Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] of [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both appeared to be insuperable problems until the evening when Clarissa 's change of plan for the sixth or seventh time put a pattern into perspective . |
| 2 | Swan Hunter 's experience of shipbuilding for the navy makes it well placed to win a contract . |
| 3 | Compact and the DTI Education and Enterprise Initiative share a common launch-pad in the Government 's programme of action for the inner cities . |
| 4 | The failure of ACAS to ascertain the opinion of the non-union members ( who numbered two-thirds of all those employed ) rendered void ACAS 's recommendation of recognition for the union . |
| 5 | Addressing a closed session of the meeting , Arafat said that the PLO rejected the USA 's conditions for a resumption , and Voice of Palestine said in a commentary on July 18 that the USA 's setting of conditions for the resumption of contacts was " a blatant act of belligerence which can not be condoned " . |
| 6 | AN expert witness yesterday blamed a doctor 's error of judgement for the death of an unborn child . |
| 7 | Was the V. & A. 's Chairman trying to tell us something about the government 's degree of responsibility for the staff restructuring plans announced by the V. & A. 's Director and rashly endorsed by himself in 1989 ? |
| 8 | Combined Concerns had appealed against Scarborough Council 's refusal of permission for the scheme at Bog Hall . |
| 9 | Mountainous volumes lend their weight to dreams of a snow-bound Christmas John Samuel slaloms through this year 's selection of books for the skiing enthusiast . |
| 10 | The implications of Mikhail Bakhtin 's theory of language for the linguistic study of literary texts are considered in Katie Wales " and Helga Geyer-Ryan 's papers . |
| 11 | Coffee makes up over half of El Salvador 's exports , and a boycott is advocated by US opponents of the Bush Administration 's policy of support for the Salvadorean government . |
| 12 | Alpha Gamma 's offer of 372p per share for 57 per cent of the group is backed by Meat Trade 's board unlike Twigrealm 's offer of 350p for the whole company . |
| 13 | Senior members of Germany 's ruling Christian Democrat party , are meeting to endorse Chancellor Kohl 's choice of candidate for the next president . |
| 14 | The truth of this conjecture would seem to be confirmed by Agatha Christie 's choice of titles for the 1938 volume , Hercule Poirot 's Christmas and the 1960 collection , The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a selection of Entrees . |
| 15 | The presence of a very occasional lesser white-fronted goose from Scandinavia on the reclaimed land of the Severn is well-known to have been a crucial factor in Sir Peter Scott 's choice of site for the new wildfowl refuge and research station he had dreamed of creating during the War . |
| 16 | This , together with an appreciation of the steeper slopes , soil erosion and the local changes in level and aspect , make for a finer assessment of the subtler aspects which may have been of great significance to the original selector 's choice of site for the particular settlement under study . |
| 17 | For one thing , he was lucky to have some outstanding players under him , and fortunate , too , in the Board 's choice of manager for the tour . |
| 18 | people of one of the environment and the other 's Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 19 | Macedo 's vision of preservation for the forest and its peoples is very different from the Utopian fantasies of many in the developed world who profess a passionate concern for Amazonia . |
| 20 | There could also be controversy over the executive 's rejection of demands for the age of consent for homosexuals to be reduced to 16 years . |
| 21 | In May 1984 a new National Assembly was established , composed of 150 members elected from among the members of eight directly elected regional councils ; the Assembly was re-elected in June 1989 following approval by the voters of the PAIGC 's list of candidates for the regional councils . |
| 22 | Edward III 's orchestration of support for the war was skilful and successful , yet fundamentally he depended on the co-operation of the nobility , who recruited and led the contract armies that became increasingly important as the war continued . |
| 23 | Leese case had opened a Pandora 's box of possibilities for the racial nationalists . |
| 24 | Not for him the elevation and security of Wordsworth 's appointment as His Majesty 's Distributor of Stamps for the County of Westmorland . |
| 25 | And suddenly we 'd all be in Amsterdam or Paris or something like somebody 's idea of America for the evening , or else it would still be our own dear city , but from very definitely another era , all striped Regency wallpaper and framed Angus McBean photographs of Vivien Leigh ; or another time there 'd be nothing but opera on the sound system for a whole week , there 'd be complaints of course but Madame would say , I 'm just trying to give you boys an education , and Gary at least would be very happy . |
| 26 | Further disappointment arose from Hitler 's promise of retaliation for the bombing of German cities , when , in the days that followed , only English towns such as Bath , Norwich , and York were reported as bombed . |
| 27 | Mr Hall says in a letter to her that he finds it difficult to understand how he can be associated with the previous Conservative MP Chris Butler 's lack of support for the unit . |
| 28 | Almost by reflex , McIlvanney and I take a corner table , and open up on the safe territory of swapping recriminations about our country 's lack of respect for the trade . |
| 29 | Britain is now called the dirty man of Europe because of our government 's lack of care for the environment . |
| 30 | A June visit resulted in a report particularly critical of the Academic Board 's lack of policy for the coordination of departments and for the planning and control of resources , and in July the College was informed of the Council 's concern about the relationship between full-time and sandwich courses . |