Example sentences of "['s] [noun] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeton 's Case for an International University ( 1941 ) and unswerving interest in legal education and the future of the legal profession in England ( University of Cincinatti Law Review , vol 25 , 1956 ) deserve to be mentioned as facets of a wider concern . |
| 2 | The cooler Charity 's answers , the more indignant Charles 's requests for an explanation . |
| 3 | On the other hand , there is nothing here to show necessarily a diminution in Offa 's enthusiasm for an archbishopric of Lichfield or lessening regard for Hygeberht . |
| 4 | February 1 : He snubs Francis 's plea for an extended trial and joins Leeds . |
| 5 | As Britain 's biggest book printer , his eyes light up at the mention of Labour 's proposals for an extra £10 per primary school child for books . |
| 6 | In a written response to the government 's proposals for an environment agency , the NRA says that a single agency would be a ‘ one-stop shop ’ for industry when dealing with monitoring , regulation and enforcement and charging policies . |
| 7 | The 100 Group of finance directors is concerned at the Accounting Standards Board 's proposals for an Operating and Financial Review . |
| 8 | The ASB still takes the view that appropriate disclosures of this kind can assist users of financial statements , but in the light of the responses to FRED 1 concluded that the concept can best be developed within the ASB 's proposals for an Operating and Financial Review to support a company 's annual report — ie as part of a wider discussion of a company 's performance . |
| 9 | The Netherlands draft treaty maintained Luxembourg 's proposals for an extension of EC powers in social affairs , health , and education , which would also be subject to majority voting . |
| 10 | When the coup in Yugoslavia in spring 1941 interfered with Hitler 's plans for an attack on the Soviet Union ( Britain 's last potential Continental ally ) and a deterioration in mood set in owing to the threatening extension of the war to the Balkans , SD soundings of opinion again registered ‘ with what childlike trust the most ordinary people in particular look up to the Führer and our leadership of state ’ , convinced that ‘ the Führer has taken it into account and will deal properly with it ’ . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No I 'm not , ’ Elaine stated , destroying Francis 's plans for an impromptu picnic . |
| 12 | The President 's plans for an Architecture Centre at Portland Place came to fruition with an exciting and expanding programme of events . |
| 13 | By contrast , the hon. Gentleman might bear it in mind that Labour 's plans for an extra £37 billion a year and policies of higher taxation , higher inflation and higher interest rates would drive this country into perpetual slump . |
| 14 | Sometimes she eased the weight that lay on Scarlet 's heart for an hour or two , but the relief never lasted . |
| 15 | In place of Adorno 's search for an authentic individual productive subject in popular music , we may see glimpses here of new kinds of mass or collective subject . |
| 16 | He says he was just starting out in life and they 're very bitter that he was killed by one person 's obsession for an obscene knife . |
| 17 | Here we quote Walpole 's formulae for an arbitrary dispersion of spherical inclusions dispersed throughout a matrix of another material in a homogeneous and isotropic distribution on average . |
| 18 | For the other , the home secretary will favour the Independent Broadcasting Authority 's submission for an independent national radio — ‘ provided that satisfactory financing arrangements can be developed ’ . |
| 19 | At issue is one small , but key part of the European Commission 's plan for an alignment of Value Added Tax ( VAT ) and Excise rates in the 12 member states , which it considers essential if frontier checks on traders are to be abolished after 1992 . |
| 20 | Neither likes Mr Clinton 's plan for an energy tax , assessed on the thermal content of fuels , which over five years would raise $10 billion . |
| 21 | Much discussion between the three countries centred on the development of Goh Chok Tong 's plan for an " economic growth triangle " involving Singapore , the Malaysian state of Johore and the Indonesian island of Batam. , 1989 , 1990 Total GDP ( US $million ) , 28,800 , 34,600 Real GDP growth ( % ) , 9.2 , 8.3 GNP per capita ( US$ ) , 10,752 , 12,765 Components of GDP ( % ) , Private consumption , 46.6 , 44.4 Total investment , 34.4 , 38.6 Government consumption , 10.8 , 10.6 Net exports , 8.9 , 5.9 Consumer prices ( % change p.a. ) , 2.4 , 3.4 Retail sales volume ( % change p.a. ) , 11.3 , 1.7 Individual production ( % change p.a. ) , 10.1 , 9.5 Unemployment ( % of labour force ) , 2.2 , 1.7 Reserves minus gold ( US$ million ) , 20,300 , 28,400 Money growth ( M1 % p.a. ) , 14.9 , 10.8 Minimum Lending Rate ( % p.a. ) , 6.2 , 7.7 Public external debt ( US$ million ) , 71.1 , 38.3 Debt service ratio ( % ) , 0.7 , 0.2 Current Account Balance ( US$ million ) , 2,500 , 2,300 Exports ( US$ million ) , 44,700 , 52,600 Imports ( US$ million ) , 49,700 , 60,500 Trade balance ( US$ million ) , -5,000 , -7,900 Main trading partners , Exports ( % by value ) , USA , 23.3 , 22.0 Malaysia , 13.7 , 13.5 Japan , 8.5 , 9.0 Imports ( % by value ) , Japan , 21.4 , 20.2 USA , 17.1 , 16.0 Malaysia , 13.2 , 13.6 Source : Financial Times . |
| 22 | Members of Halton Friends of the Earth have been urging people in Runcorn to call for a public inquiry into ICI 's plan for an incinerator there . |
| 23 | I had been badgering the tour 's publicist for an interview with Scotty , who had apparently arrived toting his original Ray Butts amplifier with built-in tape echo , but things were n't looking too hopeful . |
| 24 | The European Commission 's proposal for an environment agency ( see above ) will subsume the CORINE team and databases . |
| 25 | Denied the opportunity of supervising a major programme of construction in New York , where the Whitney Museum 's trustees have been unable to agree Michael Graves 's proposal for an extension , he is taking responsibility for the final stages of the conversion , now estimated to cost $35 million , of an ornamental warehouse located on Pittsburgh 's North Side , which will accommodate the museum . |
| 26 | Legislation is on the up , including the European Commission 's proposal for an eco-audit scheme which seeks to define and regulate environmental audits . |
| 27 | Concern that the conflict would spread to the mainly Albanian-populated Serbian province of Kosovo was not assuaged by Yugoslav and Serb leaders ' rejection of Lord Carrington 's proposal for an international conference on Kosovo , made in Belgrade on July 21 . |
| 28 | A yearly budget of a million pounds from the cigarette company make Fusil 's dream for an annual multi-discipline event in the most beautiful corners of the world come true . |
| 29 | are not based on some economic theory but on things I and millions like me were brought up with : an honest day 's work for an honest day 's pay ; live within your means ; put a nest egg by for a rainy day ; pay your bills on time ; support the police . |
| 30 | That sounds humane enough in theory , and no doubt it saved many hundreds of families from starvation during the years of the French wars ; but it positively encouraged employers to keep wages at rock-bottom levels , while anyone who wanted to do an honest day 's work for an honest day 's pay was subject , instead , to the ignominy of accepting supplementary alms in order to live . |