Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of this view variously suggest that Socialist propensity to ‘ violence ’ anticipated that of the right ; that unnecessary enemies for the Republic were created by anticlericalism and , in general , too narrow a view on the part of the left as to what constituted acceptable ‘ Republican ’ values , credentials and behaviour ; and that the CEDA , a potentially Christian Democratic party which might have evolved in a genuinely democratic direction , was actually forced rightwards by the conduct of the left . |
| 2 | An integral part of Labour 's plan to look after the coal industry will be the adoption of European proposals for the coal industry . |
| 3 | The Corporation has exclusive rights to the working of coal , but may issue licences to private operators for the working of coal from small underground mines and from opencast operations . |
| 4 | This competent body could provide guidance on the preferable format(s) for the presentation of information . |
| 5 | The Prime Minister , John Major , presented on July 22 a 50-page white paper which he called a " Citizen 's Charter " , incorporating some 70 proposals for the improvement of public services . |
| 6 | The way to combat short-termism is to have the right policies for the support of industrial investment — policies based on competitiveness , lower taxation , good industrial relations and a belief in quality . |
| 7 | Jack played a few wartime matches in the London Combination for Palace at their new home at The Nest and then signed professional forms for the club when he left the Forces . |
| 8 | However , our conservation laws tell us that we can achieve just half of the total permutations of corners and edges , just half of the total flips of edges and just one-third of the total twists of corners , so we can achieve just one-twelfth of the above numbers , yielding 43 252 003 274 489 856 000 possible patterns for the cube . |
| 9 | There were both overt and covert reasons for the support of the Scheme by the Law Society , and the regional bodies , local Law Societies . |
| 10 | Economic plans for the coming five years revealed in February 1990 included increased emphasis on the processing of raw materials and on agriculture ; changes in the pricing system ; the introduction of some private ownership ; and the setting of production targets for only 10 out of 2,000 products . |
| 11 | The resulting communiqué , while providing broad proposals for the adoption of the eighth five-year plan and of a 10-year programme , contained little detail , prompting speculation that debate over the pace of reform was still intense . |
| 12 | Foreign investors are better acquainted with customs and practices in the eurobond market and they are also widely believed to have strong preferences for the anonymity of bearer securities and for the receipt of interest payments without deduction of tax . |
| 13 | Although this argument is not developed into specific proposals for the curriculum , if it were it would lead to a very different form from that of the DES . |
| 14 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 15 | The Board prepares specific proposals for the region and submits these to the Secretary of State who , after consultation with the local authorities , has the power to approve them . |
| 16 | Hence the advantage of large estates and plantations for economic development had lain not so much in their technical superiority , higher productivity , economies of scale , etc. , as in their unusual capacity to generate agricultural surpluses for the market . |
| 17 | In the past he had only got decent-size rewards for the arrest and conviction of armed robbers and known murderers , not for information leading to a mere interview . |
| 18 | I thank the Minister for the way in which he introduced the debate and set out the technical reasons for the order . |
| 19 | The point to stress is that rights which we now tend to regard as unquestionable were bones of serious contention in the past , and , like present-day calls for the return of capital punishment , might well have remained so . |
| 20 | I 'm concerned that we give our three children the right education and lay down the best possible plans for the future . |
| 21 | As Joe and Biddy became a little more cheerful , discussing my possible plans for the future , I became more miserable . |
| 22 | Given the ‘ action ’ orientation of our research project , the analysis of unknown heroin use centred on two specific tasks : assessing the size of the hidden sector and , thus , reaching an overall estimate of the number of heroin users , to enable the Borough of Wirral to forecast future demands on its services ; and identifying variations in the drug career patterns of users in the hidden sector as compared to those of known users , in particular the specific reasons for the lack of contact with agencies . |
| 23 | In short , then , while one is able to adduce specific reasons for the creation of certain of the joint muderris/muftiliks , it is important to recognize that these offices were a not uncommon feature of the Ottoman learned profession in the sixteenth century and that the sheer momentum of established practice may count for as much in assessing the reasons for their creation as what appear to be locally important considerations in each individual case . |
| 24 | The working party decided that users would be better served by a requirement for companies to adopt flow-through accounting for taxation changes , but also suggested some short-term improvements for the meantime . |
| 25 | Much debate centred around the lack of coherent policies for the area and dissatisfaction with the perceived motivation behind those policies that do exist . |
| 26 | Corporatism also implies an institutional ‘ fusion ’ in that institutions for the representation of functional interests are also used for the purposes of state intervention ( Jessop 1979 ) . |
| 27 | In July 1986 , while the DES was busy finalizing plans for the introduction of the GCSE , a new body was established under the aegis of the Department of Employment , named The National Council for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 28 | She frequently exhibited embroideries and jewellery and contributed technical essays for the society 's exhibition catalogues of 1889 and 1890 . |
| 29 | This war against America 's allies , Britain proudly at their head , for the vast economic contracts for the reconstruction of Kuwait ( and no doubt , in time , of Baghdad itself ) . |
| 30 | He has worked for pharmaceutical company Pfizer , National Bank of Angola and on collaborative projects for the World Bank and is now representing Banco Espirito Santo in Luanda . |