Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another entry the master had sent the porter for the medical officer at three o'clock in the morning to attend a single woman in childbirth . |
| 2 | Adrian Jones of Laser … says its easy to sail … its not for the beginner but the club sailor will be able to handle it … he says it gives the opportunity for the normal man or girl in the street to sail together in a powerful boat … all the boats will be exactly the same … it means that the best sailor will win … |
| 3 | In striking down the law Duplantier made it clear that he hoped that his decision would provide the opportunity for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1973 judgement Roe v. Wade which provided the foundation of legal abortion in the US . |
| 4 | ‘ And I appeal to employers to look on our ex-service people and see in them the opportunity for the loyal , dedicated , hard-working men and women that they are . ’ |
| 5 | S so the position as of say the summer nineteen forty seven when , when you 're , you , this law was being formulated the reports coming back are that although there is the opportunity for the poor to do better , as a , as a matter of course they 're not all doing better . |
| 6 | In addition the development of birth-control techniques provided the opportunity for the above changes of attitudes to be encouraged . |
| 7 | The Home Secretary said that we must not provide the opportunity for the organised violence against asylum seekers in Europe to spread here . |
| 8 | In the case of the treaty it gave the opportunity for the Red Army to be created , which at a later date was able to go on to the offensive . |
| 9 | That loses the opportunity for the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) to ask a supplementary question . |
| 10 | McLean popped up in this unusual viewing position — the advertising hoardings around the Tynecastle pitch are kept in place by sandbags — shortly after swapping his seat in the stand for the United dug-out on Saturday , and , arms waving , he remained there virtually throughout the final 15 minutes . |
| 11 | Luke , as we have seen , makes the prayer for the Holy Spirit the supreme blessing of the Messianic Age , and shows now wonderfully . |
| 12 | Had the imprisonment and the subsequent ‘ religious revival ’ come six years earlier , it would have produced less spectacular growth because the trained personnel were not then available to lead the movement and direct the sympathy for the Free Presbyterians into recruitment to the Church . |
| 13 | The funding for the present installation comes largely from Paul Mayen , a family friend of Edgar J. Kaufmann Jr . |
| 14 | They were joined there by earl Rivers , who had left the prince at Stony Stratford and ridden north to greet the dukes , having first dispersed his men among neighbouring villages to ensure accommodation near the prince for the new arrivals . |
| 15 | They were joined there by earl Rivers , who had left the prince at Stony Stratford and ridden north to greet the dukes , having first dispersed his men among neighbouring villages to ensure accommodation near the prince for the new arrivals . |
| 16 | I 've already briefly referred to item ten , and that is we 've had to increase the numbers in registration inspection during the current year , and that demand will continue , there is no provision in the base for the ongoing costs for staff who 're appointed . |
| 17 | RAF Little Rissington was the base for the Central Flying School during the war . |
| 18 | The irrationality of taking last year 's budget as the base for the current year 's , and arguing only for and against increments , has been repeatedly pointed out . |
| 19 | The bid that to you as a specific grant next year will then itself be absorbed into the base for the following year , and there will be a new specific grant . |
| 20 | A GLANCE at the provision for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the president 's budget for 1994 reveals nothing unusual . |
| 21 | Campion had unhooked the mike for the multi-channel radio from under the dash , but he was n't speaking ; base desk was giving out a priority call and he 'd stopped with the mike on his knee and the coiled flex hanging loosely . |
| 22 | They are also aware of the regional and local variations in the support for the General Strike . |
| 23 | Furthermore , while the support for the national claims of the large peoples of Europe might imply supporting social forces quite other than those of the proletariat — for example , the Polish aristocracy or the Magyar gentry — the national claims could not be won without revolution : |
| 24 | Given the creation of Rail Track , the constitutional position in respect of the accountability of and the support for the British Transport Police is clearly most unsatisfactory . |
| 25 | More fundamentally … welfare pluralists can not escape opening wider the door to privatisation by the support for the commercial sector inherent in their advocacy of a plurality of sources of welfare . |
| 26 | Although primary elections took place in several states during August , the contest which captured most public attention was the struggle for the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia . |
| 27 | Videla immediately sent an open letter to the Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Martin Bonnet , claiming that the armed forces were owed an apology , and vowing to carry on " the struggle for the moral vindication of the war we won against subversion " . |
| 28 | Although the 1988 Matignon Accords formed the basis of a ceasefire in the struggle for the New Caledonian independence , there was increasing discussion during 1990 of the possibility that the planned independence referendum — scheduled for 1998 — could be abandoned in favour of a form of independence in association with France . |
| 29 | The longest-lasting is the struggle for the working class to constitute itself as a class , to overcome its internal fragmentation . |
| 30 | The key feature of effective mentor schemes is a genuine consistent interest on the part of the mentor for the young person . |