Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of using several methods of evaluation for a given educational programme was pointed out . |
| 2 | Finally , remember to protect oxygenating plants with wide cylinders or domes of netting for a few weeks to prevent any fish from pulling them up before they 're established . |
| 3 | The authors of Blueprint for a Green Economy express the belief that it is possible to put a money value on the benefit of preserving the rare Californian condor , so why not on chalk-hill blue butterflies ? |
| 4 | You may think you have to cut back on the necessities of life for a few days or cancel a treat you had promised yourself and the family . |
| 5 | The Supervisory Authority and the state prosecutor 's office may institute proceedings before the ordinary courts of justice for a declaration that an insider dealing or a misleading prospectus and dealings made thereunder are null and void . |
| 6 | If that young Ethiopian girl has survived the droughts , famines and wars of these intervening years — not to mention the torments and dangers of childbirth for a circumcized and infibulated woman , whose vagina must be re-sealed after each birth — she will be 26 today . |
| 7 | An interesting study of ten such schemes by Leat and Gay refers to ‘ the growing practice within social services departments of paying ‘ ordinary people ’ to provide various forms of care for a wide range of client groups ' . |
| 8 | To earn full grant-aid , Terminal courses had to extend over a minimum of twelve meetings , and aggregate twenty-four hours of attendance for a minimum of twelve students . |
| 9 | Fifteen hours of labour for a child of 7 ! |
| 10 | In order to qualify for alternative permitted hours , the club must fulfil the following conditions ( subss. ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ) , viz. : ( a ) that the club premises are adapted and used by members and their guests for carrying on athletic sports or games ; ( b ) that at least one of the sports or games is carried on out of doors , and in daylight ( unless artificial light is used ) ; ( c ) that the premises are regularly used during winter and the hours of daylight for a sport specified in ( b ) ; ( a ) that the usual permitted hours are not suitable for the time at which the game or sport is usually played by members and their guests for the supply of liquor to those participating in the game . |
| 11 | However , the archaizing and more abstract beauty of Canova 's response to the figure had been subsumed beneath the increasing demand in all areas of art for a greater naturalism in representing the human form . |
| 12 | Use a large notebook or a pad of lined paper and teach him to leave two or three lines blank between the lines of text for a word-for-word gloss . |
| 13 | The manager produces a whole hospital work-level profile for specific periods of time for a 7-day period . |
| 14 | Also participating are the money dealing departments of commercial and eligible banks and Accepting Houses ; the latter accept bills of exchange for a fee . |
| 15 | The current Governor-General , Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo , would assume the functions of president for a transitional period , the duration of which was not fixed . |
| 16 | Specimen articles of association for a solicitors ' incorporated practice which is a company limited by shares |
| 17 | Specimen articles of association for a solicitors ' incorporated practice which is an unlimited company having a share capital |
| 18 | b Literature Apart from the literature on specialists dementia teams ( Arrowsmith et al , 1985 ) and on packages of care for a variety of disabled or elderly client groups ( Griffiths , 1988 ) no specific research literature was found . |
| 19 | If you 're at all dissatisfied , simply return your order within 30 days of purchase for a refund of the unit price . |
| 20 | The vote , when it came , broke five days of deadlock for a post that will give Yeltsin no executive powers , but huge authority and the opportunity to help set a new political agenda for the Russian parliament . |
| 21 | AMONG a host of prestigious contracts won by Corporate Wedgwood is an order for 18,000 pieces of tableware for a restaurant on-board the luxury liner QE II . |
| 22 | Although North Korea was widely thought to have the technical expertise to produce nuclear weapons , many experts concluded that it would not have sufficient stocks of plutonium for a viable weapon until 1992 , and would not be in position to test such a device until 1995 . |
| 23 | You can make different kinds of mask for a witch or a pirate , or more elaborate ones for a masked ball . |
| 24 | She had bought all kinds of food for a dinner party . |
| 25 | Beryl Chapman , the author , has written a small workbook based on many years of experience for a variety of people to use , not as a large reference book . |
| 26 | These words sum up her intention and feelings , expressing the result of two years of preparation for a show that came to mean so much for the many artists participating in the event . |
| 27 | How one charity helps another The Goodwill charity shop in Court Arcade , Darlington , closed its doors for the last time on Tuesday after four years of fund-raising for a children 's village in India . |
| 28 | There are , for example , so far in maths , science , English and technology alone , no less than 14,910 potential separate considerations of statements of attainment for a group of thirty children from level one to level five . |
| 29 | The Rules of Conduct and Codes of Practice may be amended , varied or rescinded as the Council may think fit and the Council may , in its absolute discretion , waive the provisions of any of the Rules of Conduct or Codes of Practice for a particular purpose or purposes expressed in such waiver and may revoke any waiver . |
| 30 | While there may be problems of productivity for a small category of workers , there is a substantial body of research which suggests that there is little foundation in reality for such views for the majority of occupations . |