Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calculating the mean of probabilities for each of the candidate letters across the length of the strings ( for example ljaclc = ( 99 + 62 + 100 + 74 + 99 + 75 ) /6 = 84.83 ) , and ordering the strings on the basis of these results gives table 2.1 below . |
| 2 | There are many other forms of cruelty , e.g. the catching and export of monkeys for medical and other experiments when they should be purpose bred in zoos . |
| 3 | Low-voltage lighting has all sorts of advantages for outdoor use , the main one being its safety — you wo n't get a shock if you stick your garden fork through the cable , for example . |
| 4 | There are all sorts of opportunities for this . |
| 5 | Even more usefully , from a film-maker 's point of view , untimely celebrity death precludes the risk of libel , thus opening up all sorts of opportunities for dramatic license . |
| 6 | The subject guide traverses the spectrum from ‘ abattoir ’ to ‘ zymurgy ’ ( the art of fermentation ) ; a sample page from the universal membership organizations section details the International Association of Legal Science , World Alliance of Reformed Churches , Association of Geoscientists for International Development and Amnesty International . |
| 7 | I have visited sixth-form colleges in Thurrock and Boston this year , and I recently addressed the annual meeting of the Association of Colleges for Further and Higher Education . |
| 8 | At present the coalition includes Association of Community Technical Aid Centres , British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres , Community Development Foundation , Community Enterprise U.K. , Community Matters , Standing Conference for Community Development , London Voluntary Services Council , National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service , National Council for Voluntary Organisations and Sia . |
| 9 | A readjustment of prices for agricultural produce would also be needed . |
| 10 | There is an accepted tariff of damages for personal injuries laid down on a case-to-case basis by judges . |
| 11 | Lifting of restrictions for Bosnian refugees |
| 12 | But the jobs were invariably dead-end and , despite the Home Office call for ‘ real , training , wages were at subsistence level or below , which led to a succession of requests for small loans from the Movement . |
| 13 | Perhaps in the selection of students for admission ; or the promotion of the faculty ; or the apportionment of priorities for institutional expenditure ; or the direction of research projects ; or the range of teaching and research subjects pursued in an institution ; or the character of the curriculum . |
| 14 | Preincubation of neutrophils for 30–60 minutes at 37°C with colchicine ( 2.5×10 - 5 M to 2.5×10 - 4 M ) ( Sigma ) before carrying out the indirect immunohistological labelling did not affect the staining pattern . |
| 15 | Some bishops , notably those who owed their promotions to James ( such as Thomas Cartwright of Chester and Samuel Parker of Oxford ) , supported the Indulgence , and encouraged their clergy to deliver addresses of thanks for that part of Declaration in which James promised he would continue to protect the Church of England . |
| 16 | FOUR groups of farmers and their wives came to Penrith mill recently as part of a continuing programme of visits for existing and potential customers scheduled throughout the summer . |
| 17 | Thus , in 1962 , Molly Sheavyn , the Further Education and Youth Officer , launched a programme of courses for all tastes and all ages . |
| 18 | With a month to put together a programme of events for this ‘ Reading Festival ’ , things were n't going well and the organisers approached London club owner Dave Bilk — yep , Acker 's bro — who put them on to B & H. |
| 19 | JUST when they thought the good times were coming to an end , Japanese building firms are being given a batch of orders for huge infrastructure projects . |
| 20 | A different view of royal opportunism can be seen in the confirmation of charters for leading monasteries outside the demesne . |
| 21 | Thompson and West in a study of preferences for sheltered housing which included a sample of people of all ages who suffered from rheumatism and arthritis , found among these respondents ‘ a strong feeling of not wanting to impose on relatives ’ ( Thompson and West , 1984 , p. 318 ) , and the older respondents were even less willing than the younger to consider the option of being cared for by kin . |
| 22 | Decisions included further study of proposals for political union between the islands ( in particular between Dominica , Grenada , St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines ; the other three OECS member states were Antigua and Barbuda , Montserrat and St Christopher and Nevis ) . |
| 23 | A study of convictions for indictable sexual offences in 1973 revealed , however , that ‘ … despite the disparity in maximum penalties for indecent assaults on males and females , the sentences actually imposed are quite similar . |
| 24 | Indeed , botany as a science grew out of the study of plants for medicinal purpose . |
| 25 | MDS Transmodal of Chester have been involved in part of an SE-financed study of opportunities for roll-on roll-off facilities on the East coast — while at the same time conducting a trawl of potential customers for a Medway base at Rosyth . |
| 26 | The kind of help that museums can give to adults can equally well be given to schoolchildren , and to teachers who bring parties of schoolchildren for specific purposes . |
| 27 | In this way much of the movement of exotic items which can be traced archaeologically , can be seen as part of a system of ceremonial exchange in the formation of alliances , that is used by the heads of lineages for important political and social transactions . |
| 28 | It 's still made with extract of Rosehips for extra goodness — but now without preservatives . |
| 29 | In May , 1992 , the company took its case to the Medicines Commission , which advised revocation of licences for 0.25 mg products but thought that problems with 0.125 mg tablets could be dealt with otherwise . |
| 30 | The importance of the papacy and the college of cardinals for internal English politics — not to mention foreign relations — could hardly be more eloquently attested . |