Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] for [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their tasks included collecting taxes and when necessary producing labourers for public works on dams , canals or bridges ; and enlisting the required numbers of men for the army who lacked the money to buy themselves out of national service . |
| 2 | In each case , the program output constituted a set of scores , which corresponded to the number of strong overlaps and weak overlaps for each pair . |
| 3 | Words however are only symbols and they can have different meanings for different people . |
| 4 | One could speculate that behaviour would continue to improve , although at a decreasing rate , with it perhaps approaching a plateau somewhere below the optimum ; one might also want to speculate that there would be different plateaus for different people — reflecting the ‘ fact ’ that some individuals are better decision-makers than others . |
| 5 | The company also organised coach parties to Weldon for all of the management staff but , due to the numbers involved , R.S. was unable to provide adequate trips for all staff and their families . |
| 6 | That is what we provide in our residential homes for elderly people . |
| 7 | That is what we provide in our residential homes for elderly people . |
| 8 | The ‘ homes ’ covered in this study include residential homes for older people , nursing homes and other institutions excluding hospitals or hospices . |
| 9 | High Wood and Low Wood , favourite walks for local people and visitors , are a haven for wildlife . |
| 10 | Polar bears hunt several species , notably ringed seals , on the sea-ice breeding grounds , and man is a major predator of harp and hooded seals , valuing especially the pelts of pups and immature animals for commercial sales . |
| 11 | BT has accepted proposals by the telephone watchdog , Oftel , to limit price rises on private circuits — lines rented mainly by businesses and commercial organisations for private data and voice traffic . |
| 12 | It is feared the screening of The Leaving of Liverpool will bring back painful memories for many people involved , and social services chiefs are preparing for a stream of referrals . |
| 13 | Then , looking back into the old recipes for English fruit fools , we find that trifles , syllabubs , creams and fools have all at some point merged one with the other . |
| 14 | I have found freshwater dips for Marine fish effective at clearing flukes from infected fish . |
| 15 | Canon depended on foreign markets for 70 percent of its sales during the year , and said profits were hurt by the Japanese yen 's strength . |
| 16 | In 1987/88 , English local authorities spent £1.3 billion on personal social services for elderly people . |
| 17 | Our elderly strategy is moving towards trying to equalize , or even out , those big differences of accessibility , because if you live in Wantage , and I live in Oxford , say , we have a totally unequal access to Social Services for elderly people . |
| 18 | House party holidays are very popular venues for single people at Christmas . |
| 19 | A NEW appeal to local businesses for assistance in improving leisure and commercial facilities for disabled people in Edinburgh is under way . |
| 20 | The Trabukos offers pleasantly furnished bed and breakfast accommodation , for 2 or 3 people sharing a twin or three bedded room with private bathroom and balcony , or self-catering studios for 2–3 people with private bathroom . |
| 21 | AT&T aims initially to offer UK business customers virtual network services and digital private lines for high-speed data and voice communications , and business customers with bases in the UK and the US a variety of ‘ competitively-priced , seamless services between the two countries ’ . |
| 22 | The very limited opportunities for disabled people to take part in all forms of the arts as spectators , creators or participants raises questions about whether or not we are an oppressed and marginalised subgroup and what we might be trying to do about this . |
| 23 | Stone also said that DEC would offer daughter board upgrades for its R3000 customers , and would offer similar upgrades for future MIPS generations , such as the R5000 . |
| 24 | At the time , a trust fund was formed with the aims of establishing a permanent memorial to , and annual scholarships for young people connected with the industry . |
| 25 | It might seem little enough to get an extra bus stop or pedestrian crossing , but those are real concerns for local people and such matters affect the way they regard you politically . |
| 26 | Civil rights for disabled people |
| 27 | At an ideological level , the purposes of segregated education systems were spelled out in the Bantu Education Act of 1953 , which created an education proclaimed to be ‘ appropriate ’ to the limited prospects for black people under apartheid . |
| 28 | It would be greatly appreciated if your section could send the following details for all staff being transferred by the DSO , Sickness Records , Pension Transfer , and Reckonable Service . |
| 29 | The Health Secretary , Mr Kenneth Clarke , insisted that the latest 9 per cent offer — tilted towards extra payments for highly-trained staff — was both ‘ fair and constructive ’ . |
| 30 | Under each picture of the plant are graphic instructions for local people of what to do in the event of an emergency as well as information about the plant . |