Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after work began however , it was found that there were serious problems in making a secure , stable base for the embankment and thus progress was brought to a halt . |
| 2 | It was agreed that retail/service jobs provided neither a stable base for the economy nor decent jobs for the people of the area . |
| 3 | The project therefore attempts to devise a more general descriptive framework for the intonation of the languages investigated and to establish a general theory of intonation structure which takes account of the different role of intonation in languages of different types . |
| 4 | Landsbergis on May 2 expressed support for the idea of Franco-German mediation , and said that some of the laws passed since the March 11 independence declaration could be frozen , but that the declaration itself was sacrosanct . |
| 5 | Yet the means he employs seem to contradict these aims : reconciling his removal of benefits from 16 and 17 year olds , for instance , with his expressed support for the family , is an exercise to test even the wisest . |
| 6 | Chinese Premier Li Peng on Sept. 8 expressed support for the East Asia Economic Grouping ( EAEG ) plan , proposed by Malaysia , saying that the planned grouping was vital in view of increasing economic protectionist practices . |
| 7 | Finance Ministers from the Group of 24 ( G-24 ) developing countries who met in Washington on April 28 expressed support for the World Bank 's reaffirmation of its commitment to make poverty reduction " a priority objective " in its lending operations . |
| 8 | Well , I mean to say , I 've got total admiration for the way you chaps work . |
| 9 | And the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand will be an admirable opportunity for the fringe men to gain valuable international experience . |
| 10 | Moreover the hitherto unstoppable rise in property value has formed an apparently solid base for the credit spiral which so bedevils government economic policy . |
| 11 | It is remarkable that the Working Party could be so cavalier in ignoring its own evidence ; it is perhaps even more surprising that no crash research programme was advocated in order to provide a solid base for the allocation of such a vast sum of money . |
| 12 | However , as I told the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) , there will be an opportunity in due course for the legislation that enacts the agreement to be considered in detail by the House . |
| 13 | Possible applications range from loft insulation to making fitted furniture , so selecting the right board for the job is vital . |
| 14 | Grachev met his Georgian counterpart Tengiz Kitovani in Moscow on Dec. 31 to discuss demands by the Georgian parliament for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Abkhazia . |
| 15 | Children whose parents had given unconscious , covert permission for the child 's aggressive behaviour . |
| 16 | That these were exceptional arrangements agreed during a period of acute difficulty for the District is revealed in the following table which summarises the provision of Chapter III courses in England and Wales in 1935–36 : |
| 17 | This was based on the assumption that once supranational institutions had been set up in one economic sector , interest groups would look to that political level for the realisation of their demands , and that in time the groups would begin to appreciate the value to themselves of integration . |
| 18 | The strong rural support for the Party is recognized by a call for ‘ a realistic return for the farming community , with special measures to offset the disadvantages , especially in the intensive livestock sector , resulting from our isolation from Great Britain ’ . |
| 19 | Cuts of £2.9 million to the specific grant for the development of AIDS services may seriously restrict SSDs ' ability to respond to HIV/AIDS cases from next week . |
| 20 | The usual scramble for the bathroom in the morning , cycling through the sunny streets to the shop , serving cakes and pies and bread all day , then cycling home and the rush to prepare for a dance or a visit to Sarah . |
| 21 | If the forms of the two potential functions are similar too , we may well find that the ground-state level for the ion lies almost exactly over that for the molecule in the energy diagram ( Fig. 6.13 ) . |
| 22 | In Great Britain , the broad framework for the use of land is provided by Structure Plans . |
| 23 | Interest can continue to be received gross if you certify prior to closure that your total income for the year , including that arising on closure is less than your tax allowance for the year and you are therefore a non-taxpayer . |
| 24 | Taxpayers who chose to assess themselves would compute the tax due on their total income for the year ending 5 April and , having taken into account any tax deducted or paid in instalments , would send this , or a repayment claim , to the Revenue , with their return by 1 January in the following year . |
| 25 | So giving us a total income for the year of about a hundred and twelve thousand pounds . |
| 26 | With Type I systems , the health authority receives funding for its population ; has a specific responsibility for the health/health care of that population ; and , in various combinations , provides and/or purchases services from other providers , public or private , to meet the health needs of the population . |
| 27 | With Type I systems the health authority receives funding for its population ; has a specific responsibility for the health/health care of that population ; and , in various combinations depending on how radical the proposal claims to be , provides and/or purchases services from other providers , public or private , to meet the health needs of the population . |
| 28 | There is therefore a danger that no one consultant will take specific responsibility for the house officer throughout the whole six months . |
| 29 | He paused , and then said , ‘ I used the advance payment for the book to get the car . ’ |
| 30 | It has been noted that the grounds on which the miller 's wife strikes her husband over the head with a staff as he fights with John are somewhat absurdly contrived : This can be interpreted as the contrived excuse for the wife to help her welcome lover to escape , as appears in some continental analogues of the tale . |