Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that 's the big success that everyone predicts , Donington could keep the European Grand Prix and emerge as a rival to Silverstone when the latter 's contract for the British Grand Prix runs out in l996 . |
| 2 | We have set out our plans in ’ Britain 's Defence for the 90s ’ and we are proceeding to implement those over the next four years . |
| 3 | Since then , we have been concerned with implementing proposals to create the structure for ’ Britain 's Defence for the '90s ’ . |
| 4 | It won the Royal Television Society 's award for the Best Drama Serial of the year , and a Silver Nymph for the screenplay at the International Television Festival in Monte Carlo in 1990 . |
| 5 | There was a magazine called Kine Weekly , which would give a showman 's award for the best stunt . |
| 6 | Reaction in the wider Muslim world and throughout the South has been similar — in Pakistan , for example , curfews are in force and the military leadership has condemned Pakistan 's support for the multi-national force . |
| 7 | Peking was upset by Hong Kong 's support for the pro-democracy movement . |
| 8 | An advocate of home rule and agrarian reform , Walsh 's support for the controversial ‘ plan of campaign ’ earned him the displeasure of Rome and cost him the cardinal 's hat . |
| 9 | Mr Lang said that Scottish Office funding for the laboratory complex was firm evidence of the Government 's support for the future importance of science and technology . |
| 10 | ( A decade later , the Pentagon 's support for the large-scale integration of circuits on silicon surfaces almost surreptitiously created a new industry . ) |
| 11 | Since early 1919 , agitation against Britain 's support for the various anti-Soviet armies in Russia had been co-ordinated by a Hands Off Russia Committee run by the far left , but supported by UDC intellectuals , Quakers and many Liberals . |
| 12 | If the government 's support for the landowning nobility perpetuated its age-old conflict with the peasantry , the direct corollary of its close alliance with industrial employers was confrontation with labour . |
| 13 | On Feb. 14 Labour MP Clare Short resigned from the opposition front bench after criticizing her party 's support for the allied bombing campaign . |
| 14 | In November 1949 under the Petersberg Agreements , the Allies reduced the amount of reparations taken from Germany ; in 1951 , thanks to Adenauer 's support for the new European Coal-Steel Community , reparations were ended altogether , and in May 1952 , under the Treaty of Bonn , the Allies finally undertook to restore German sovereignty . |
| 15 | It was now Joffre 's turn to convert the doubters , and on 4 September he went to BEF headquarters at Melun and in an emotional meeting won French 's support for the proposed attack . |
| 16 | Thirdly , the Labour party 's support for the social action programme of the social charter and for a minimum wage represents a political double-barrelled shotgun aimed at the working population , particularly those in lower-paid jobs . |
| 17 | The first visit by a senior Chinese official in over 13 years , and designed to signal China 's support for the Cambodian peace process , it had been postponed twice in December due to unrest in Phnom Penh [ see p. 38680 ] . |
| 18 | As one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council , China 's support for the US-led effort to reverse Iraq 's annexation of Kuwait was vital . |
| 19 | The bill had been intended to highlight Labour 's continued adherence to the closed shop , until Mr Fowler 's shadow , Mr Tony Blair , last weekend announced the Opposition 's support for the full Social Charter agenda . |
| 20 | Channel 4 's support for the British film industry will also continue . |
| 21 | The French were certainly taken aback by Adenauer 's support for the common market . |
| 22 | Kylie 's support for the green crusade was formed during her childhood years growing up surrounded by the abundance of natural beauty in her native land . |
| 23 | Can he give any indication of whether at that meeting he expressed the British Government 's support for the United Nations human rights sub-commission report in relation to the expressions of concern about the violations of human rights in Tibet , and what proposals did he make to help the many thousands who have been refugees from Tibet in the past 30 years ? |
| 24 | The 1935 general election was a disappointment and it was a major part of Cripps 's case for the Labour Left that the election due in 1940 would not lead to a Labour victory either . |
| 25 | Magritte is rehabilitated as a technician capable of surprisingly expressive passages of paint , although Sylvester 's case for the Impressionist and vache pictures is unlikely to win general agreement . |
| 26 | Politically , Bradley argues Charles de Gaulle 's case for the independent French deterrent and for the Paris-Bonn link as the real linchpin of European security . |
| 27 | We expect BP Exploration 's production to remain broadly at 1992 's level for the next few years and then to rise after 1995 . |
| 28 | Bryan 's enthusiasm for the old Hi-Watt is shared by Keith , who used to use Hi-Watts all the time . |
| 29 | Journalists who shared Herr 's enthusiasm for the whole experience , if enthusiasm is the word , tend to quote with wistful nostalgia one particular line from Dispatches : ‘ I think Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods . ’ |
| 30 | Bakhtin 's enthusiasm for the novelistic is indeed inspired by its very responsiveness and its capacity to be changed . |