Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] for us " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it never represented a major investment outlet for US business as a whole . |
| 2 | The fluency of Indians in English , a legacy of British rule , has made India a lucrative hunting ground for US computer firms on the lookout for qualified computer manpower . |
| 3 | Tate & Lyle ( the international sugar , cereal sweetener and starch processing group ) has anticipated the mandatory implementation of a change in accounting standards by adopting an accounting policy of recognising the liabilities arising from the provision of post-retirement healthcare and life assurance benefits for US employees on an actuarially-determined basis . |
| 4 | It has been adopted as a slogan for assertiveness training programmes for US women managers , for example . |
| 5 | Growth prediction for US book market |
| 6 | Figure 3.3 shows that the Japanese ‘ transplants ’ in the USA have significantly better productivity and quality than their local rivals , despite using roughly the same wage rates for US labour . |
| 7 | The programme established six goals : ( i ) adequate pre-schooling ; ( ii ) a high school graduation rate of at least 90 per cent ; ( iii ) student competence in the five core subjects ; ( iv ) world pre-eminence for US students in mathematics and science ; ( v ) 100 per cent adult literacy ( 23,000,000-27,000,000 US adults were currently estimated to be " functionally illiterate " ) ; and ( vi ) absence of drugs and violence from every school . |
| 8 | The French power monopoly Electricite de France has signed a joint venture agreement for US cable television operators Tele-Communications Inc , Englewood , Colorado and Lenfest Communications Inc , Pottstown , Pennsylvania to buy a 29% stake in Videopole , in which the electricity company has 51% and Credit Agricole 20% , to install and operate cable systems France-wide . |
| 9 | He came back with an exchange of letters , in which Eisenhower had agreed that Britain could buy Skybolt ; and , in return , Macmillan had accepted an American request for base facilities for US nuclear submarines at Holy Loch on the west coast of Scotland . |
| 10 | A trade agreement provided for a reduction of customs duties on goods traded by the two countries ( thus extending most favoured nation status to the Soviet Union and improving the competitiveness of each country 's goods in the other 's markets ) ; the agreement also provided for better copyright protection for US companies and for reductions in the time US companies would have to wait for approval to begin commercial operations in the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | Under the original deal , which was to expire on July 31 , Japan was to guarantee a minimum 20 per cent market share for US chip manufacturers , but by mid-1991 the US makers were being restricted to only about 12 per cent of the market . |