Example sentences of "[noun] for the [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " offer of amends " would be a valuable protection for the media in cases of unintentional defamation , were it not encumbered by what the Faulks Committee described as " expensive rigmarole " — a procedure which requires the swearing of a detailed affidavit about how the confusion arose , which must be served at the same time as the offer of amends . |
| 2 | It must be frankly recognized that there is at present no means of providing adequate protection for the people of this country against the consequences of an attack with nuclear weapons . |
| 3 | The 1957 government White Paper on Defence baldly admitted : ‘ It must be frankly recognized that there is at present no means of providing adequate protection for the people of this country against nuclear attack . ’ |
| 4 | The ‘ City of Culture ’ accolade will perhaps be an opportunity for the people of Dublin to howl in protest at what the Dublin Corporation and the Irish government have done to the city . |
| 5 | The government believes that the Convention offers an opportunity for the people of Northern Ireland to contribute directly and in their own way to the establishing of a joint and stable society in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | The Labour councillors voted to overturn the officers ' recommendation and give permission for the works to be demolished . |
| 7 | The purchaser , more often than not , is a University or institutional library which has not forgotten the value of books that previous generations have preserved — in this case for the people of England , though the libraries that end up owning the books are usually abroad . |
| 8 | Well first let me say erm in answer to a question you put some time ago , what is it what is in this budget for the people of Oxfordshire , and all you got from both Councillor Waldon and Councillor Barnes was a list of the cuts . |
| 9 | In his report on the seminar , François Bouneau of the French Protestant Radio Service called for ‘ a critical celebration that could open avenues of hope for the people of Latin America as well as helping us to reconsider our relationship with Third World nations . ’ |
| 10 | ’ I 've got great sympathy for the people of Upton because unless they understand the situation , then I can see why they 're fearful . |
| 11 | ‘ However , I have every sympathy for the people of Galway . ’ |
| 12 | In the extreme case , a consumer who bought a one-bar electric fire for thirty shillings and paid less than a penny per hour for the electricity at peak time , imposed costs on the Electricity Boards of at least £60 for the kW of power station capacity needed to meet the demand . |
| 13 | I had developed an admiration for the works of Ogden Nash , whose newest verse appeared almost weekly in The New Yorker . |
| 14 | He later wrote that he had developed ‘ an unbounded admiration for the works of the most refined art in painting , sculpture and architecture , with which [ Rome ] then abounded … |
| 15 | ‘ I meant as well as an admiration for the works of Knudsen , ’ he interrupted softly . |
| 16 | The average relative abundances for these species ranges from 28.9 to 45.3 , with intermediate values for the species of eagle owl . |
| 17 | The correlation coefficient between centile group for birth weight and standardised β cell function for the offspring of the normoglycaemic mothers was r s =42 ( p=0.015 ) . |
| 18 | Rules for the Staff of Volans are given below . |
| 19 | A public meeting held in Middlesbrough for the people of Coulby Newham and Marton ended in a unanimous decision against the plans for a £9.5m North Eastern Co-op superstore . |
| 20 | I respect people 's music , but I do n't give a shit for the people behind it . |
| 21 | We do not see why we should pay the environmental price for manifest improvements for the people of north-west England . |
| 22 | The bridge configuration has the additional complication of base drive isolation for the pair of switching transistors connected to the positive supply rail . |
| 23 | GPA is the manager of the aircraft and will act as agent for the sales of the aircraft prior to the maturity of the securities issued by ALPS . |
| 24 | A systematic search for the pair of NTPs that led to the formation of stable initiated complexes ( to be shown and discussed below ) indicated that only the simultaneous presence of GTP and UTP could give rise to stable complexes , indicating that these were the first two NTPs incorporated at both promoters . |
| 25 | Pierre Reverdy , a young friend and supporter of Picasso and Braque , was quick to realize the fact that true Cubism had not been the product of pictorial doctrines and theories , and also that the search for the means of expressing a new concept of form and space had made Cubism a style of almost unequalled pictorial discipline . |
| 26 | Also when we was giving this demonstration for the people in Bloxwich for the , our unit in King George 's playing fields , we 'd got all our weaponry on , on , on show what we 'd got Vickers machine gun , the Brownings rifles this anti-tank bomb anti-tank tube , whatever you li gun , whatever you like to call it , but also we 'd got what , what was termed a bucket bomb . |
| 27 | DUE to the continuing uncertain future for the people of Cambodia I would like to suggest that those concerned write a letter to : The Rt Hon Alastair Goodlad MP , Minister of State , Foreign and Commonwealth Office , King Charles Street , London SW1A 2AH . |
| 28 | As in the past , the information for guidance will be conveyed mainly by the head teacher 's report , which governors would come to regard rightly as a source of sound professional advice , subjects for discussion and a welcome touch of humour ( ‘ Mr C scored three goals for the staff against the pupils and also acted as referee ’ ) . |
| 29 | Is he aware that what he achieved , or failed to achieve , might please the little Englanders behind him but will be a tragedy for the people of the United Kingdom and the Scottish part of it through the 1990s ? |
| 30 | She had had a good time in her twenties : a good job as a doctor 's receptionist ( she had gone against the general rule for the species by being warm and sympathetic , though she stood no more nonsense than was inescapable ) . |