Example sentences of "[adv] of [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What really disturbed the Under-Secretary was the report he had received two days ago about the smuggling in of arms for this new Volunteer army . |
| 2 | Sir Keith Thomas PBA , then President-elect of the British Academy , in his opening remarks mused that he was surprised to hear only of plans for printed publication of the contributions . |
| 3 | Conflict about assessment at Key Stage 4 and about equivalence with GCSE ultimately led to the giving up of proposals for double testing . |
| 4 | There will be a body of enacted legislation , a pattern of grants from central government , a range of procedures relating to the sanctioning of new initiatives including the taking up of loans for new capital expenditure , perhaps a pattern of inspection or policy review , and a variety of policy expectations enshrined in circulars and related messages from the centre . |
| 5 | The course started with an introduction to desktop publishing and continued with sessions looking at layout styles and techniques , the use and production of graphics , and the setting up of templates for regular publications . |
| 6 | The setting up of routines for this communication is another aspect of ergonomics . |
| 7 | Sucker top growth is often called briar in the case of roses , after the name by which the wild rose was known , and following the old practice of using rooted briar stems dug out of hedgerows for budding and grafting — at one time this was one of the chief occupations of gypsies , who would ‘ hawk ’ them by the bundle around less reputable nurseries . |
| 8 | ‘ It was a very demanding programme and very rewarding , but I 'm looking forward to keeping my head out of books for some time now , ’ he commented . |
| 9 | Hostess work in some of the clubs involved little more than chiselling money out of tourists for fake champagne , and the money that changed hands for street assignations almost invariably led to an instant disappearance with no follow-through . |
| 10 | To break the habit , try leaving sugar out of drinks for that magic two weeks . |
| 11 | The National Foodstuffs Commission , replacing SAM , has been set up to implement government strategy that consists of price supports for basic food production , special incentives to producers of priority foodstuffs , the phasing out of subsidies for non-priority foodstuffs and a plan to tie retail prices of basic foods to increases in the national minimum wage . |
| 12 | Which part of town ? of course , your budget is going to rule out many areas — for example , Knightsbridge is out of bounds for all but the super-rich . |
| 13 | Intact chromosomes can be lifted out of cells for genetic studies ; plant protoplasts ( cells devoid of their cell walls ) can be persuaded to grow into whole plants and much has been learned of plant metabolism by grafting experiments — for example the grafting of tomato tops to potato tubers demonstrated the energy storing capacity of tubers , although the — hybrid was of little practical value hybrids of potato and tomato cells have also been grown . |
| 14 | The other part of the work is based on the experience , particularly of councils for voluntary service and other bodies like that , who at a local level are providing advice and support to voluntary groups . |
| 15 | I have dusted down others and given them sacrilegious new twists , incorporating nuts into rolypoly , for example , and using kumquats instead of lemons for old-fashioned Sussex Pond Pudding . |
| 16 | Arthur and Kathleen Lea , of Manfield , near Darlington , asked friends and relatives to give money for a guide dog instead of gifts for 50 years of marriage . |