Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] for [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We are laying the foundations for further progress .
2 The primary phase should help pupils to learn to understand themselves , their relationships with others and the world around them ; should stimulate their curiosity and teach them to apply it purposefully and usefully ; and should develop the foundations for later learning and those personal qualities and attitudes which , if acquired during the primary phase , provide a sound base for what follows .
3 That is what has made the Tory policy of selling off council houses at prices advantageous to the tenants a much more electorally significant event than any of the plans for wider share ownership promoted or floated by Tory , Liberal Democrat or Labour politicians .
4 It must be said that in Britain the new public library authorities created in 1972 have in many cases failed to capitalize on the opportunities for better stock provision which the larger units were supposedly able to achieve .
5 This is the argument that women 's domestic responsibilities get in the way of their paid work , and prevent them from taking the opportunities for higher-paid work .
6 I agree that the colleges are looking forward to their independence and to expanding the opportunities for further education available to our young people .
7 Plunder proved a useful temporary boost to revenues ; the annexation of new lands , with the opportunities for tougher exploitation which conquest brought in its train , could restore to princes their dominant position as by far the richest men within their principalities .
8 You can fit drawer chests inside the units for easier storage of items like underwear and socks , or you could use sliding baskets in a rack for the same purpose .
9 The agreement involved a delicate balance between concessions to the demands for greater autonomy by much of the French-speaking majority of Quebec and by representatives of the native Indian and Inuit population , and wider constitutional reforms designed to appeal to the western provinces , particularly the creation of an elected Senate where all 10 of the country 's provinces would be equally represented [ see p. 39000 ] .
10 Attempts by the party leadership to stall the demands for greater autonomy until its review of organisation and structure is completed next year will be keenly fought on the floor of the conference hall .
11 The demands for further information follow disclosures that Lord Young wrote to BAe asking it to choose how to hide the £38 million ‘ sweeteners ’ involved in the sale from Parliament and the European Commission .
12 When the first draft of Li 's report was presented a fortnight ago it incorporated many of the demands for faster reform voiced earlier this year by China 's elder statesman , Deng Xiaoping .
13 If you decide not to have a test for HIV then you should still follow the guidelines for safer sex and safer drugs use .
14 It is difficult to avoid the comparison with present day Germany in relation to the other states of the EC and the quotation goes some way to explaining the motives for closer integration .
15 It was also able to press the governments for swifter progress towards an Economic Union .
16 Privately , however , reaction at the higher end of the trade is positive , with the feeling that potential purchasers will turn back to the dealers for better service at more or less comparable prices .
17 The use of search aid tools such as user-friendly interfaces , together with the possibilities for cheaper training rates should lead to increased online training for end-users .
18 The possibility of a ‘ domino ’ effect in all counties in the District could not be ignored and Hickson had also left open the possibilities for further expansion in his original letter to Wash :
19 Children are denigrated by adults , and as Itzin ( 1984 ) has identified this discrimination sows the seeds for later ageism towards very old people .
20 The Scottish Office Education Department on the implications for further education provision arising from the White Paper Access and Opportunity ;
21 Remove the flowerheads for better leaf production unless seed is wanted .
22 The IMF , however , taking into account another failure in the June test , suspended further drawdowns and negotiations commenced on the conditions for further assistance , expected to include a further devaluation .
23 However , now that the resources for higher education — both for research and teaching — are limited or declining , more money for one department often means less for another .
24 But the prospects for greater justice and peace in prisons depend on the next Government 's willingness and ability to control the size of the prison population .
25 The small percentage of jobs he speaks of being created are all highly skilled , whereas the majority of the unemployed are untrained , unskilled and have not the qualifications for further training .
26 The small percentage of jobs he speaks of being created are all highly skilled , whereas the majority of the unemployed are untrained , unskilled , and have not the qualifications for further training .
27 The pressures for greater convergence of national policy , at least among the developed countries , are irresistible .
28 BR used press campaigns in the early 1980s to put the arguments for higher state support , basing its case on the higher subsidies of other European railways as a percentage of GNP .
29 Thus the arguments for easier maintenance and greater longevity of plastic windows appear to have little foundation in fact — an argument often ignored by the brewers .
30 What was proposed was not the submersion of party in a wider unit , but a parliament of collaboration between independent groups ; no more was discussed in 1918 and , despite the strength of the arguments for further collaboration , they would scarcely have carried the party to a greater commitment .
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