Example sentences of "of [noun] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Severn had the longest uninterrupted stretch , and its 20- to 80-ton open barges carried down coal from Shropshire and salt from Droitwich , as well as agricultural produce , and brought up iron from the Forest of Dean for the Midlands metal makers , and a whole range of goods and groceries from Bristol .
2 The office of Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests , created in the eighteenth century , has been discontinued , but ‘ Deputy Surveyors ’ manage the New Forest and the Forest of Dean for the Forestry Commissioners .
3 Thus , competitive equilibrium models , with all markets clearing , have been used to investigate the incidence of different taxes , whereas a quite separate literature , using aggregate demand/monetary models , has examined the implications of taxes for the level of employment and the rate of inflation .
4 But even from that the soaring fantasy needs to be pruned : Dryden believed Pericles to be Shakespeare 's earliest play , presumably his ugliest apprentice work , dug up from the pre-Titus Andronicus strata of foul papers ( in one of those great trunks that he probably left in the Mountjoys ' attic , in Silver Street , to be destroyed in the Great Fire ) , and now rewritten under pressure for a new kind of play for the Blackfriars stage .
5 The study also suggests that priority ought to be given to research which synthesises available evidence and arguments about key aspects of welfare policy , including the unit of assessment for the purposes of tax and social security , personal freedom and preventive health measures and the social responsibility for dependants .
6 However , the wine must have been amphetamine-free , because the resulting doldrums never arrived , and I remained in a state of euphoria for the whole of the afternoon .
7 BCRS wish to thank Mr Graham Vincent of Wolverhampton for the donation to the Society of 6 photographs of stations on the BCR , taken in 1942 .
8 Assuming a mean temperature of 14°C for the earth and lower atmosphere as a whole , all but a very few homeotherms in tropical regions lose heat constantly to the environment .
9 What causes offence is that he merely represents a shifting of values for the mass of young people .
10 Nevertheless , it seems clear that there are relatively few ranges of values for the numbers that would allow the development of any form of intelligent life .
11 The second option is to sell the property along with the company but ensure that the price received for the company fully reflects the range of values for the assets .
12 Study the following table of values for the equation y = x + 1 .
13 Gerhard Stoltenberg ( the federal Defence Minister — see p. 36597 ) resigned in April 1989 as CDU party chairman in Schleswig-Holstein , following a period of setbacks for the CDU , including the scandal surrounding the former ( CDU ) Minister President , Uwe Barschel — see pp. 35722-23 ; 36045 ) .
14 Even in less formalised exchanges , there is a high degree of mutuality in the development of a discourse which provides a considerable degree of support for the child .
15 In the event , Tyndale 's unorthodox beliefs and his lack of support for the annulment prevented him from having any direct impact on royal policy .
16 In fact , what was particularly surprising was the extent of support for the principle of examining in some arts departments .
17 ‘ He , Mr. Reynolds and Paul Newman see eye to eye , especially on the question of support for the camp project , and it would be an ideal occasion for such a visit . ’
18 Privatization would not mean the end of support for the railways .
19 As concern over state expenditure mounted , governments have looked for ways of cutting back the volume of support for the railways .
20 The occasion was hosted by Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organisation , who made a public statement of support for the aims and objectives of the Association and its new Greek Chapter .
21 He tried to broaden the base of support for the government , relying as far as possible on legal processes in restraining the press and arresting suspects , sacking the hated Minister of Education , Tolstoy , and planning steps to alleviate the burden of redemption payments on the hardest-pressed peasants .
22 If a similar statement of support for the Government 's deregulation of the private sector had been made in 1979 , there would have been no decline — but there was , because that sector continued to feel under threat from the Opposition .
23 NP organizers declared themselves delighted with the breadth of support for the government .
24 UDF leaders entered into negotiations with leaders of the ethnic Turks ' Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( MRF ) , whose withdrawal of support for the government had forced its resignation in October .
25 They linked up in a silent demonstration of support for the school which is threatened with closure .
26 Dr Anne Dew , who is organising the vigil at Dryburn hospital , Durham , said : ‘ There has been quite a bit of support for the vigil from staff in all areas of work at the hospital .
27 Edward began by attempting to exclude Stratford from the assembly , but failed in the face of support for the archbishop from the Earl of Arundel , Earl Warenne , and other lay magnates who shared their suspicion of those round the king .
28 DEC has decided to withdraw from exhibiting at the London Open Systems Show the first week in November , saying that it is worried about lack of support for the event .
29 The loss of support for the Greens was attributed to their critical stance on unification , their internal divisions , and the espousal of environmental causes by the other parties .
30 The depth and fervour of public response seriously threatens the stability of a new and uncertain government committed to at least a show of support for the US .
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