Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the blind [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provision for the blind and deaf was reasonably comprehensive as a result , although often rather isolated , but provision for the heterogeneous general classes of disability was very slight and uneven between authorities . |
| 2 | Hon. Members told us that rural services , emergency services , call boxes and provision for the blind and disabled would all have an uncertain future under privatisation , yet in each case the future has been better , thanks to the privatised industry and the regulatory world that we have created . |
| 3 | The group , who have an active Saturday club and a Monday Club for the blind and partly-sighted , has their mini-coach stolen when it was on loan to another charitable organisation , and they were left with a deficit of £5,500 when the insurance was settled . |
| 4 | So then when I got back to erm er St Giles erm I was there for a month and then I went into a home for the blind and handicapped |
| 5 | After another series of battles with the employment exchange , the Royal National Institute for the Blind and various principals of local technical colleges , I eventually got myself onto a TOPS typing course at a college in south-west London . |
| 6 | The Guardian newspaper , in partnership with the Royal Institute for the Blind and associates has launched a system that enables the entire editorial text of the newspaper to be transmitted nightly via Teletext on Channel 4 television 's frequencies to a personal computer , which can read the text in a synthesised voice to blind and partially sighted people : those that can afford an £8,000 Braille terminal can also read the text that way , and it can also be displayed in large print on the screen for those with poor sight ; the text is structured so that readers can scan the headlines and choose the items that interest them ; the paper will be marketed , serviced and supported by Electronic Text Networks Associates Ltd of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , a commercial venture one third owned by the Guardian and the charity ; the other shareholders , each with a third share , are Aptech Ltd , which specialises in computer aids for disabled people , and Intelligent Research Ltd , which made the hardware for the system ; the decoder board for the personal computer is £400 , plus about £500 for a speech synthesizer ; the annual subscription to the electronic paper is £160 and the partners hope that other papers will decide to go onto the system . |
| 7 | Swimmers have to complete the 5,000m marathon either as an individual or member of a team and raise money for three national charities : MENCAP , Royal National Institute for the blind and the Macmillan Nurse Appeal . |
| 8 | GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED |
| 9 | If you 're not going to use them , the Richmond and Dales Talking Newspapers would love to have them they use them to buy cassettes on which to record the paper for the blind or partially sighted . |
| 10 | Yeah , or is it the Society for the Blind or is it sort of between the two ? |
| 11 | After a week 's crash course in teaching English to foreign students , she and a girl from Lincoln went out to Cracow , Poland 's second largest city , to work in a school for the blind and partially sighted . |
| 12 | take it in the end but erm anyway I got this diploma and er then I was quite annoyed because erm Social Services then erm pu the Welfare for the Blind was dealt with by the Public Health Department and a vacancy occurred in the Public Health Department for erm Blind Welfare Officer , or at least a Welfare Officer for the Blind and I applied for it and erm , they er did n't make an appointment because they did n't er get in other applications but they di they did n't offer me the appointment . |