SSDs ' ability to respond to HIV/AIDS cases from next week . |
| 28 | The usual scramble for the bathroom in the morning , cycling through the sunny streets to the shop , serving cakes and pies and bread all day , then cycling home and the rush to prepare for a dance or a visit to Sarah . |
| 29 | If payments are to be certified the builder 's surveyor may delay the issue of the documentation until the interim certificate for the main contract is received from the architect . |
| 30 | If the forms of the two potential functions are similar too , we may well find that the ground-state level for the ion lies almost exactly over that for the molecule in the energy diagram ( Fig. 6.13 ) . |