Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick stripped off and changed quickly , trying to ignore Joseph Hyde 's too intense stare ; he had long suspected his friend 's preferences for young men — although to be perfectly fair , he had never seen him in any company other than those who supported the Irish movement . |
| 2 | A combination of interview and questionnaire studies and a content analysis of media coverage was employed , with the purpose of elucidating the reasons for people 's preferences for different energy options , their perceptions of the risks involved , and of the viability of alternative energy sources . |
| 3 | The German government 's proposals for new regulations designed to ensure that most packaging material is recycled by the year 1995 [ see ED no. 47 ] , are meeting criticism from industrial sources . |
| 4 | The Government 's proposals for second homes in Wales are wrong . |
| 5 | Government 's proposals for future constitution |
| 6 | They clashed in 1925 over the return to the gold standard and again in 1928–9 over Lloyd George 's proposals for loan-financed public works . |
| 7 | They say their action is a protest at the Government 's proposals for fixed fees in legal aid cases and the 3pc increase in legal aid fees . |
| 8 | They say their action is a protest at the Government 's proposals for fixed fees in legal aid cases and the 3pc increase in legal aid fees . |
| 9 | LABOUR 'S proposals for higher income tax and national insurance have faded as a campaign issue over the last two weeks , but they continue to simmer in the background . |
| 10 | Clinton 's proposals for higher energy taxes have been rejected by Congress . |
| 11 | That , however , did not prevent Clarke 's immediate predecessor from turning down CSM 's proposals for systematic post-marketing surveillance of new drugs , on grounds of ‘ the paramount need to restrain public expenditure ’ , nor Clarke himself from rejecting CSM 's recommendation to license the injectable contraceptive Depo Provera . |
| 12 | Premier 's proposals for rival party |
| 13 | I am also concerned about the working party 's proposals for other reasons . |
| 14 | The Octobrist leadership were broadly sympathetic to Stolypin 's proposals for legal and administrative changes , and shared his hope that cooperation between Duma and government would strengthen the State 's authority , check the pretensions of minority nationalities and reduce social tension . |
| 15 | The Scrutiny team 's proposals for legal advice were the most controversial . |
| 16 | Let us , then , deal with this second aspect of the Labour Party 's proposals for constitutional change . |
| 17 | More significantly , Walesa 's proposals for constitutional change were withdrawn , after amendments had weakened them . |
| 18 | Mitterrand 's proposals for constitutional change |
| 19 | Uncertainty over Mr Mulroney 's future has existed since the defeat in a referendum last October of his government 's proposals for constitutional reform aimed at solving the separatist dispute in French-speaking Quebec . |
| 20 | THE BRITISH government last week gave cautious backing to the Alvey committee 's proposals for state-funded research into advanced information technology . |
| 21 | The government 's proposals for rented housing , outlined in a White Paper in 1987 , were given legislative form in the Housing Act 1988 . |
| 22 | Havel 's proposals for common state |
| 23 | For effective linkage to be achieved between the various elements in the Authority 's policies for educational reform , relationships as well as procedures must change . |
| 24 | They were prerequisites — ‘ an unparalleled priority ’ — for dealing with inflation , the balance of payments deficit , unemployment , and funding the party 's policies for social justice . |
| 25 | Carl toured working men 's clubs for four years , listening to Geordie jokers and watching the reaction of audiences . |
| 26 | The conception of musica reservata ( see p. 175 ) might suffice for the relationship of music and words in church , where Zarlino 's rules for verbal expression and underlaying words to music ( in his Istituzioni armoniche , Venice , 1558 ) were still valid . |
| 27 | The Purity Alliance 's rules for daily life advocated cold baths , regular vigorous exercise , moderation in eating and drinking , as well as prayer to guard against moral evil . |
| 28 | I have stripped off the patina of almost-respectable journalism , put back the earring , parted my hair in the middle to hide my own personal recession , exchanged the Marks and Spencer 's cords for 501s , the Oxford shirt for a Lloyd Cole cast-off black polo . |
| 29 | Here care has to be taken to establish the effect of decisions relating initially to one area across the Course and to fix , relatively early in the year , firm targets for student recruitment in order to meet the Polytechnic 's plans for individual departments and schools . |
| 30 | The right hon. Gentleman quotes job losses , but he fails to mention Tesco 's plans for 5,000 new jobs over the next year , Safeway 's plans for 2,000 jobs , Nissan 's plans for 600 new jobs in the north-east , and the fact that Toyota is providing another 3,000 jobs in Derbyshire . |