Example sentences of "for its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government has been criticised for its complacent attitude to the protection of children and young people at work in a joint report by the Children 's Rights Development Unit in Scotland and the Scottish Low Pay Unit . |
| 2 | His first month in America he bought an LP for its cool cover . |
| 3 | The fourth in the series , Thunderball , was notable for its underwater effects , tongue-in-cheek humour , the unveiling of Bond 's moon buggy and the spin-off merchandising the movie cultivated . |
| 4 | It included the work of 30 contemporary women artists/craftswomen — from embroidery/stitch to photography , mixed media and installation — work selected for its visual impact and critical content . |
| 5 | A case in point , which we discussed at length in the first edition of this book , is Teesside Polytechnic where the CNAA 's 1978 quinquennial review led to the most critical report ever issued by the CNAA on an institution : among other things , it criticized the local authority for its inadequate support for the polytechnic and the director for a failure in internal management . |
| 6 | The National Curriculum proposal has been subjected to extensive criticism not only for the vagueness of the curriculum theory it espouses but also for its inadequate consideration of the value of the arts to the development of all pupils . |
| 7 | Bog myrtle ( Myrica gale ) Roid , sometimes rendered as is the badge of the Clan MacArthur ; and the MacDonalds and MacAlisters have for their clan badges the heather , already mentioned for its great versatility . |
| 8 | This village is noted for the amount of sun it receives and for its long pebble beach . |
| 9 | Not just overseas where Save the Children has built up a well deserved reputation for its long term and disaster work — but here in Britain , too . |
| 10 | In the upshot the SEA , whilst it made some concessions to the political aspirations of the EP , was notable chiefly for its powerful commitment to the economic concept of completing the internal market . |
| 11 | Under a corporately developed policy , each business is accountable for its specific performance targets . |
| 12 | MOST Mexicans refer to the Yucatan peninsula as ‘ the south-east ’ , and think of it as a poor relation memorable only for its Mayan ruins and the resort of Cancun . |
| 13 | He does not , as does , say , Jon Elster , challenge structuralism for its putative functionalism . |
| 14 | Is n't it a fact that this government is becoming isolated , not only in Europe but throughout the world for its anti worker and its anti union policies . |
| 15 | This has long been one of my favourite Schnittke pieces , for its Russian-accented dodecaphony-on-stilts , for the post-Holocaust numbness of its third movement , and most of all for the unholy alliances of its finale , where Webern seems to be jiving to West Side Story and Shostakovich meets Vivaldi for a deadly serious jam session . |
| 16 | After due consideration , the Committee thought this remark ‘ was not out of context in a programme well known for its fictional exposure of the more dubious side of the antiques trade . ’ |
| 17 | Lange admitted that he had " been over a barrel " after the French government had threatened that unless the accord was accepted , New Zealand would be denied access to French markets for its agricultural exports , the mainstay of its economy , |
| 18 | It seems , however , always to have been associated by those who employed it with the idea that Britain 's historic policy towards its dependencies had been to lead them along the path towards self-government — a belief which had for its principal inspiration the history of Canada since the Durham report . |
| 19 | From the perspective of reformers and administrati , if collectivism was to participate in the restructuring of society by making provision for its efficient management , then working-class boys could no longer be ignored . |
| 20 | An 18-cm ( 6-in ) ruler is not only used for its measuring abilities when framing designs , but also if you are working directly on to a piece of material rather than card , it is easy to slip the ruler under the fabric when you sign your picture . |
| 21 | Long famed for its masterly handling of the markets , the Bank lost face when sterling was forced out of the European exchange-rate mechanism in September . |
| 22 | He also appeared to distance himself from the BR route for the Channel tunnel link , saying that when BR brought forward the Bill for its preferred route through Kent , it would be ‘ for Parliament to settle the way forward ’ . |
| 23 | Faced with a band of former employees livid that the company is phasing out payment of medical expenses for life for its retired employees , the company said the phase-out , over three years , was essential to the survival of the company , which remains on the fragile edge of recovery . |
| 24 | His study Musical First Editions ( 1934 ) is a classic for its lucid exposition of new ideas . |
| 25 | The Second World War , a war fought for freedom and against a Nazi dictatorship notorious for its racist policies , was something of a turning-point in this unhappy tale of race relations in the USA . |
| 26 | This gives sufficient protection for its ephemeral purpose but , after prolonged wetting , such materials are hopelessly weak , whereas natural celluloses retain a good part of their strength . |
| 27 | It has become fashionable to lambast the trades union and Labour movement for its apparent backwardness but , in the UK at least , there exists a sort of Luddism based on prejudice that rejects utterly information technology and all its works . |
| 28 | Pan Am was getting a bad press — rightly so for its slovenly security at Frankfurt , but wrongly so for its attempts to establish the truth of how the bomb got aboard . |
| 29 | Within this context , WACC 's African Regional Association ( WACC-AR ) has chosen the theme ‘ Communication and Human Rights in Africa ’ for its regional assembly in September . |
| 30 | But the station was praised for its regional opt-outs policy . |