Example sentences of "as [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be seen that English law does this up to a point , and in the process seems to accept social-defence arguments as reasons for departing from several of the principles set out in Chapter 3 . |
| 2 | Two other factors are worth mentioning here because they are often given as reasons for dispersals that could not obviously be justified otherwise . |
| 3 | The firm quotes the recession and increased competition as reasons for its departure and describes its European sales division , headquartered in Swindon , Wiltshire , ‘ as no longer appropriate . ’ |
| 4 | Empirical evidence also began to build up , and Spooner ( 1972 ) , in a study of employers who had moved to the southwest found that more of them cited the attractive environment of Devon and Cornwall as reasons for moving to the area , than its labour supply , and Lonsdale and Browning ( 1971 , 267 ) found that manufacturing plants in 10 southern USA States were more orientated to rural than urban areas and that : ‘ manufacturing firms appear to be placing increased emphasis on rural and small town sites ’ . |
| 5 | Curricular considerations are also cited as reasons for using the text , ‘ provides lots of material for discussion ’ ; ‘ discussion work on relationships possible ’ ; ‘ set in the war so plenty of related work ’ ; ‘ recent TV version gives added interest ’ ; ‘ regional dimension adds further scope ’ . |
| 6 | Weber gives as reasons for this power position of the bureaucratic and political elites their possession of the means of administration and the fact that they are small groups which can easily reach agreement upon any action necessary to maintain their power . |
| 7 | In contrast to non-enrollers , migrants did not stress financial or domestic factors as reasons for not taking up courses in the institutions studied . |
| 8 | The ministers gave as reasons for their resignations election rigging , mismanagement of the economy and an alleged cover-up of the murder in February 1990 of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko [ see p. 37239 ] . |
| 9 | Transitions or changes which have a notably high or low probability can be identified , as reasons for their prominence sought . |
| 10 | The treatment of the two sisters as objects for possession and domination is given a further and perhaps more insidious turn by their mother , Eleonora , who by ‘ serpentizing Fraud ’ uses her daughters to gain political advantage . |
| 11 | It is this feature which lends plausibility to the suggestion that the pictures , fitted into the recesses left for them , were not to be enjoyed as objects for themselves but as part of the grand architectural design of the two rooms . |
| 12 | Guy Sterne was just the kind of man to treat women as objects for sexual gratification , and as obliging servants to keep house and serve his meals … |
| 13 | Even tenants , with no heritable interest in the buildings they occupy , want professional advice on how best to maximise space which they might ( even in Scotland ) be paying as much as £26 for on every sq ft , every year . |
| 14 | Minneapolis , Minnesota-based Hyperchannel specialist Network Systems Corp has announced a five-stage strategy for converging SNA and local area networks , as well as plans for incorporating Asynchronous Transfer Mode onto its products . |
| 15 | Charlemagne used his womenfolk indirectly as safety-valves for the resentments of male kin , and directly as props to his own authority . |
| 16 | The attendance allowance , being payable as of right , must be declared as income for tax purposes , but any expenses wholly and necessarily incurred in the performance of the duty ( and not otherwise reimbursed ) may be set off against it . |
| 17 | The Church Commissioners also handle the stipends of the diocesan and suffragan bishops , as well as stipends for the deans/provosts and two residentiary canons at all but two of the cathedrals . |
| 18 | So the question is whether he still is the 5/6-th choice as striker for Leeds when he returns , in that case I 'll probably see him here in Bergen in the spring , on loan to Brann . |
| 19 | In 1483 John Howard duke of Norfolk made William Boleyn his deputy as admiral for the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk , and it is possible that Boleyn had initially held the post as Gloucester 's deputy . |
| 20 | In 1483 John Howard duke of Norfolk made William Boleyn his deputy as admiral for the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk , and it is possible that Boleyn had initially held the post as Gloucester 's deputy . |
| 21 | Therefore , the Unfair Contract Terms Act is helpful as far as contracts for hardware are concerned but has little relevance for software contracts . |
| 22 | Section 7 clearly does not cover such contracts , although the SGSA ( treating them as contracts for the supply of services ) would imply an obligation to use reasonable care and skill under s 13 . |
| 23 | Accordingly , futures contracts will not be investments of the same kind as debt securities or even contracts for differences , although SFA may perhaps agree that they are of the same kind as contracts for differences for this purpose ; in practice , however , any dealer who normally deals in futures contracts is usually likely to deal in contracts for differences in any event . |
| 24 | The Secretary of State will be aware from his own sources of the vast array of weapons being assembled and stored as far south as Limerick for transport to Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | Does the Secretary of State remember that in Northern Ireland Question Time on 12 December he and I shared a concern about the build-up of munitions and arms as far south as Limerick for trans-shipment to Northern Ireland , as unfortunately happened ? |
| 26 | Declaration of David Duke as challenger for Republican nomination |
| 27 | OOSD/C++ also features a graphical editor that automates the object-oriented structure design notation for C++ , as well as programmes for impact analysis and ensuring the consistency of diagram information . |
| 28 | To use the army as strike-breakers for the first time since Franco ( and Spain 's universally detested military service would have caused some intersting tests of loyalty ) would have provoked a confrontation with an unclear outcome for both sides . |
| 29 | Top panellist was self-styled ‘ rudest man in Britain ’ , ex-copper Gilbert Harding , sacked as co-presenter for the kind of snooty , bullish behaviour upon which Robin Day would build an entire career . |
| 30 | Sir Thomas 's father , Sir Lawrence Dundas , when active in the politics of the city of Edinburgh , was a notable supporter of charities and other good causes , contributing on one occasion as much as £1,000 for the raising of nine companies of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers for service in the American War of Independence , a contribution exceeded only by the city itself , which gave £ 1,050 . |