Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RIO DE JANEIRO ( AP ) — Luis Sales , head of a Brazilian advertising agency , was freed unharmed after being held by kidnappers for two months . |
| 2 | With the abandonment of transportation , prison sentences and penal servitude had correspondingly assumed their pivotal role within the criminal justice system , and the 1850s also saw the beginnings of reformatory institutions for young offenders . |
| 3 | Prisons and institutions for young offenders were closing down , probation was thriving , and more time was allowed to pay fines . |
| 4 | It has been designed to respond to the rapid growth of banking and financial services both within the regions and at national and international level , and the increasing demand from banks , insurance companies , building societies and other financial institutions for relevant graduates . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , there is very often a total absence of any consideration within our residential institutions for sexual needs of those within them ; accompanied by stern suppression of any sexual relationship which may develop . |
| 6 | Gold and silver , once reserved for the service of cults and sovereigns , were displayed as plate by corporations like the City of London , the Inns of Court the City Companies ( fig. 40 ) or the colleges of Oxford or Cambridge and embodied as medals awarded by academies and other institutions for distinguished contributions to many fields of learning and professional activities ( Plate K ) . |
| 7 | Jobcentres , commercial agencies , hospital noticeboards , shop windows and vacancy boards on industrial estates are sources of vacancies for all ages . |
| 8 | As the total number of filled vacancies for all ages was 652,306 , this means that juveniles accounted for about 20% of all those finding employment through the exchanges . |
| 9 | The lengthy seizure of alien priories provides an obvious explanation for this , but the Black Death , of course , also multiplied vacancies for all patrons to exploit . |
| 10 | Vacancies for chief executives and managing directors have risen by more than one-third in the last year , while senior managerial vacancies have increased by 17.4 p.c . |
| 11 | City : Vacancies for top jobs up a third |
| 12 | Britain does not have to rely solely on its own mines for some kinds of metals . |
| 13 | I worked in the coal mines for three years to obtain my colliery manager 's certificate . |
| 14 | Take any consolidated balance sheet and you will most likely find cross references to notes for all items except cash and minority interests . |
| 15 | His rigorous policy , which would have blocked bank accounts and exchanged old bank notes for new ones at something less than one-to-one , was resisted by a group of ministers led by the Minister of Finance , René Pleven . |
| 16 | The University of Durham , for example , has produced leaflets entitled ‘ Notes for academic staff ’ , ‘ Notes for research students ’ , ‘ Notes for external users ’ , and ‘ Notes for students ’ . |
| 17 | The Law Society has issued guidance notes for equal opportunities in solicitors ' firms which reproduce a standard policy for their use which has been drawn up on the basis of recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 18 | — Produce notes for other users so that they will understand how you intended to use the material . |
| 19 | The labour ward provides user-friendly notes for pregnant women , arising out of discussions with patients . |
| 20 | In his illuminating new notes for these CDs , Northrop Moore aptly refers to the live choral recordings as ‘ snapshots ’ . |
| 21 | He gave two courses of lectures and the notes for both courses survived : one on the New Testament and one on the Christian idea of redemption . |
| 22 | The law , now in section 6 of the ERA 1988 , still requires all pupils to take part in an act of collective worship ; however , there may be a single act for all pupils or separate acts for different groups of pupils . |
| 23 | These include : an increase in civil R&D carried out in industry ; an increase in R&D on the environment , transport , services , non-nuclear energies and technologies for developing countries ; and a diversion of resources from defence to civil R&D . |
| 24 | Japanese banks will continue to write off and provide against masses of doubtful debts for several years to come . |
| 25 | However , the three would-be collaborators for the grand tour each revived one of their ballets for three performances by the Ballet Club at City Hall , Cape Town , in July and August ; this was when Yvonne Blake danced the Scarlet Woman . |
| 26 | After the tribunal , director of personnel for New Possibilities Andrew Arnold said there were lessons to be learned and not only would proper records now be kept of disciplinary hearings but a new ‘ whistle-blowing ’ policy was being introduced to make it easier for staff to expose wrong-doing . |
| 27 | Whoever wins will face a dilemma — whether to prosecute military personnel for human rights abuses . |
| 28 | The company is building several satellites for European organisations but has yet to win an order from the developing world . |
| 29 | While many collectors are turning over every hedge and collective barn they can find within the Russian Republic and its former constituents and satellites for hidden treasures , a small and dedicated band have been scouring the Asia-Pacific region for many decades looking for Japanese material . |
| 30 | Inefficiencies due to human error in conducting these laborious scans for potential applicants was another source for concern regarding the operation . |