Example sentences of "[noun] for the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes they were envisaged as semi-penal institutions for the unregenerated poor . |
| 2 | The frustrations and criticisms arose from clear enough aspirations on the part of institutions for the maximum attainable independence — but far from agreed as a concept within institutions and organizations . |
| 3 | Mr Bullins , porter at Magdalen College for forty years , and senior porter for the last ten , put on his bowler hat and the bland expression he always assumed on such occasions , and walked to staircase III in New Buildings , overlooking the Deer Park , where E. A. J. de Chavigny had some of the most desirable rooms in college . |
| 4 | One of the authors lived in St Helens for the last three weeks of the strike , becoming as immersed as possible in all aspects of the activities of the strike committee . |
| 5 | One hang-up for the profit-motivated British garage is that they feel it is not worth taking on work for less than a tenner . |
| 6 | He said the figures came hard on the heels of the news that there were just 202 job vacancies for the 4,685 unemployed in the Darlington district . |
| 7 | She never bought more , nor less , than she would need for her housekeeping for the next 24 hours . |
| 8 | Steve , who has won the Isle of Man race eight times and holds the outright lap record , will be arriving with his latest bike for the 1992 racing season . |
| 9 | The protection of that model , and the benefits of legal charisma to individual clients , is the justifica-tion for the claims to power and privilege — power to determine the conditions of practice independently of the state and privilege in state protection for the monopolistic economic basis of that practice . |
| 10 | On 3 June word came that the gallery would get no grant to cover the 1991–92 deficit , and the base grant for the current fiscal year would climb , not the desired C$6 million , but C$1 million to C$9.5 million , with no guarantee of end-of-year supplements . |
| 11 | It is believed that the National Gallery has committed its entire purchase grant for the next three years towards the cost of the Holbein and , given the fact that purchase grants for national museums have been frozen since 1985 , other museums are similarly powerless both to acquire when the works come onto the market , and to match their export price when their licences are suspended . |
| 12 | Surely a far more significant gesture by the government towards Britain 's immigrant community would be a hefty grant for the proposed Indian museum in Bradford , which the V&A wants to create in order to display the nation 's holdings of Indian art , mostly in store since the closure of the Indian Museum in 1947 . |
| 13 | It was an opportunity to place Save The Children Fund 's current and future aim into historical context and for volunteers a valuable lesson in preparation for the seventy fifth . |
| 14 | Although I fully understand why my right hon. Friend can not attend the conference of Parliamentarians , will she tell the House now whether the Government support the recent call by Mr. Robert McNamara for a global commission on population in preparation for the 1994 United Nations conference on population ? |
| 15 | Joan Bromberg describes in some detail the US 's preparation for the Second International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy . |
| 16 | In preparation for the first National Assembly elections , scheduled for Dec. 21 [ see p. 38291 ] , the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) at its fifth national congress on Oct. 13 announced a draft manifesto containing a new clause pledging to " build a Taiwanese republic with independent sovereignty " and to redefine the territory of Taiwan , subject to a national plebiscite . |
| 17 | Slowing him down had been merely the preparation for the real poisoned phial . |
| 18 | In preparation for the anticipated tough hearings before the Democrat-controlled judiciary committee , Thomas , whose nomination had aroused opposition from a range of black , feminist , and liberal organizations [ see p. 38328 ] , received intensive coaching from members of administration . |
| 19 | Since school reports can stand separately from this it is possible to revise present reporting systems in preparation for the whole National Curriculum to come on stream . |
| 20 | Affleck practices regularly at Heswall and aims to play in as many Liverpool Alliance events as possible this winter , keeping up his competitive edge in preparation for the demanding 1993 season . |
| 21 | They had neither made adequate preparation for the Single European Market nor allowed for proper funding for the Channel tunnel . |
| 22 | To make good the depredations that years of neglect have wrought on the Flavian amphitheatre , L40 billion ( £19.3 million ; $29 million ) funding has come from the Banco di Roma , newly created from the merger of three of Italy 's banks in preparation for the single European market . |
| 23 | Researchers in the Institute have already applied their expertise to a major study in preparation for the Single European Market in 1992 . |
| 24 | One of the main strands of the government 's preparation for the single European market by December 1992 was its large-scale privatization programme , launched in 1989 [ see pp. 37590-91 ] . |
| 25 | In continuation of a process begun in 1988 [ see p. 37589 ] two major bank mergers were announced in 1991 in order to streamline the country 's banking sector in preparation for the single European market in 1992 . |
| 26 | The main function of MPs is to support their leaders , to attack the other side and to score the maximum points with the electorate in preparation for the next general election . |
| 27 | Lou Macari took charge of his first Celtic training session this afternoon at Seamill in preparation for the Old Firm clash at Ibrox tomorrow . |
| 28 | Lou Macari took charge of his first Celtic training session this afternoon at Seamill in preparation for the Old Firm clash at Ibrox tomorrow . |
| 29 | These are regarded as essential preparation for the main plenary session this afternoon . |
| 30 | The bitterness and the troubles of the coal mines for the next seven , or for that matter twenty-seven years , derived in great part from the feeling of both miners and owners that they had been betrayed . |