Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of using roads for local distribution and the railways for the long-distance trunk haul is as old as the railways themselves . |
| 2 | Typical values , for processors such ie Motorola 6800 or Intel 8080 , are T , = 10 us and T2 = 50 us and a table of stepping rates for various delays can be constructed : This table illustrates a fundamental weakness of the software-based System : the range of available Stepping rates becomes coarser with increasing speed ; for example , at 100 steps per second a unity change in delay value produces a 0.1% change in stepping rate , but at 5000 steps per second the same delay change gives a 5% difference in stepping rate . |
| 3 | As he sees it , the ‘ modest incremental cost ’ of producing versions for different platforms is the key to exploiting the variety of formats . |
| 4 | Lively syndicate sessions in the afternoon left the secretariat with the task of producing guidelines for flexible learning courses and redesigning the students ' questionnaire on tuition standards . |
| 5 | Subscribers to private schemes at present pay twice and tax relief would be a way of compensating subscribers for relieving pressure on the NHS . |
| 6 | Indicating continued reluctance to abandon Soviet superiority in land-based strategic missiles [ see pp. 37223 ; 38255 ; 38457 ] , Gorbachev offered to halt , rather than ban , the development of a small-dimension mobile inter-continental ballistic missile ( ICBM ) and to freeze the number of launching sites for rail-based multiple-warhead ICBMs . |
| 7 | In addition to providing health information about the Region , this material will also be used in the selection of sampling points for other studies carried out in the Unit . |
| 8 | Erm I 'm not in favour of granting exemptions for large area of unsupported roof . |
| 9 | First , the costs of providing benefits for lone parents have risen very rapidly as a consequence of the increased receipt of income support among lone parents . |
| 10 | For predicting the incidence of the burden of providing resources for governmental operations . |
| 11 | For evaluating the equity with which the burden of providing resources for governmental operations is imposed . |
| 12 | The notion of the older age groups as an economic burden posing a threat to the economic standards of other members of the population is illustrated by the report of the Phillips Committee in 1954 which was first to raise the alarm about the Prospective costs of Providing pensions for future generations of elderly . |
| 13 | The aim of the single market is to integrate progressively the distinct national markets which have for so long characterised trade between EC member states , with the object of providing opportunities for economic growth irrespective of the location of producer , supplier , wholesaler , retailer or customer . |
| 14 | The authority charges people to park there but the editor of my local papar — The South Wales Evening Post — said on 3 December : ’ Many people will be pleased , and reassured , that Swansea City Council appears to be moving towards a policy of providing attendants for selected car parks . ’ |
| 15 | Hence , the policy of simply directing local authority financial aid , funded from the DOE 's Urban Programme , to inner city firms may not be the most effective way of providing jobs for disadvantaged inner city residents . |
| 16 | The national coordination of teaching resources for multicultural education and community languages could be greatly assisted by the use of databases such as LARRIE , AIMER and NERIS , as well as by annual events such as the Multicultural Swapshop organised by the Minority Group Support Service in Coventry . |
| 17 | In Britain there has been considerable development of teaching aids for online education and training . |
| 18 | Countries with balance of payments problems — in the sense of having requirements for official financing which put a strain on official reserves or on the capacity to borrow abroad on reasonable terms — have had to resort to traditional defensive measures in such circumstances . |
| 19 | This process , of devising solutions for particular needs , should be recognized as the natural course of development in all engineering situations ( as opposed to a science-based approach where general principles would be extracted ) . |
| 20 | Much has been made of the possibilities of converting barns for light industrial use . |
| 21 | There have been a number of comparisons of learning environments for deaf children . |
| 22 | Before C , the only method of programming compilers for digital signal processors was to use assembly language , a restriction probably delaying acceptance of DSPs as viable devices . |
| 23 | If judges carry out their duty of assessing damages for non-economic loss in the money of the day at the date of the trial — and this is a rule of practice that judges are required to follow , not a guideline from which they have a discretion to depart if there are special circumstances that justify their doing so — there are two routes by which the judge 's task of arriving at the appropriate conventional rate of interest to be applied to the damages so assessed can be approached . |
| 24 | SCOTVEC has received a number of enquiries regarding the cost of registering candidates for general SVQs . |
| 25 | The practice of preparing materials for mass appeal would suggest that a degree of co-operation and co-ordination is appropriate , and instead of one or two libraries putting effort and resources into local campaigns a national approach to the problem of public library promotion should be taken . |
| 26 | And in the particular art of making programmes for preschool children , without being violent or patronising , we have some the finest producers anywhere . |
| 27 | According to the quantity theory , money is held only for the purpose of making payments for current transactions . |
| 28 | The cost of making materials for nuclear weapons , and the risk of being caught in the act , are the biggest obstacles facing countries tempted to gate-crash the nuclear club . |
| 29 | Sir Alfred was in love with the Cosworth idea of making engines for other people , but I felt we had to restore our position in F1 first . |
| 30 | David Clark 's committee of 25 years ago , irreverently referred to in some quarters as the ‘ Dave Clark Five ’ although it contained 13 people , took as its main brief the worsening financial position of the game consequent upon the postwar trend of falling attendances for first-class matches and declining membership of county clubs . |