Example sentences of "[prep] an [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is sclerosant injection manadatory after an epinephrine injection for arrest of peptic ulcer haemorrhage ? |
| 2 | Despite an early passion for natural history ( he had used his mother 's linen cupboard as a combined zoo and museum ) his first impulse was to train as a civil engineer , hoping thereby for opportunities to travel . |
| 3 | On the opening day , they trailed Yorkshire 4–2 after the singles , despite an encouraging win for 18 year old Nick Weal over the vastly more experienced Simon Ickringill . |
| 4 | These changes can be viewed as one aspect of a potentially liberating move towards an increased role for the market and in this sense the reform of local government may be understood as a part of a wider restructuring of the state to achieve the same ends . |
| 5 | The Text Encoding Initiative : Towards an Extensible Standard for the Encoding of Texts . |
| 6 | Yet it also represented at least a first step towards an institutional framework for dialogue between State and commoners . |
| 7 | Indeed , as a result of an excess demand for their skills , enforced breaks in working are rare . |
| 8 | As Clower pointed out , it takes a strange contortion of language to characterize the 1930s as a period in which the basic problem was that of an excess demand for goods ! |
| 9 | During spring 1986 his government arranged for a number of ‘ spontaneous ’ demonstrations of support in the West Bank , and a series of newspaper articles appeared confirming popular support for his efforts and denouncing the PLO 's betrayal of an historic opportunity for peace . |
| 10 | A further deviation from Palmerston 's and Hammond 's requirements was in the provision of an official residence for the Secretary of State . |
| 11 | As a result , it is an established convention that the Scottish and Welsh Offices consult their Whitehall opposite numbers ( and vice versa ) before proposing any action which could be the thin end of an undesirable wedge for the other ministry . |
| 12 | If Melissa had wished to create the character of an elderly Frenchwoman for one of her novels , she would surely have chosen Antoinette Gebrec as her model . |
| 13 | The most comprehensive national picture of informal carers undertaken by the General Household Survey 1985 shows that 3.5 million women and 2.5 million men had caring responsibilities , though this is disproportionately the care of an elderly spouse for men . |
| 14 | In fact it is best not to think of ethical positivism as a theory of natural law because this may lead to consequences which are directly contrary to those sought , namely , the appeal to ‘ higher ’ laws as a basis for disobeying positive law , and the pursuit of an external validation for the devices of positive law which posits the existence of metaphysical rules to be discovered by a process of moral inspection . |
| 15 | The unique contribution of the discourse of the Report to this " social conscience " was its offer of English as the instrument of an affective strategy for educating the emotions of the " victims " so that as individuals they might be raised spiritually above the mass while at the same time remaining excluded from political and economic power and the decision-making processes . |
| 16 | Conservative Party rules , first drawn up in 1965 but partially modified in 1974-75 [ see pp. 26989-91 ] , provided for the possibility of an annual election for the leadership of the party . |
| 17 | Transport Minister Günther Krause is arguing for the introduction by 1996 of an annual fee for motorists of DM 200 — 400 ( $133 — $266 ) . |
| 18 | The allocation in the budget of an annual sum for marketing helps in the setting of targets and provides greater control for all . |
| 19 | Ultimately , however , Egyptian Christianity 's most lasting effect was less its simple perpetuation of Nazarean thought than its development of an administrative system for housing and transmitting that thought . |
| 20 | This raises the possibility of an administrative role for Kenchester , perhaps initially as a pagus centre , and then later as a full civitas centre . |
| 21 | One big advantage of an outside pit for the water companies is that meters can be read even if there is nobody at home when the water company official calls . |
| 22 | But in recent years a more rigorously scientific approach has unwittingly given some credibility to it — at least to the pentagon 's arbitrary gift of an eastern frontier for the Ocean . |
| 23 | Following the Benson Report , the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee continued to stress the desirability of an overall strategy for the provision of legal services . |
| 24 | I am all in favour of an easy life for horse and rider wherever possible . |
| 25 | Pending the finalisation of the selection scheme additional applications have had to be made for approval of an interim scheme for entry in 1992/93 and a developed scheme for 1993/94 . |
| 26 | The arguments in favour of the provision of an outer bypass for Edinburgh , designed to a high standard , are so overwhelming that Lothian Regional Council is maintaining a continuing construction programme aimed at completion of the entire bypass by 1990 . |
| 27 | Problem of an inelastic demand for loans |
| 28 | In the 1850s a new electoral system with a complex arrangement for the election of an electoral college for each social class further downgraded the possibility of political intervention for the Poles . |
| 29 | A joint communiqué made no reference to the formation of an Arab force for deployment in the Gulf and it was resolved to reconvene in April 1992 . |
| 30 | The movement towards integration ( with its social , moral , philosophical and educational overtones ) was to be found in many countries and was part of an international concern for the place which the handicapped occupied in Western society . |