Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , there is very often a total absence of any consideration within our residential institutions for sexual needs of those within them ; accompanied by stern suppression of any sexual relationship which may develop .
2 Gold and silver , once reserved for the service of cults and sovereigns , were displayed as plate by corporations like the City of London , the Inns of Court the City Companies ( fig. 40 ) or the colleges of Oxford or Cambridge and embodied as medals awarded by academies and other institutions for distinguished contributions to many fields of learning and professional activities ( Plate K ) .
3 Surely there is no convention that judges may adjust their views about legal rights for purely strategic reasons .
4 He had no such rigid views about any matters of political policy .
5 City : Vacancies for top jobs up a third
6 A campaign to protect the habitat of migratory birds has been launched by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) , as part of an international initiative by Birdlife International , which seeks official protection for 2,680 sites within Europe classified as crucial for the survival of many birds .
7 In such a climate of change the 29th Edition Rules for Automatic Sprinkler Systems can only indicate that required sprinkler protection for broad categories of commodity .
8 Treaties have been concluded to foster a common standard of treatment for individuals , to provide additional protection for certain categories of individuals , to impose obligations upon individuals , and to facilitate the exercise of municipal jurisdiction over individuals .
9 Solent Diagnostics has introduced a new non greasy , non toxic , barrier cream skin protection product that will give full protection for four hours with one application .
10 A world-wide Mareva injunction now always contains a proviso designed to afford some protection for third parties from what would otherwise be ‘ an altogether exorbitant , extra-territorial jurisdiction ’ .
11 BRACKEN HOUSE , THE former home of the Financial Times , came under threat at the time ministers were considering the introduction of the Thirty Year Rule on listing ( see page 149 ) , and probably played a major part in securing the greater protection for post-war buildings of excellence that SAVE had sought for so long .
12 A sheath ( condom , johnny , french letter , " Durex " ) plus a spermicide provides good protection for both partners against both unwanted disease and unwanted pregnancies .
13 Among other things , he stressed the role of the railways in unifying the country , advocating state responsibility for these , and state protection for nascent industries from the tyranny of English free trade .
14 It was accepted that member states would operate their own national regional assistance instruments , whereas the Community 's preoccupation would be to ensure that national aid did not conflict with its competition policy , by providing protection for domestic industries under the guise of regional aid .
15 Before World War II , Brazil introduced high rates of effective protection for local manufacturers against imports ( up to nearly 70 per cent during the 1960s ) and thus created a strong and enduring anti-export bias ( Balassa , 1985 : p. 27 ) .
16 This assures a level of protection for clean areas beyond that provided by the primary and secondary ambient air quality standards ( Ward , 1981 ) .
17 In 1976 , the government pegged the grant for future years to the 1975 level in real terms , while expecting a comparable service to be maintained .
18 However , the same block grant system was retained , and the GREA formulae tightened to produce at the local level deductions of grant for all levels of expenditure .
19 What they 're doing is actually going a lot further , and supply us all the their ac accounts and details , and they 've actually sort of called it a grant for partial costs of materials , right , so we 're actually
20 Prior to 10 April , 1988 , a young person in this situation could apply to the Department of Health and Social Security , as it then was , for a single payment grant for essential items of furniture .
21 The style was constantly attracting new figures and had influenced , directly or indirectly , almost every significant young painter in Europe ; even Matisse , whose art had always seemed at the opposite pole to Cubism , was introducing a hitherto unknown severity into his painting in preparation for Cubistic experiments in 1915 .
22 A new draft electoral law was approved by the People 's Assembly on Nov. 14 , in preparation for parliamentary elections to be held by February 1991 .
23 In 1976 , the Smithsonian supported a scientist for 16 months on the island of Aldabra in the Seychelles to study what appeared to be a static population of goat .
24 Watford Gap is the route through these hills for the M1 motorway as well as the Grand Union Canal , the railway and the Roman Watling Street ( A5 ) .
25 Britain does not have to rely solely on its own mines for some kinds of metals .
26 Davide had been asked to act as legal counsel for three candidates from Rupe , four from Corrado , and for some five others who appeared but wisely did not divulge their place of origin .
27 Appeals director Charles Holden said the planned pit closures will reduce the charity 's income by £175,000 through lost donations from miners .
28 Take any consolidated balance sheet and you will most likely find cross references to notes for all items except cash and minority interests .
29 His rigorous policy , which would have blocked bank accounts and exchanged old bank notes for new ones at something less than one-to-one , was resisted by a group of ministers led by the Minister of Finance , René Pleven .
30 The Law Society has issued guidance notes for equal opportunities in solicitors ' firms which reproduce a standard policy for their use which has been drawn up on the basis of recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality .
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