Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | • Complex computer-based games have been developed so that scores for manipulative skill , decision-taking , vigilance , etc. can all be calculated as the game proceeds . |
| 2 | A group of famous and highly-motivated mothers — that 's a few of them above — decided to band together as Parents For Safe Food to ( a ) draw attention to what long-term use of powerful chemicals can do and ( b ) work with government , farmers and all the others in the food chain to try to find a solution . |
| 3 | However , Le Roy Ladurie sees the strikes and uprisings of this period as expressions or frustration rather than campaigns for political change . |
| 4 | The ethnic differences that emerged elsewhere in the USSR in the late 1980s were for the most part more traditional , almost ‘ tribal ’ in character , in that they sprang from antipathies between ethnic groups with different religious , linguistic and historical backgrounds and expressed themselves in the form of communal clashes rather than pressures for formal independence . |
| 5 | ‘ Gainsharing ’ PRP systems , which reward groups rather than individuals for increased productivity , could be one solution , he says . |
| 6 | Whether or not any special rule survives for trespassing cattle is not likely to be of any importance now that damages for personal injuries can not be recovered under that head . |
| 7 | Even if sponsors for all the boats are not found — ‘ we do n't see that happening ’ — they are under contract to start with all 11 boats . |
| 8 | The ratio of labelled ( S phase ) to total cells ( labelling index ) for the entire crypt , as well as ratios for each of the five equal compartments into which the crypt had been divided longitudinally , was calculated for each patient . |
| 9 | The Getting streetwise ! sections focus on functional and situational language , as well as strategies for conversational English . |
| 10 | He has written on the issue to the new Fisheries Minister , Gillian Shephard , claiming that certain technical requirements in the Act could make it impossible for local fishermen to secure an adequate allocation of fishing days Royal crystal challenge STAFF at Welsh Royal Crystal , Rhayader , were commissioned to manufacture and supply the specially designed bowls which will be presented to each concert winner in the preliminary rounds , as well as goblets for each competitor , in this year 's Cardiff Singer of the World Competition at St David 's Hall . |
| 11 | This argument has become an important factor in recent debates about a new escalation of the arms race and major changes of nuclear strategy involved in the Star Wars proposal ( the Strategic Defence Initiative ) as well as proposals for new weapons systems based on new technologies . |
| 12 | As well as indexes for many newspapers , there are compendia such as Keesings Contemporary Archives ( " factual reports on current affairs throughout the world , based on information abstracted from press , broadcasting , official and other sources " , published from 1931 onwards ) . |
| 13 | Those who go to a church may find comfort and understanding there , as well as opportunities for wider social contact , in a sympathetic context . |
| 14 | They demanded minimum procurement prices and tariffs on EC imports as well as subsidies for Polish farms . |
| 15 | The onset of World War I made him responsible for the design and erection of explosives plant for the Ministry of Munitions , as well as plants for heavy chemicals , dyestuffs , intermediates , and synthetic drugs which , until that time , had been imported from Germany . |
| 16 | At a time when it is important to attract more women and men to the nursing professions it is vital that education facilities exist to offer excellent training and a career structure through pre and post-registration specialities as well as courses for those wishing to return to the profession . |
| 17 | As well as results for individual children , which will be made available to their parents , there will be compulsory publication of aggregated test results — by class , by school and by LEA — for Key Stages 2 , 3 and 4 . |
| 18 | Allelic losses , insertions , and point mutations have been detected on many other chromosomes but it has still to be established whether such changes function simply as markers for colorectal cancer , or as potential prognostic indicators . |
| 19 | Tesco gave up 15½p to 242p on the week , even though profits for last year are expected to be £123 million up at £540 million . |
| 20 | Margaret Spear , in a different study from the one reported in this volume , found that for identical work boys were marked higher than girls for supposed understanding of principles , aptitude for science and O level suitability ( Spear , 1984 ) . |
| 21 | First , the settlement house policy of ‘ neighbourliness ’ was trenchantly criticized by young radicals such as George Lansbury and C. F. G. Masterman who saw such movements either as laboratories for ambitious young men or as having lost their initial enthusiasm . |
| 22 | France , with a much smaller manpower than Germany ( at most some 6 million potential servicemen to Germany 's nearly 10 million ) , also employed conscription but with a different object , for the French regarded their conscripts principally as reserves for such tasks as garrison duty , while relying on the professional army of some 1 million men quickly to win an opening campaign and then the war . |