Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adj] for [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 There was little money available for luxuries , yet in 1928 a group of children from the Royal Cross School for the Deaf , Preston , made what may have been the first ever educational overseas school trip when they went to France and Belgium .
2 Our path together in life has n't been easy — there was very little support available for parents whose babies were diagnosed brain damaged in Australia in 1980 .
3 SECURITY : Another £1 million for police without accounting for specialist anti-terrorist units .
4 Alison herself was wearing a rather shapeless dress made of some fabric suitable for curtains , which covered her body like a dustsheet draped over furniture .
5 Among the report 's 108 recommendations are : ( i ) the establishment of a national monitoring programme to measure chemical and biological pollution of rivers , lakes and groundwater ; ( ii ) the setting up of a " blue flag " scheme to indicate freshwater areas safe for sports and leisure use ; ( iii ) the licensing of intensive livestock and fish farms to control pollution caused by them ; ( iv ) the working out of a national strategy to reduce the use of pesticides ; and ( v ) the adoption of stronger measures to reduce acid rain pollution of waterways .
6 The weekend announcement that the Saudis are providing a further £1½ billion for orders tied to the vast Al Yamamah programme provided welcome relief for the company and the Government .
7 Nutley ( 1980 ) formed an overwhelming impression of vast areas of rural Wales with no public transport suitable for journeys to work ( figure 6.5 ) .
8 Brian Steven , Commercial Director responsible for activities at Runcorn , explained that the reorganisation was the inevitable result of fierce competition .
9 Social workers responsible for eight-year-olds should see non-reading at this age as a danger sign and a precursor of learning and behaviour problems .
10 Arrian ( Anabasis i.17.8 ) mentions ‘ Memnon 's Land ’ in the Troad , whose possessor was a Persian general ( and see further p. 71 for Persians or Persian favourites settled in Anatolia ) .
11 However , as you now have another set-up available for aerobatics the model can be made less sensitive .
12 If Eucharistic Prayer III for CHILDREN is used by the priest , there is a sung refrain .
13 The Iraqi Chief of General Staff , Gen. Khadraji , visited both Yemens in early March 1990 for discussions on military co-operation .
14 I therefore managed to get myself accredited as a journalist to cover the visit to Rome by Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax in early January 1939 for talks with Mussolini .
15 There was no such basis available for women .
16 However , in Committee my Hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk , West ( Mr. Canavan ) pointed out that the report and accounts for 1987–88 referred to six trustees responsible for TOPS and a management committee of 10 .
17 The STANDARD PERIODICAL DIRECTORY is by far the most comprehensive directory available for periodicals distributed in N. America .
18 Erm resolution eight er , set out in the notice of the meeting to increase the aggregate annual sum available for directors ' fees to two hundred and fifty thousand pounds I put the resolution to the meeting those in favour any against I declare the resolution carried as an ordinary re resolution .
19 Orem , Utah-based WordPerfect Corp is chasing objects : it says Word Perfect Presentations 2.0 for Windows will support Object Linking and Embedding , the Twain image acquisition standard and direct CD-ROM sound ; and it has done a deal with IBM Corp 's IBM Programming Systems for a joint development agreement to provide users with consistent object interaction and data interoperability across multiple workstation products and operating systems — the agreement encompasses WordPerfect for OS/2 , WordPerfect for Windows , WordPerfect for MS-DOS and WordPerfect for IBM 's AIX Unix .
20 Much of the remaining employment suitable for gentlemen , however , was more fully in the hands of the Administration and its delegates , and that in itself affords sufficient explanation of the strength of government in Scottish political life .
21 ( Contact 0225 461111 ext 2782 for details ) .
22 The police officer dips into a repertoire of previous cases available for connections to be tested .
23 Unfortunately , he selected M chelonei ( the turtle tubercle bacillus ) , one of the two rapid growers pathogenic for humans .
24 On Dec. 3 , the debate degenerated into a brawl , after the Speaker , Ruslan Khasbulatov , had proposed a secret ballot on an amendment to make parliamentary approval necessary for appointments to key government posts .
25 Among the non Jewish organisations responsible for hostels , the Christadelphians were to the fore .
26 Thus , to make the whole hard disk open for others to read , the owner would publish the root directory ( C : \ ) and perhaps give it a name ( eg.
27 In each country there is a National Manager responsible for policies , government contracts , personnel , finance and taxation .
28 And we are encouraging managers to be sympathetic to the sudden disruption of working hours that can be caused to a parent of either sex responsible for children .
29 Six miles of soft sands well-equipped for watersports and safe bathing , playgrounds for children , sports and discotheques for young people , a thriving market and an interesting old quarter .
30 Just think a bit the money your daddy spent on wrestling stickers alone for a week on you and Kelly Ann could keep three children alive for weeks .
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