Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before resigning ourselves to permanent depression and a feeling that special needs have slipped from the political agenda , it may be useful to look again at some of the implications for change for the better … |
| 2 | In England , as elsewhere , ‘ even though their help could not be counted upon ’ , children and kin were providing the greatest share of support for the older generation of their families . |
| 3 | The Palestinians do , however , acknowledge signs of change for the better in US Jewry , Congress and the Administration , and that it is up to themselves to push them forward in much more effective ways than they have managed hitherto . |
| 4 | One trusts that the desert winds blowing through Vegas this week represent the winds of change for the better in boxing . |
| 5 | And the cost of admission for the better seats in the house — £30 and £23 . |
| 6 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that erm they totally solve the problem of what to do with the brighter children , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes because the sort of pupil we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptional in their own right . |
| 7 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
| 8 | The state is the most important single source of income for the older age groups . |
| 9 | The advent of the fixed penalty system for all drivers , whether commercial or not , on 1 October 1986 is yet another example of the changing nature of law for the haulier which has had to be notified to employee drivers . |
| 10 | Since provision of education for the lower orders was largely dependent on local initiative and attendance was usually a matter of parental inclination , both were haphazard . |
| 11 | Eisenhower himself feared that a permanently mobilized nation must in time change its way of life for the worse . |
| 12 | Having admitted that the lower duty on unleaded petrol has helped to promote its use , has the Minister had any discussions with the Treasury about introducing such a lower level of duty for the cleaner diesel fuels which are now available , especially as BP is one of the pioneers in that respect ? |
| 13 | While such a policy may relieve the short-term burden of unemployment for the older men nearest retirement age , unfortunately our study showed that the majority of those in their mid- and late fifties , who did not have the option of becoming early retired , faced the prospect of very long-term unemployment , and found the experience very distressing ( Walker et al. |
| 14 | Donald McCulloch grinned with pleasure and then turned it into a look of complicity for the younger men . |
| 15 | The reading attainment target contains statements of attainment for the earlier levels which relate to information retrieval . |
| 16 | The recent Royal Commission on Incomes and Wealth analysed the sources of finance for the larger quoted industrial and financial companies in the U K and found that between 1950–72 internally generated funds accounted for an average 70 per cent of total finance over this period . |
| 17 | The significance of language for the later development of the ego can hardly be underestimated ; indeed , there is little doubt that , had articulate speech not evolved , modern ego-functions would not have developed as they did and self-awareness , rational thought and social evolution would all have been greatly inhibited in their development in our species . |
| 18 | Sit up straight with support for the lower back |
| 19 | But what is wrong with change for the better and doing what one is good at ? |
| 20 | Despite the hardness of her aunt 's attitude , the latter 's distress had got through to Lucy , causing her to become engulfed with sympathy for the older woman . |
| 21 | There is a playing field with equipment for the younger members of the community , and a football and cricket pitch . |
| 22 | Each is adorned with silken cloths and has its tusks shod with iron for the greater efficacy of killing criminals . |
| 23 | Ford are proud of their 2.5 DI diesel engine in the Transit van and Lawrence is sure the future lies with DI for the smaller diesel car engine . |
| 24 | When the Home Secretary talked of the need for the Government to give a lead in tackling racial disadvantage he therefore saw this as in issue for the longer term . |
| 25 | We will give schools increased administrative support in return for the wider opening of their facilities to the local community . |
| 26 | William Elstobb found the eighteenth-century fenmen content with ‘ uncomfortable accommodations ’ ; and Vancouver wrote of Burwell in 1794 : ‘ Any attempt in contemplation for the better drainage of this fen is considered hostile to the true interests of these deluded people . ’ |
| 27 | If the last two clauses heard are syntactically related to one another then sufficient syntactic information about the penultimate clause needs to be retained in order for the larger linguistic unit they form to be understood . |
| 28 | Any spontaneous pull to which he yields ( for example , a proneness due to laziness to exaggerate the difficulty of getting things done in time for the earlier flight ) will merely bias his judgement ; in the pure choice of means you either choose rationally or surrender to the spontaneous . |
| 29 | ‘ Time for bed for the younger ones , ’ he said at nine o'clock . |
| 30 | More importantly , it is essential to make statutory provision for a framework of public audit in this country sufficient to ensure accountability to Parliament for the wider range of public expenditure now and in the future . |