Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They apply to both county and voluntary aided schools although the extent of change for the latter is less marked as the governing body was already the official employer of most staff at the school . |
| 2 | This is associated with a reduction of freedom for the former group and increasing personal access to motorised transport for the latter . |
| 3 | Gould was immediately attracted to the art of lithography for the same reasons as Lear — the relative inexpensiveness of production and the lack of training required — but he also saw great potential for Lear 's large-size format and colourful plates , which could , Gould thought , if properly promoted and well managed , prove extremely lucrative . |
| 4 | on conditions of carriage for the same day operation but , not in that league at all . |
| 5 | The caterpillars so far unidentified , which feed on its leaves provide an abundant source of protein for the many young birds . |
| 6 | The code of practice for the former District Audit Service referred to four additional responsibilities . |
| 7 | Fellow airmen from 70 Squadron RAF provided a guard of honour for the former pupil of St Mary 's College , Wallasey . |
| 8 | Shanahan , Kamil and Tobin ( 1982 ) reported a very interesting study in which they not only examined the effect of normal and scrambled passages on cloze test scores , but also compared the results against tests of recall for the same passage presented without deletions . |
| 9 | This first and second method of raising bills of exchange is used where the exporter wishes to raise two bills of exchange for the same debt — this has uses if payment is refused on the first bill or indeed if one bill is lost in the post . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , at clubs like Tottenham and Ajax of Amsterdam , fans now celebrate their club 's Jewish associations after suffering years of abuse for the same . |
| 11 | The IMF approved on April 27 the principle of membership for the former Soviet republics ( except for Azerbaijan , whose status remained pending ) . |
| 12 | In deepening the ponds from the traditional 0.5 m to 2.5 m , phytoplankton production occurred to depths of 1.6 m and annual production figures of 8.4 tonnes ha -1 ; were achieved , which is greater than the grain yield of rice for the same period . |
| 13 | For it was then that I felt the first healthy flush of anticipation for the many interesting experiences I know these days ahead hold in store for me . |
| 14 | One private carrier will not carry as a matter of certainty for the same money that another will , as the prospect of a return cargo affects the question . |
| 15 | In the 1940s Ewan McColl , the folksinger , and Joan Littlewood , the playwright and theatre director , recorded an old Dales lead-miner singing a song called " Fourpence a Day " which tells more truthfully than the industrial archaeologists ' sometimes ebullient picture of the grandeur of Victorian enterprise , the real benefits of lead-mining for the many — simply hardship and poverty . |
| 16 | It also aimed to " establish , so far as may be possible , a uniform rate of pay for the same class of worker in all ports and to establish a recognised working day and other regulations in the ports of the world " . |
| 17 | There is also some evidence of increased levels of representation for the few women employed in the highest paid jobs ( Labour Research , Jan 1987 ) . |
| 18 | As Fig. 3.6 shows , the change of context for the latter group did nothing to restore the ability of the stimuli to evoke the UR . |