Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [be] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Indeed , underreporting of cases may be a reason for the relatively low rural miscarriage ratio in Table 12 , which is lower than the ratio of the " other urban " places , while the still birth ratio that is based on complete registration of late fetal deaths was on the same level — 7.5 per 1,000 live births — in both rural and " other urban " areas . ) . |
| 2 | But without the answers to such questions faith may be no match for doubt . |
| 3 | Their response may be the occasion for added impetus to the ostensible shift from equity to efficacy as the guiding principle in the design of water pollution standards . |
| 4 | Government policies linked to higher educational standards and better reading attainments should be the base for representation on higher levels of book funding in schools . |
| 5 | While it is not easy to establish as an empirical matter what the current income-wealth distribution is , even if it could be established , the question of what degree of inequality should be the trigger for government policy remains . |
| 6 | The Kingman Report explained that although this accent must be the standard for foreign students of English in Britain , it is not used as the model of English pronunciation in British schools , since speakers may be rightly proud of their regional pronunciation , which identifies where they come from . |
| 7 | Indeed , in the materialistic twentieth century , a life which offers no hope of betterment must be a prescription for social disaster . |
| 8 | An Interim report ( Cmd. 6759 , March 1946 ) emphasized that a New Towns programme should be a matter for central Government : the location of a New Town should be a Government decision and that a new agency should be set up to plan and develop the town ( it was not to be a matter for local authorities ) . |
| 9 | Our environmental goals should be an opportunity for us , not a hindrance . |
| 10 | My suggestion is that impartiality of one type or another and perhaps other qualities of decision-makers might be the basis for regarding the law as a locus of moral authority . |
| 11 | An expert on South African affairs says the charges against Mrs Mandela could be a problem for Nelson Mandela and the A N C. |
| 12 | It seemed unlikely , however , that a more abrasive or divisive programme would be the way for them to recover their position . |
| 13 | In most other environments , however , such acute ears would be a disadvantage for their owners would be deafened . |
| 14 | If size of following were proof of quality , then Glazunov would be a candidate for the title of greatest living artist : in Brezhnev 's time ( he was the premier 's favourite artist ) he ingratiated himself by playing on the sentimental Slavic strand in Soviet life with ‘ symphonic canvases [ which ] overflow with the dreams and feeling of the Russian people ’ . |
| 15 | Drunkenness due to one 's own fault is in itself no defence to a criminal charge ; and this is probably true also of drunkenness not due to one 's own fault — though no doubt the fact that it was not due to one 's own fault would be a ground for mitigation of punishment . |
| 16 | The President would be a candidate for re-election , as would Miguel Trouvoada , Prime Minister from independence in 1975 until 1979 [ see pp. 27265 ; 30028 ] , who had returned to the country on May 30 after spending 10 years in exile in France . |
| 17 | I agree , the taking of Famagusta will be the signal for a great deal of treachery . |
| 18 | programme will be a matter for discussion and consultation with Diocesan R.E . |
| 19 | What we can not tell is whether the trends to increasing divorce and remarriage will be a force for increasing the solitary living or for extending the range of family contacts available to the divorced . |
| 20 | The study will be a blow for the government which earlier this year pledged to reduce the number of under-16 pregnancies by half . |
| 21 | In the hall , he said , " And you think a secretarial school with clacking typewriters will be an improvement for Moorlake ? " |
| 22 | The EC does not believe that recognition will be a panacea for Bosnia , the tinderbox of the First World War and a patchwork of warring groups made up of 60 per cent Muslims , 30 per cent Serbs and 20 per cent Croats . |
| 23 | Even an aid as commonly encountered as a pair of spectacles can be a focus for teasing . |
| 24 | Schools can do much to foster good behaviour and attainments and … even in a disadvantaged area schools can be a force for good . |
| 25 | Their results and the data from the first stage will be used to test how far and in what way the experience of the NICs can be a model for their successors . |
| 26 | WHAT is good news for shoppers can be a disaster for shareholders . |
| 27 | " We are proposing that the President of the Republic be elected by secret vote , and that any citizen can be a candidate for the presidency within certain criteria , " said Chissano . |
| 28 | Also , BCG is far more explicit about the need to build certain ‘ problem children ’ into ‘ stars ’ , and appears to advocate investment principally in the top right quadrant , in order to increase market share in those SBUs where investment can be a vehicle for doing that . |
| 29 | A boat can be a target for a sneak thief on the look-out for an easy opportunity . |
| 30 | Labelling can be a nightmare for the behavioural analyst because it can divert attention away from the real problems . |