Example sentences of "its [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mallory , whose stomach was noisily urging its case for a prompt breakfast , collected his offspring and set off home . |
| 2 | Each is supported by parliamentary , industrial and media lobbies , and makes the best use of political trends , economic factors , technological change , and the rush of world events to reinforce its case for a larger share of the national cake . |
| 3 | Mr Haydn Cook , chief executive of the Friarage , said negotiations were going on with the Scorton hospital about its contract for the forthcoming year . |
| 4 | Thus , the Cambridge Board had secured resources to begin the development of its policies for the regional provision of adult education prior to the introduction of the 1932 Regulations . |
| 5 | As the ANC renewed its calls for a transitional government , President F. W. de Klerk was forced to make Cabinet changes in an attempt to restore credibility to his government . |
| 6 | Notwithstanding that position , the Council clearly had a number of reservations about the design , alignment and environmental impact of of a western relief road and we 've asked the County Council to pursue its proposals for a western relief road on the basis of a single carriageway all-purpose road , and to give further consideration to ways in which environmental concerns can be ameliorated . |
| 7 | This is regarded by the present government , along with its proposals for a national curriculum , as a means of enhancing the quality of education , and making schools more accountable to parents in a system of schooling that it is intended will be more consumer oriented . |
| 8 | In their evidence to the Social Services Committee on the Griffiths Report , Evans and Maxwell concluded that its most far-reaching and radical aspects were its proposals for the central management of the service , with its promise of a new relationship between the DHSS and local health authorities and the change from passive to active management ( Evans and Maxwell 1984 ) . |
| 9 | The Howie Committee has recommended that a number of occupational areas should be developed under its proposals for the new SCOTCERT award ( see page 4 ) . |
| 10 | UNIVERSIADE GB , the company organising the World Student Games at Sheffield in 1991 , will today make room on its board for a new director . |
| 11 | There is no such thing , mind you , as private property for nine tenths of the population : its existence for the few is solely due to its non-existence for those nine tenths . |
| 12 | Sir Peter Holmes , Shell 's chairman who admitted that he was ‘ astonished ’ to discover that the irregularities had occurred through an associate company failing to follow strict rules against speculative dealing , said that he expected any further exposure to be limited to a £65 million charge which the company would take in its accounts for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 13 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc said on Tuesday that when its accounts for the 15 months to end-March 1992 , were signed last year , the group 's accountants , KPMG Peat Marwick , had not signed the audit report of its principal subsidiary , Enterprise Computer Services , the Daily Telegraph reports : the subsidiary 's accounts for that period are now in the process of being filed and will be qualified by KPMG Peat Marwick on a going concern basis ; Louis Kemp , new finance director , wants to know how it happened . |
| 14 | Reports on July 30 said that France had indicated its support for a partial easing of sanctions against Iraq after the UN sanctions committee failed on July 24 unanimously to agree to an Iraqi request to sell oil worth US$2,400 million to buy food and medicines . |
| 15 | The FMLN stated that the handover demonstrated its " willingness to negotiate and its support for a political solution and peace " but did not affect its anti-aircraft capability . |
| 16 | Once Today moved into Rupert Murdoch 's News group it changed its politics ; its neutral stance and its support for a middle-of-the-road SDP government in the 1987 general election gradually gave way to a more Conservative outlook . |
| 17 | The PUSD assembly declared its support for a state-regulated market economy and democratic pluralism . |
| 18 | The National Rifle Association , the powerful lobby which had successfully blocked most gun controls , announced its support for a national computerised system to check prospective gun-buyers for possible criminal records . |
| 19 | The ACCA is the only accountancy organisation to maintain its support for the small company audit . |
| 20 | But although the Criminal Law Revision Committee has declared its support for the present age of consent , its proposals concerning the mental element in sections 5 and 6 can serve only to undermine it . |
| 21 | Time Out has repeatedly pledged its support for the Famous Compere 's Policedog ( alternative cabaret event ) through sponsorship and advertising . |
| 22 | The large-scale youth unemployment coincided with a collapse in apprenticeship schemes as industry , in recession , withdrew its support for the part-time vocational courses that were the stock-in-trade of the further education colleges , many of whom had evolved from the old mechanics institutes . |
| 23 | The Arabian peninsula , unified within the GCC and its support for the multi-national force and the core for the proposed new security arrangements , now confronts a fragmented Levant and an increasingly hostile North Africa . |
| 24 | At the end of the debate , the House will give its support for the Prime Minister carrying on playing a full part in European evolution — an evolution about which we have been too hesitant for too long . |
| 25 | China declared its support for the international ban on the importation of African ivory in June last year . |
| 26 | The USSR noted ‘ with satisfaction ’ that ‘ Iran is expressing its support for the world-wide democratic international Non-Aligned Movement ’ . |
| 27 | At the extreme , if it turned out that one opinion was in a minority in every group or constituency mandating its one representative , then the gathering of representatives would be unanimous in its support for the other opinion , while the minority opinion would be entirely unrepresented , even though , in principle , it could be held by 49 per cent of those taking part in the mandating process . |
| 28 | TURKEY says it will ‘ seriously consider ’ attacking Kurdish guerrilla training camps in the Bekaa Valley unless Syria takes immediate and effective action to end its support for the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 29 | It 's now hoped that China having fallen into line with the other four , will end its support for the notorious Khmer Rouge guerrilla army . |
| 30 | I think that a case might arise in which the reputation of a local authority might be damaged , so as to impair its function for the public good , in which no private individual was defamed ; and in which the public interest would be served by the taking of proceedings for libel by the local authority in order to determine the falsity of the charge . |