Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These qualification courses form a greater proportion of the total training carried out by the libraries who listed only a few programmes for 1984/5 ( see Table 9 ) , in general tending to constitute the main type of development training for non-professionals , especially in smaller libraries . |
| 2 | Curiously , there are few parallels for this , a natural enough way of making an opera , when the librettist and composer are dealing with a narrative not already shaped into theatrical scenes . |
| 3 | In countries like Australia with large immigrant populations , some groups for various reasons assimilate more readily than others , and lose their sense of distinctiveness ( Clyne 1982 ) . |
| 4 | Some reasons for ineffective project work |
| 5 | Rhodes , by focusing on shifts within the organizational structures of the state , is able to identify some reasons for longer-term stability , but is less able to explain the extent of change since the late 1960s . |
| 6 | Just because it is convenient to single out some policies for special attention , and just because there are courses on social policy that require the study of a specific and limited range of public policies , we should not therefore fall into the trap of seeing these as the main government contributions to welfare , or the ‘ general good ’ . |
| 7 | You 've got as long as it , it takes but it wo n't take , I should think , more than a few minutes for each group er to do their presentation . |
| 8 | From there we went in a funny little train with open trucks which fascinated Tim , until we got to a railway junction where we had to wait on the station for some hours for another train to take us to Calcutta . |
| 9 | Although several European countries have legal controls on such activities , in the U.K. the law has not been extended in this way , though there may be legal remedies in some cases for those who believe they have been harmed by the use to which the surreptitiously collected information has been put : if , for example , unauthorised entry on to property has occurred , or if there has been breach of confidence or copyright , or if conspiracy to commit a crime , civil wrong , public mischief or some outrageously immoral act can be proved . |
| 10 | Thus , out of the 11 still preferring home care in the action sample nine answered quite specifically in terms of the feasibility of continued home care ( albeit with a wish in some cases for more community services ) . |
| 11 | Implicit in some definitions for differentiated learning is the assumption that it is the child who has the ‘ problem ’ when there is a breakdown in learning . |
| 12 | Life in those days offered few opportunities for young men and women with ambition . |
| 13 | Teaching is still an important option for less privileged groups : for example , for school graduates in rural areas where there are few opportunities for professional employment and for both urban and rural women , whose range of job opportunities is still far more limited than men 's . |
| 14 | Even those with many advantages will have precious few opportunities for issuing commands with the expectation that they will actually be executed . |
| 15 | There are even a few herrings for good measure . |
| 16 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 17 | The study of crime offers some opportunities for this type of analysis . |
| 18 | Magistrates in Bootle heard that library staff had attempted to retrieve some books for more than a year . |
| 19 | But there are not a few readers for such procedurals and you may feel that writing one of them is what you can do best . |
| 20 | The Scissortail is a tough fish , making few demands for any special treatment , and has the added attraction of being quite easily bred . |
| 21 | Higher levels of information ( for example syntax and semantics ) must also have some source(s) for this information ( Evett et al , 1989 ; Keenan and Evett , 1989 ) . |
| 22 | Here are some guidelines for in-studio behaviour and some tips on handling potentially difficult interviews . |
| 23 | This will provide some guidelines for those readers unfamiliar with the area and also help to clear away in advance some misconceptions which , even among those knowledgeable of it , have sometimes obscured the debate . |
| 24 | Examine a few syllabuses for basic courses in geography . |
| 25 | Some have done better than others , but there 's just the physical reality of how long it takes the lower two strings to speak — it 's going to take a few milliseconds for that to happen . |
| 26 | But this scheme should be seen in the context of the longer-term aspirations of some countries for greater economic and monetary union in Europe , and the steps that have been taken to achieve this . |
| 27 | There was mention of some art history work , a few articles for various journals and a cataloguing job for one of the museums but it was clear that for Maidstone these were of little importance and did not really qualify for the title of job . |
| 28 | This does have some advantages for small retailers in that they can return unsold stock , but the retailer loses flexibility where they are required to maintain the prices recommended by manufacturers . |
| 29 | The English conventions for punctuation for instance , may have some advantages for some purposes , although disambiguating ‘ sentence ’ units should not necessarily be taken as a significant one . |
| 30 | The warning here , however , is of the difficulty encountered by some enthusiasts for graded assessment tests in persuading other colleagues in their discipline of the practicality and value of the detailed record-keeping of various ‘ grade related criteria ’ within the subject area itself . |