Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most circumstances internal KPMG referrals or requests for limited assistance from other offices , such as an introduction to an existing client or provision of non proprietary knowledge gained from a previous assignment , should not result in a fee being paid by the originating office to the receiving office . |
| 2 | A demand for undamaged fruit or vegetables for freezing has led to excessive ‘ cosmetic spraying ’ . |
| 3 | In general , further energies went into consolidation , as the struggle for day-to-day survival offered little time or opportunity for political mobilisation . |
| 4 | Roll up … large curls piled on top of the head by Mac & Co for high impact styling |
| 5 | The general lack of compromise or provision for flexible or part-time work effectively chokes off the careers of many promising lawyers . |
| 6 | The media portray some of the efforts that have been made as holidays or rewards for young offenders . |
| 7 | This involves nothing more than putting right the small faults such as leaks , poor control settings and using excessive temperatures or times for various energy consuming activities . |
| 8 | Patio doors are made in timber , aluminium and plastic ( unplasticised polyvinyl chloride , or upvc for short ) . |
| 9 | Replacement windows are made in timber , aluminium , steel and plastic ( unplasticised polyvinyl chloride , or upvc for short ) . |
| 10 | Cost of any service or maintenance charge , or liability for common repairs ; and |
| 11 | Where the provision or accrual for foreseeable losses exceeds costs incurred , the excess should be included within either provisions for liabilities and charges or creditors as appropriate . |
| 12 | Independent maintenance organisations , faced with a shrinking market for their services , must therefore diversify into desktop services by offering customised solutions or tendering for complete contracts , it suggests . |
| 13 | Computer systems for the integrated handling of geographical or spatial data are called Geographical Information Systems or GIS for short . |
| 14 | Although running at the same as the national Children In Need Appeal , Cash for Kids is organised locally by Radio Clyde , and the money is used to provide special Christmas treats or presents for needy children throughout West Central Scotland . |
| 15 | We will prohibit experiments involving pain or distress for non-medical and non-veterinary purposes , promote alternatives to the use of animals in research and education , and ensure that laws against badger-baiting and dog-fighting are enforced . |
| 16 | They have become , not critiques of inhuman arrangements or guidelines for practical interventions , but master transcoding devices which will sort any text or problem into sets of formally opposed categories . |
| 17 | The aircraft was known to the German Air Force , or Reichsluftfahrtminsterium for short , as HE 100 D , since the appellation ‘ 113 ’ was considered unlucky . |
| 18 | Action & Research for Multiple Sclerosis ( ARMS ) has published a new guide to statutory services — MS and Community Services . |
| 19 | After 1974 , the Labour Government introduced a measure known as the State Earnings-related Pension Scheme , or SERPS for short . |
| 20 | Off-road shoes have studs or triangles for extra traction . |
| 21 | It may take weeks or months for clear and credible standards to emerge and you must be willing to update them regularly . |
| 22 | It was discussed by Thatcher 's government ( DoE , 1981 ) as a new source or revenue for local government , and was initially rejected . |
| 23 | Persuasion , appeals to the affections or ties of kindred , to a sentiment of gratitude for past services , or pity for future destitution , or the like , — these are all legitimate , and may be fairly pressed on a testator . |
| 24 | This sensitivity to initial conditions ( or instability for small lateral displacements ) is reflected by the single positive Lyapunov exponent of a strange attractor of a three-dimensional system . |
| 25 | i.e. Much stronger hydrogen bonding interactions can be obtained if units such as or sites for ion-dipole interactions such as can be built into chains , and even in relatively small amounts these can transform immiscible pairs into totally miscible blends . |
| 26 | It is called Huntington 's Chorea , or HC for short . |
| 27 | The author also points out that her subject had almost no sense of humour or capacity for original thought , that she thirsted for power , and that ‘ Righteousness was what Annie earnestly desired for others … she felt no lack of it herself . ’ |
| 28 | Enterprising officials resort to all sorts of tricks to obtain unusual books to sell or exchange for foreign rarities . |
| 29 | Other issues on which morals can be drawn are whether dreams are forewarnings of events to come , and the image of woman as man 's confusion : the latter point , though , the Nun 's Priest himself refuses to present seriously : The burlesque treatment of matters of moral seriousness in the Nun 's Priest 's Tale reaches its climax in the middle of the tale , with a reference to one of the crucial dilemmas or mysteries for Christian philosophers : that of reconciling human free will with the necessary truth of God 's Providence . |
| 30 | The ancient Egyptians had no compunction in substituting glass or faience for natural stones , the Byzantines explored the possibilities of enamel and the Chinese began to produce pearls by culture as early as the thirteenth century , a process which in the hands of the Japanese first brought fine pearls to the new mass market . |