Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which the desire for the products of industry , beyond necessities , results from the processes of want-creation as distinct from pre-existing materialistic tendencies is obscure , but there is some plausibility in Galbraith 's picture of a corporate system whose power includes an ability not only to stimulate demand for particular goods but also to shape prevailing social values . |
| 2 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 3 | Can Making Belfast Work be improved or should it be shut down to make way for alternative policies ? |
| 4 | The first ‘ Hooligans ’ of the 1890s and the ‘ Garotters ’ of the 1860s do little to kindle nostalgia for Victorian city life and culture . |
| 5 | For practical reasons , the Commission decided not to include suitability for immediate use , spare parts and servicing facilities in the list . |
| 6 | Discussions have already started with members of the SWAPO Women 's Council on how best to build support for Namibian women in this crucial period of Namibian independence . |
| 7 | The co-operation of Western creditor government and private banks was sought in providing a global solution to foreign debt burdens , and thus to allow scope for realistic economic and social development strategies which also protected the environment and controlled the production of drugs . |
| 8 | In any event , and no matter what reforms were contemplated , the issue that was posed by Marius Moutet , pre-war Minister for the Colonies in the Popular Front and shortly to become Minister for Overseas France , was whether or not France really considered herself to be a nation of 100 m. and whether or not she was to be a great power . |
| 9 | Mr Hattersley said during the debate that he and Neil Kinnock were more determined than ever to resist pressure for Labour to back PR , because voters would suspect that the party lacked confidence in its ability to win under the present system . |
| 10 | Our main programme tomorrow is earlier than usual at 6.00 p.m. to make way for European Soccer later in the evening . |
| 11 | To stimulate regional economic development , the EC agreed advanced technology transfers to offices located in Argentina , Colombia , Chile , Uruguay and Venezuela , and also to support training for small and medium-sized businesses . |
| 12 | The Animal Care Trust — ACT — supports the College by raising urgently needed funds to ensure high standards of facilities are maintained , to extend , modernise and equip the RVC 's three hospitals and also to provide endowment for professional staff . |
| 13 | Set up to provide money for growing companies , the stockmarket failed to attract investors . |
| 14 | Intel Corp has confirmed a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that it will delay introduction of its Pentium microprocessor until May , but denies the paper 's assertion that it is holding the chip back to exploit demand for existing 80486 products . |
| 15 | The Advanced Courses Development Programme has provided the opportunity to consolidate the existing system and simultaneously to introduce certification for individual units . |
| 16 | These questions included : ‘ I want … to know how to increase provision for young people at risk in my organisation … to raise consciousness about young people on the agenda of my church … to change the attitude of Christians to that of the discipline of compassion . ’ |
| 17 | Multiculturalism , as expressed in the Swann Report or in the writings of Jeffcoate , James , Lynch and Parekh , is based on the premise that the key issue facing schools is how to create tolerance for black minorities and their cultures in a white nation now characterized by cultural diversity or cultural pluralism . |
| 18 | Paul Bocij shows you how to get software for free and author , Jack Dunning , shows you how to make money with computers |
| 19 | As already explained , the first Magnox power stations ( at Calder Hall and Chapelcross ) were built primarily to extract plutonium for nuclear weapons . |
| 20 | Development costs could be reduced by expanding these existing nuclear sites which are currently used primarily to produce fuel for military purposes . |