Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] for [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These rules test for similarity between the word in focus and its neighbours , the highest similarity indicating the correct sense . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the interactive development tool and user interface management systems sectors account for 47% of the market but are growing at 65% per year . |
| 3 | For instance , other EMS currencies account for 72% of the French franc 's trade-weighted basket , and the dollar accounts for 44% of the yen 's . |
| 4 | There are also an application development and a manufacturing technology transfer operation : together , the work done by these for third parties account for 10% of the turnover of Montpellier . |
| 5 | Walks extend for miles over the hill-tops ; the great beauty of which is their wild simplicity : they are perfectly smooth , without rocks . |
| 6 | Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and for 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively . |
| 7 | Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and are 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively . |
| 8 | Big dairy companies vie for cream of the milk profits |
| 9 | The premiums for standard cover and accidental damage have been reduced by 7% in respect of buildings cover and 10% in respect of contents cover for members in the Republic of Ireland . |
| 10 | Both these boards allow for movement of the display ; they are therefore very good for the rearrangement of sequences , e.g. planning patient care , ward management , functions of the body , heart valves or types of joints . |
| 11 | Locke 's use of the term ‘ ideas ’ ( ‘ ideas of sickness and pain' ) is a clue as to why the manna → gripings model for talk about the objects of perception appealed to him so much . |
| 12 | These ideas are , or are derived by ‘ abstraction ’ from , the ideas ( = feelings , sensation ) said to be caused in us when we perceive things , on the manna → gripings model for talk about the objects of perception . |
| 13 | All this about Descartes 's doctrine that mind and matter are two causally-related substances , about the manna → gripings model for talk about the objects of perception , and about the empiricist doctrine about how language is meaningful , has been with a view to understanding why Locke could not acknowledge the existence of the epistemic appearances of objects . |
| 14 | In all these species the males compete for dominance on the lek , and the females mate mainly with the most dominant males . |
| 15 | If males compete for access to the females , selection will develop any character that encourages successful breeding — even if this character is of no benefit in terms of adaptation to the environment . |
| 16 | The commercial felling of timber is subject to licence from the Forestry Commission , and special arrangements exist for consultation between the commission , the central department and the local planning authority . |
| 17 | In contrast , motorways account for 30% of the mileage covered by heavy goods vehicles ( and 45% of that of the largest lorries ) . |
| 18 | Some hand creams care for nails at the same time . |
| 19 | The system is one in which the institutions compete for students on the basis of prices , and the Universities Funding Council has produced a detailed list of guide prices , banded to take account of the varying costs of providing courses in different subject areas . |
| 20 | These courses followed pilot courses run for students during the Autumn Term by staff of the Physical Education Unit . |
| 21 | The arc outside the circle of inversion interchanges point for point with the arc inside , while the two points of intersection stay put . |
| 22 | The Storys leave for Rome at the end of this month and can not take him with them . |
| 23 | Even the civilian academics at the college seem to be nullified by the overriding police desire for circumspection in the written account and the preference for academic silence . |
| 24 | In the second phase , small studies will be undertaken in a number of local authorities to assess the extent to which socio-economic factors account for variations in the rates of children in care in ‘ similar ’ authorities or for patterns of care that are at marked variance with national trends . |
| 25 | Service industries predominate for employment in the island offices , shops , banks , garages etc , as well as the whole infrastructure which is associated with tourism . |
| 26 | THE United States yesterday cancelled talks set for Monday with the European Community over a public procurement dispute and said sanctions were now hard to avoid . |
| 27 | The Milk Race comes to town as riders vie for position on the Liverpool city centre circuit after an exciting chase from Sheffield . |
| 28 | According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years . |
| 29 | And six shares account for 70% of the whole stockmarket 's capitalisation , of $17.3 billion . |
| 30 | Thank you for your letter of the 5 November 1992 enclosing the District Councils request for information for the preparation of the district wide local plan . |