Example sentences of "case for a [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 | Stephen Stich ( 1983 ) presents a case for a syntactic theory of mind which is more radical than Fodor 's . |
| 3 | It is also our intention — this differs from what has been the case for a long time — that they will be fully manned units . |
| 4 | Anthony Bradley , emeritus professor of constitutional law at Edinburgh University , said there was a case for a double-stage inquiry which first examined the principle or case for change and the second to study how changes could be made with the minimum dislocation or waste of expenditure . |
| 5 | Macpherson has argued convincingly that it was in the context of just such a society that the case For a representative democracy was initially accepted , first as a logical requirement to protect acquisitive , self-interested and conflicting individuals ( from rapacious governments and from one another ) and second to establish and nurture a free market economy ( MacPherson , 1977 ) . |
| 6 | There was undoubtedly a case for a small increase in numbers for the benefit of both divisions of the court . |
| 7 | It was also the case for a small number of women with children who felt isolated because their social horizons were constrained by domestic and family expectations . |
| 8 | In his grandiose overview of the history of medical science published in 1919 , he made a powerful case for a totalizing conception of preventive medicine . |
| 9 | If such a defence were available in murder cases — and the consequence of a successful plea would be to give the court a limited discretion as to the order to be made — the case for a separate doctrine of diminished responsibility would be weak . |
| 10 | The case for a separate traffic corps , strongly resisted by the police , was not worth pursuing . |
| 11 | This move weakens the case for a separate legislature at Stormont . |
| 12 | The general line of argument developed by Musgrave and Musgrave ( 1989 ) is that , while there may be a case for a separate tax policy in relation to corporations , it is not evident that the type of corporation tax system enacted fits the bill . |
| 13 | He has also taken up the case for a market-orientated reform , which has been started , but with far less vigour . |
| 14 | As a result the written record of an earlier judgement given in the court , or of a grant , could create a prima-facie case for a favourable verdict . |
| 15 | ‘ It was Winston Churchill who set out most clearly the case for a minimum wage . |
| 16 | It is much easier and it 's much safer and it strikes me to be making the case for a western relief road to provide the relief north to the A one , has already been achieved on the six five eight . |
| 17 | With today 's fast and powerful machines there is a strong case for a complete re-write of DOS or for changing to an operating system specifically designed for power computing . |
| 18 | The case for a European currency union |
| 19 | However , the relevance of this observation when assessing the case for a European currency union is less than obvious . |
| 20 | In his case for a Palestinian state Mark Heller explains why , even with the recognition of Palestinian rights to self-determination , the right of return is wholly unacceptable to Israel : ‘ The return of the Palestinians … is impossible … because their introduction into Israel would derange the basic character of Israeli society and thus negate one of the primary purposes of Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza . ’ |
| 21 | The Case for a New War Department |
| 22 | Birkenhead put the case for a new party in articles in the Weekly Dispatch . |
| 23 | Second , we will set-down the perspective of the Liberals and SDP — the parties that have been most active in pressing the case for a new constitution precisely because they do not think they can win within the rules of the old one . |
| 24 | The s the point I would make is that first of all I do n't accept that twelve thousand seven hundred is er a tenable figure but that , probably the more important point is that there has to be a policy response , and a policy response to this issue demands that there is at least some response to the mi to the level of migration er you know my my my view has been put forward very clearly about that , but I would simply make make the point for the record that even accepting one hundred percent migration , there is no statistical case for a new settlement . |
| 25 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 26 | The volume puts forward the case for a new discipline . |
| 27 | A further objection was to ensure that the independent members received an outside briefing , setting out the case for a substantial increase in pay for the workers covered by that particular Council . |
| 28 | If British Rail is under pressure to increase the frequency of its service , there is a case for a coordinated transport system operating bus and rail services , If there is a need for transport when it is not convenient to run rail services , or if only a certain number of trains can run on a line because goods trains and passenger services can not operate at the same time — although perhaps British Rail should be more innovative in its mix of passenger and freight services perhaps it is a good idea for British Rail and the bus services — as they are today , not as they will be affected by the Bill — to get together . |
| 29 | The case for a compulsory examination at 16+ seems increasingly weak ( and the fact that such examinations are not mentioned in the Secretary of State 's prospective for his newly invented Technology Colleges may reflect this ) . |
| 30 | In practice , however , the BBC knew that as its audience share fell , the case for a compulsory fee would become weaker and that getting the fee raised at the regular three-yearly review would be trickier ( no government was going to win votes by raising the licence fee , even during the years of monopoly ) . |