Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adj] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have been careful not to lay down specific periods for the bids to come in , because , as I have said many times , it may take longer for some management-employee buy-outs to be lodged than others . |
| 2 | It was , Mr. Langley submitted , for the very reason that section 39 overrode confidence that the provisions of sections 82 to 84 were incorporated by Parliament , laying down careful guidelines for the preservation of confidence by the recipients of information under the Act , subject to specified exceptions . |
| 3 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |
| 4 | Already rationalised by Babbage , it was later given its most explicit and systematic expression by F.W. Taylor , whose project was to eliminate the autonomy of the worker by appropriating for management any remaining knowledge or skill involved in the direct production process , to analyse and codify the components of the labour process and thereby to permit the management to lay down standard rules for the expenditure of labour power . |
| 5 | The treaty may lay down transitional provisions for the successive stages of EMU according to the circumstances of the different countries . " |
| 6 | Saint-Léon laid down certain rules for the staging of character dance based on the traditional folk dance of a particular country . |
| 7 | The Convention not only transferred the Crown to William and Mary , but also laid down certain terms for the new rulers in the document known as the Declaration of Rights , and if the offer of the Crown was not strictly speaking conditional upon William and Mary 's acceptance of these terms , it was clear that everyone expected that they were to abide by them . |
| 8 | They may become in turn promoters of the public library service and even serve to bring in financial support for the service — a valuable support group particularly in the USA where public library services are frequently vulnerable to local authority cuts . |
| 9 | The directive would also lay down minimum requirements for the conduct of takeovers , effectively superseding the City of London 's Takeover Panel . |
| 10 | Following his departure , will take on overall responsibility for the management of Courtaulds Health Environment and Safety Services ( CHESS ) . |
| 11 | The prospect of handing over total responsibility for the care of the most vulnerable people in society to such local authorities was felt by some to be profoundly disquieting . |
| 12 | The first occasion was in the early 1980s when it and the Stock Exchange spent three years trying to develop an automated settlements system for the gilts market before the Bank took over total responsibility for the project in 1985 to develop what has become the highly effective Central Gilts Office . |
| 13 | KI.107B production versions before Bökow took over complete responsibility for the programme . |
| 14 | From 1 April the DoT will take over direct responsibility for the major repair work of inspecting the underside of the viaducts , where important structural defects have appeared . |
| 15 | As the engineers within the BEA began to take over direct responsibility for the power station sites during 1948 , the prospect of strengthening the organisation improved . |
| 16 | At thirty-six years of age Kell was chosen as one of its first two directors and shortly afterwards took over full responsibility for the defensive side . |
| 17 | After a long argument , an offer from the Movement to take over financial responsibility for the girl 's education persuaded Mrs Gross to change her mind , Jean stayed on at her grammar school . |
| 18 | For the 23-year-old Liverpool woman had to beat off strong competition for the post from dozens of other candidates from around the world . |
| 19 | The firm is part of a consortium trying to beat off global competition for the Hong Kong airport deal which is worth three times as much as the channel tunnel . |
| 20 | Vauxhall beat off worldwide competition for the engine plant contract . |
| 21 | After 1956 — the year in which the government had tried and failed to cut off Arab support for the FLN in the ill-fated Anglo-French Suez expedition — there had been a growing perception , both in Paris and among the general public , that these dilemmas were not likely to be resolved by short-lived coalition governments of the kind that the Fourth Republic produced . |
| 22 | Although it is not known if the move will put off potential customers for the Cornmill , there are already fears an existing severe shortage of parking spaces threatens the future prosperity of Darlington 's town centre . |
| 23 | Virgilio Avila Vivas replaced Alejandro Izaguirre Angeli as Minister of the Interior , an appointment seen as a move to build up political support for the efforts of the security forces to deal with increasing protests against the government 's economic policies [ but see below for his replacement ; for November 1991 protests , see p. 35571 ] . |
| 24 | This Partnership will be charged with drawing up specific goals for the Compact and planning a structure to implement their achievement . |
| 25 | Blow up kidney-shaped cushion for the neck ; clip-on sunshades , tubular money holders to hang around the neck , haircuts as pristine and new as thatched cottages ; too many magazines , trashy paperbacks , a whole arsenal of cameras , video equipment and binoculars . |
| 26 | Burrows shows how Jane Austen makes skilful use of the common words to build up different idiolects for the different persons in the novels to bring out the differences in their characters . |
| 27 | ‘ Initial work has focused on infrastructure improvements to track and bridges , but we are already drawing up detailed specifications for the locomotives and coaching stock , which will be introduced on this flagship service in the next few years , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Preparations also include two consultations for church leaders and communicators and for technicians which will take place in 1993 with the aim of drawing up clear guidelines for the agency . |
| 29 | The Labour leader , John Smith , and his colleagues will certainly be grinding their teeth over a strategy which pre-empts their own promise to draw up longer-term plans for the economy . |
| 30 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |