Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that Essex Man has demonstrated his backing for one winning team , the Conservatives , the men of Essex will be keen to show that they , too , deserve the people 's support for a second term at the head of the Championship table . |
| 2 | Denktash 's position was rejected by Resolution 649 approved by the UN Security Council on March 13 , 1990 , which reaffirmed the Council 's support for a bicommunal federal republic excluding " any form of partition or secession " . |
| 3 | Khan emphasized Pakistan 's support for a proposed conference on nuclear non-proliferation in the region to be attended by China , India , Pakistan , Russia and the USA . |
| 4 | In approaching the question of the primacy of Canterbury , we need once more to examine the roots of Anselm 's support for a local claim which ran counter to one of the most powerful principles of papal policy at this time . |
| 5 | Moreover , there were four years before the last National Serviceman would leave the Army , in which time world instabilities would , in the General Staff 's opinion , make the Army 's case for a higher manpower ceiling . |
| 6 | An interim deal with Seveso would also help the company 's case for a further postponement of the trial . |
| 7 | Gladstone 's case for a balanced budget was above all a moral not a technical one . |
| 8 | Others , like Clifford or J. B. Paton , were leaders in various reform movements : in Clifford 's case for a national health service and the abolition of capital punishment ; in Paton 's , for rural colonization . |
| 9 | Private insurance policies against earning a low income per se are hard to find , because once you paid the premium the moral hazard problem central to Baumol 's case for a public enterprise ( see chapter 5 ) would then loom very large indeed . |
| 10 | Such a government , Lawrence asserted , ‘ would be child 's play for a decent man to run , so long as he ran it like Cromer 's Egypt , not like the Egypt of the Protectorate . |
| 11 | Joyce , frustrated , moved on to consideration of yesterday 's weather , complaints about the new trainee and an attempt to enlist Helen 's support in resisting the county librarian 's enthusiasm for a local history section at Spaxton . |
| 12 | However , I very much support and understand my hon. Friend 's enthusiasm for a national lottery . |
| 13 | Mr Goldin 's enthusiasm for a smaller , cheaper station may have saved the project from outright cancellation ; if that is the case , he has staked his reputation ( as well as a lot of public money ) on the outcome . |
| 14 | The Russians had taken Trebizond from the Turks , but had suffered bloodily in the Narocz marshes after a noble response to Joffre 's plea for a diversionary offensive to relieve Verdun . |
| 15 | Marie McCusker 's view of the Philippines and Victor Amaya and Maria Black 's insights from El Salvador show the centrality of health in people 's struggle for a better collective and individual future . |
| 16 | Pauper 's Grave For A Forgotten Genius |
| 17 | Retaining control of the Second International , they re-emphasized Kautsky 's hope for a peaceful transition to socialism , or swung away completely from reliance on Marx and Engels ' writings into very cautious forms of social democracy . |
| 18 | He does note , in the letter to Zasulich , Morgan 's hope for a future society , which would abandon the obsession with private property , but at the same time he makes it clear that he rightly does not consider Morgan a socialist or a revolutionary . |
| 19 | On May 7 , 1989 , the Los Angeles city attorney , James K. Hahn , asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to review the stock transactions of Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley , 71 , only weeks after Bradley 's election for a fifth term of office [ see p. 36583 ] . |
| 20 | They held each other 's look for a long five seconds . |
| 21 | With François Mitterrand 's re-election for a second seven-year term in 1988 , they had to face the demoralising prospect of being out of power for 14 years . |
| 22 | JULIE WALTERS ON THE HEARTBREAK OF FIGHTING HER DAUGHTER 'S LEUKAEMIA FOR A SECOND TIME |
| 23 | We scrunch-dried Rachel 's hair for a casual effect but it can be blow-dried for a completely different look . |
| 24 | Part two is business-oriented and built around a visitor 's search for a new factory site . |
| 25 | Official encouragement of the increased use of the language , promotion of a national literacy campaign and provision for the writing of dictionaries and grammars and the development of specialised terminologies for higher education , have been regarded as an important part of Tanzania 's search for a national identity and the enrichment of the lives of its citizens . |
| 26 | There is no place ‘ there ’ for the values the Tehuana dress represents , its folds are given meaning by Kahlo 's search for a cultural identity . |
| 27 | A wholesale buyer of women 's underwear for a large store could not hope to inspect every single item she intends buying ; what she usually does is to inspect a sample of goods and to base her decision on this . |
| 28 | It is absolutely essential that each pupil 's readiness for a particular grade should be judged individually . |
| 29 | The idea of pursuing a solo career had been in Sharon Shannon 's mind for a long while — but now the time was right she already had a seminal piece of super session recording under her belt and now , with John Dunford — who 'd been centrally involved with The Waterboys throughout their Irish sojourn as sound and recording engineer — in charge of production , she got to work on her solo album . |
| 30 | How far Warnie emulated at this stage of life his father 's fondness for a little drop of whiskey , and at what point he began his calamintous descent into alcoholism is not easy to determine . |