Example sentences of "[adj] for the [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |
| 2 | A text frequently has a much wider variety of interpretations imposed upon it by analysts studying it at their leisure , than would ever have been possible for the participants in the communicative interaction which gives rise to the ‘ text ’ . |
| 3 | And it is doing just that for the ladies in my classes . |
| 4 | It was agreed that ( i ) a system of proportional representation in the Assembly of the Republic ( legislature ) would be adopted ; ( ii ) legislative and presidential elections would be held simultaneously within one year of the signing of a ceasefire accord , although this deadline could be extended ; ( iii ) presidential candidates would be at least 35 years old and their candidacies supported by a minimum of 10,000 signatures ; ( iv ) the minimum voting age and that for the representatives in the Assembly would be 25 years , although there was an expectation that these would be reduced to 18 years after the first set of elections ; ( v ) a National Electoral Commission , one-third of whose members would be appointed by the MNR , would organize the electoral process , determining for example the number of seats per region ; and ( vi ) the government would assist the MNR to secure appropriate facilities to carry out its political work in at least every provincial capital . |
| 5 | Hughes ' cityscape is as exciting for the children in her books as the bluebell woods and dingle dells of 50 years ago , and this optimism may be the greatest gift a modern writer can give young readers . |
| 6 | The test is a series of movements in walk , trot and canter and you get marked for the movements in the test . |
| 7 | The nineteenth century witnessed too a growing Asian presence in Britain , developing from earlier groups of servants , sailors and traders , and several Asians were also prominent in British politics , the most famous being Bombay-born Dadabhai Naoroji who , apart from championing the Indian cause in London , also entered the House of Commons after winning Finsbury Central for the Liberals in 1892 and supported women 's suffrage , trade union rights and Home Rule for Ireland ( Visram , 1986 , pp. 78–92 ) . |
| 8 | If , over the years , the balance of probabilities has shifted so that balances previously included as creditors now seem unlikely ever to be paid , it would be appropriate for the balances in question to be removed from creditors , with the corresponding credit in either profit and loss account or , if the sums are material and the adjustment arises from a fundamental error , the profit and loss reserves in the balance sheet . |
| 9 | It is for a local authority to decide the mix of family centres which is appropriate for the children in its area . |
| 10 | He also remembered times when he himself was so hungry that he could n't stand straight for the cramps in his stomach . |
| 11 | She had never heard the whole story , but apparently some of his ideas were considered a little too daring for the traditionalists in Tokyo , and he found the rug pulled from under him . |
| 12 | The proportion of good degrees remains larger for the universities in relation to students in the highest A-level score range , but is larger for the CNAA graduates in the other A-level score ranges . |
| 13 | The contradiction was less dramatic for the revolutionaries in Cuba , where the Church 's influence was not great , partly because of the presence of vestiges of African religion from the slave culture and partly because of the comparatively developed state of Cuba 's economy and educational system . |
| 14 | He can only highlight the atmosphere supporting the plot , especially those circumstances where he has to portray differences between classes and thus general behaviour , idiosyncrasies , etc. , for example the contrast that must be made between the dances for all and sundry in the town square and those for the aristocrats in the ballroom of Romeo and Juliet . |
| 15 | The direction of the seif dunes shows the direction of the prevailing wind , which is also responsible for the barchans in the troughs , where the effects of strong winds from another quarter are not felt . |
| 16 | This house believes that the British Govt. was solely responsible for the improvements in the quality of life of the British working class in the 19th Century . |
| 17 | There are probably other factors also responsible for the differences in permeability observed between patients with and without active disease . |
| 18 | The Grand Almoner was the Archbishop of Paris , who was assisted by a vicar-general and five chaplains who were responsible for the services in the chapels of the Imperial residences . |
| 19 | Clearly the trace-element enrichment process responsible for the offsets in Pb isotopic composition in Fig. 2 c is largely independent of the exact precursor material and the longer-term heterogeneity of the mantle . |
| 20 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 21 | Moreover , if such an increase in chlorophyll-specific production had occurred and was responsible for the changes in zooplankton biomass , the hypothesized increase in primary productivity would have to reflect an increase in new production which , in turn , must be fuelled by a systematic increase in nutrient supply to the region . |
| 22 | Indeed , the fact that performance varied between the two logical items suggests that factors other than the physical/psychological/logical distinction may be responsible for the variations in performance . |
| 23 | The only DP deputy present , Neritan Ceka , read out a statement on behalf of the party demanding that the Assembly be suspended until those responsible for the killings in Shkodër had been identified . |
| 24 | The principal demands were for a 50 per cent increase in wages and pensions , a six-hour working day ( and no night-shifts ) for women , and the bringing to justice of those responsible for the deaths in Shkodër in April [ see p. 38160 ] . |
| 25 | It is therefore unlikely that microsporidia were responsible for the symptoms in a relevant proportion of the patients reported here , especially thse at early disease stages and those without detectable secondary infection , as intestinlam microsporidiosis is apparently associated with low CD4 counts in the peripheral blood . |
| 26 | The complexity of this issue lies in the fact that the TNCs are themselves directly and explicitly responsible for the ways in which such processes work out in most societies , but they are also often indirectly and implicitly responsible in ways that are hidden from view . |
| 27 | Several processes may be considered potentially responsible for the fractionations in U/Pb , Ce/Pb and K/U at the time of lithospheric growth . |
| 28 | Departments , being responsible for the subjects in which modules are taught , have information needs at the subject committee level . |
| 29 | This suggests the work of the same mosaicist : a craftsman who , if not solely responsible for the mosaics in Gloucester and London , was part of a group which had a very specific repertory . |
| 30 | He expected no less for the children in the classroom . |