Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to establish appropriate normal values for overnight creatinine clearance and marker excretion , 50 age matched healthy volunteers were studied using an identical protocol . |
| 2 | Similarly the range of normal values for gastric pH monitoring has been derived from studies in 10 asymptomatic control subjects who had simultaneous ambulatory oesophageal and gastric pH monitoring . |
| 3 | Fragrant whites for summer drinking and rich reds for cosy autumn evenings — we think you 'll find this one hard to resist … |
| 4 | Originally used by Suess ( 1886 ) , who visualised a sharp tectonic front marked by northward thrusting over a relatively undeformed foreland , the term ‘ Variscan Front ’ is ambiguous , having conflicting meanings for different authors in various areas . |
| 5 | ‘ The only way to create jobs is to create the right policies for long-term sustainable growth . ’ |
| 6 | Is n't this further evidence that this government has the right policies for British business and the British people . |
| 7 | He told exporters to be aggressive — ‘ and not too gentlemanly ’ — in promoting home-grown products for overseas markets . |
| 8 | At their previous meeting in December , the Palestinians had derided Israeli proposals for interim self-government as ‘ Swiss cheese — they get the cheese , we get the holes . ’ |
| 9 | Edward had created a further group of dispossessed by his readiness to manipulate property descents , either to endow his family or to advance the creation of regional hegemonies for trusted supporters . |
| 10 | Edward had created a further group of dispossessed by his readiness to manipulate property descents , either to endow his family or to advance the creation of regional hegemonies for trusted supporters . |
| 11 | The business of getting and staying fit has become a complicated science and a lot of time spent working out specific programmes for different training phases during the year . |
| 12 | On the examinations front , those publishers who had left undone titles for certain examinations are now doing them , while those who had already produced titles for the same examinations are producing more . |
| 13 | The 10-point plan outlined broad proposals for regional peace via measures to be taken at national level to resolve conflicts in individual countries , notably in Nicaragua and El Salvador . |
| 14 | A campaign of banquets and public meetings was mounted to demand reform , a zemstvo congress drew up specific proposals for constitutional change , and a series of politically-orientated professional unions was formed . |
| 15 | Indubitably , too much land was concentrated in too few hands though the agricultural reasons for extensive farming were not always appreciated . |
| 16 | These are characterized firstly by the espousal of partisan viewpoints with attendant activities for mutual support . |
| 17 | Among their other recommendations were : the inclusion of human rights issues at all levels of education ; the promotion of genuine participatory democracies ; the setting up of regional courts for human rights as part of a network to promote human rights in Africa . |
| 18 | The government has announced with great fanfare the formation of Islamic courts for Muslim marital and social disputes . |
| 19 | There is now a serious possibility that this bastardised version of self-regulation will gradually crumble away , under the combined assault of Brussels , European preferences for statutory regulation and the sheer impossibility of resolving the underlying tension between practitioners and investors . |
| 20 | Kennedy 's advisers opposed this solution because it would again single out Britain amongst the European states for special treatment ; it would fuel de Gaulle 's dislike for NATO ; and it would make Britain 's entry into Europe , which was part of the State Department 's policy , even less likely . |
| 21 | However , this class may actually enter into economic activities for private gain using , for example , its privileged position to secure credit at favourable rates of interest , obtain monopolies and franchises in import and export businesses , start up industrial enterprises , speculate in urban property and so on ( for a debate about the bureaucracy in lesser developed countries , see Coulson 1975 ; Leys 1975 : 193f . ) . |
| 22 | These were indestructible and to this day I regret ever falling for the slick adverts for trendy green ones . |
| 23 | Chile and Argentina were both offered barter deals , involving the exchange of Chilean nitrates ( demand for which had recently collapsed because of German development of synthetic substitutes ) and Argentine agricultural products for Soviet crude oil , along with assistance in the setting up of their own national refineries . |
| 24 | Yeltsin 's political programme combined calls for radical economic reform with a strong appeal for Russia 's sovereign rights . |
| 25 | Its existence had not been revealed to the defence even after specific requests for unused material and , days before the trial , a specific request from a solicitor for three defendants , for a copy of any video tape . |
| 26 | Forster , too , acknowledged both the economic and the political reasons for elementary education : ‘ Upon the speedy provision of elementary education depends our industrial prosperity . |
| 27 | As for the human rights record of Saudi Arabia , Amnesty reports the detention of political prisoners for long periods without trial — eleven have been incarcerated since 1979 . |
| 28 | As for the human rights record of Saudi Arabia , Amnesty reports the detention of political prisoners for long periods without trial — eleven have been incarcerated since 1979 . |
| 29 | Liquid products for manual use : This is calculated by standardising arithmetically the price to achieve a true cost which represents the price the product would be if it were at a standard concentration of 30 per cent . |
| 30 | Western style financial institutions , infrastructure and factory-based industry were promoted to provide the requisite economic foundations for international strength . |