Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony takes the hint and decides not to wax equally lyrical about the Svalbard storm that kept everyone in the tent for seventy-two hours , unable to go out for anything . |
| 2 | Season tickets provide reduced admission charges to the park for regular visitors . |
| 3 | The potential for improving the Park as an educational resource for Edinburgh schools and colleges was explored , as were opportunities for better interpretation of the diverse interests in the Park for all visitors . |
| 4 | The club raised over £100.00 for the Orsett Hospital Fund and provided the opportunity for many visitors to the fair to try their hands at using a metal detector for the first time . |
| 5 | had had the opportunity for many years of looking at the question in its material phases , of appreciating its hygienic results … |
| 6 | Nevertheless , both provide the opportunity for such attainments to be formally recognized . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will consider extending the opportunity for general practitioners in Northern Ireland to manage their own budgets immediately . |
| 8 | Construction of hydroelectric dams not only removes the opportunity for adjacent populations to interbreed , it also utterly changes the characteristics of the river , with siltation and often stagnation occurring upstream of the barrier . |
| 9 | Now came the opportunity for long discussions in Tom Poole 's parlour , and no doubt for readings from Osorio and from The Borderers , Wordsworth 's own , equally unsuccessful , verse tragedy . |
| 10 | International investment involves the added dimension of dealing in foreign currencies , providing the opportunity for additional profits . |
| 11 | Earned bonus is the most widely used form of financial incentive , because it most closely meets the objectives of an incentive scheme , which are : ( a ) To provide the opportunity for increased earnings in return for increased output . |
| 12 | ‘ With leases they miss the opportunity for super profits but they are guaranteed a return of 7% initially and then up to 10% . |
| 13 | ‘ The most important thing about the Prince of Wales Initiative is that it gives the opportunity for other industries to share their knowledge of environmental protection , ’ she says . |
| 14 | It is difficult to ascertain just how effective are conferences and seminars in promoting co-operation and coordination but at the very least they provide a forum for practitioners to take the opportunity for co-operative efforts . |
| 15 | The session provided the opportunity for conservative currents within the party to reassert themselves , following the split in July when reformist members had shifted their allegiance to the Left Alliance [ see pp. 38021 ; 38115 ; 38357 ] . |
| 16 | At the outset of the research project , after initial discussions with the Officer-in-charge , a formal briefing was given to all staff explaining the aims of the project and the approach to be taken , giving the opportunity for any questions to be raised . |
| 17 | This , of course , is one of the great advantages of informality , as it provides the opportunity for constant alterations to the garden . |
| 18 | This is the opportunity for senior managers to endorse warnings for vigilance or diligence , which they do occasionally , and for sergeants to review both the incidents which occurred on the last shift and the matters which need special attention on the present one . |
| 19 | It is equivalent to that plus erm the reduction for indiscretionary awards enabling young people to obtain training and education , plus also erm the reduction in erm access to higher education for people who are educationally disadvantaged . |
| 20 | He recognized that , although she had worn the veil for several years , she had never made her monastic profession . |
| 21 | Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : If any new hospitals are built in Wales , such as the East Glamorgan hospital , will the funding for those hospitals , in terms of capital costs , be entirely met by the Welsh Office or , as a result of last week 's disclosure in Construction News , are we to take it that Treasury guidelines to introduce private sector money into such building will mean that the commitment from the Welsh Office will be less ? |
| 22 | On the community charge , the funding for local authorities has been increased by 6.1 per cent . |
| 23 | To ensure she and her children are not quietly excluded from the Royal inner circle , she insisted she should be allowed , on State occasions , to join the Prince for official functions such as the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph and that , from time to time , she and her children should be official guests at Sandringham and Buckingham Palace . |
| 24 | Coningsby has been an R.A.F. station since 1940 and is now the base for Phantom fighters . |
| 25 | The rich coastal plain continued to provide the base for great estates , ruled by their thegns , some of whom had their possessions ratified by charters like the one just quoted , whose boundaries can often still be traced . |
| 26 | ‘ it is not the great mass of publications ( each constituting but a minor increment to the sum of human knowledge ) which contribute most to scientific progress , but a small number of key papers , each of which has a very great impact on the advance of knowledge … only a very few elite scientists produce work that becomes the base for future discoveries . ’ |
| 27 | Ricardo Weibel was seized and brought to the base for 12 days of rough treatment , before being released and sent home . |
| 28 | Furthermore , there are often subtle differences in what at first glance appear to be similar provisions in different contracts , for example , the provision for liquidated damages . |
| 29 | Two hundred thousand to improve the provision for extra pupils , here again er lot 's come out of er , the , the , but er ministers wax eloquent about what we should er do about this mounting problem of erm , of er truancy exclusion , discipline in general , erm , they tell us what to do , they tell us , er we must have er referral units and what have you , but then dont' give us any funds to do the job , but I 'm glad to say that all three party agreement that er that two hundred thousand or so , it to improve the er the , the service for extra pupils . |
| 30 | The North Korean Premier also proposed the installation of a communications link between the two sides ' military commands , the formation of a joint military group to discuss border disputes and the provision for on-site inspections to ensure that the arms agreement was observed . |