Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 2 | Among particularly serious instances of pollution picked out in the report were the following : , Heavy use of pesticides polluting rivers across the crop growing areas of the Russian republic ; , Untreated industrial effluent from the Volga slowly killing off the marine life of the Caspian Sea ; , High levels of dioxin in mothers ' milk in Moscow ; , The continuing consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident , rendering much of the countryside of the Ukraine and Belorussia uncultivatable ; , Waste from aluminium factories in Uzbekistan , poisoning the land for miles around . |
| 3 | It even staged the most expensive gimmick of all , building the House for Lovers in a park in the city , a Mackintosh design never realised in his own lifetime . |
| 4 | The FoE survey , based on water companies ' unpublished returns to the Drinking Water Inspectorate , showed that 14.5 million people received drinking water breaching the standard for pesticides and 3.5 million had supplies containing nitrate above the legal limit . |
| 5 | Due to a crowded hard disk on my Compaq LTE 286/40 , I decided to back up some of my files ( using the switch/S for subdirectories ) onto 3.5-inch floppies , and delete the directories to create more space . |
| 6 | When we recalculated the activity of Ca 2 + at the same pH ( pH 7.7 ) using the formula for changes in PCO 2 , however , the difference between the two groups was still apparent , indicating that the difference in pH may have only a minor influence on the observed difference in the Ca 2 + activity when the pH changes are caused by variations in pCO 2 ( recalculating the actual activity in gall bladder bile from patients with gall stone disease and controls to a pH 7.7 gives an activity of 0.407 and 0.315 mmol/kg , respectively ) ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 7 | We tried one on a child 's jumper , chest size 66cm ( 26″ ) , using the template for children 5–8 , and this worked out very well . |
| 8 | It is clearly incapable of producing the strategy for jobs and the direction for economic recovery that Britain desperately needs , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Views on tackling the demand for drugs varied from the liberal Dutch approach to the hard-line US attitude . |
| 10 | The economic argument is as fallacious as that of denying the need for women to have higher education which will be ‘ wasted ’ if she becomes a homemaker and mother . |
| 11 | To abolish committal proceedings — this is a practical proposal which will cut the cost of magistrates ' court hearings by eliminating the need for solicitors and defendants to attend court when it is not absolutely necessary . |
| 12 | X and future releases , and plans to make its core and extended NetWare services HD-DOMS-ready , providing developers with a single , uniform object-based interface for all clients , eliminating the need for developers to use a number of different interfaces for application development . |
| 13 | The no-arbitrage condition allowed for the effect of stock exchange accounts in delaying the payment for shares . |
| 14 | Politically it was the awakening of these groups which was most important , for as Professor Christie has concluded : |
| 15 | He rejected the argument that keeping the facility for steers in Barnard Castle would be costly , saying it only involved a bit of paperwork by one of the officials at the mart . |
| 16 | Shouting ‘ Long live democracy ’ and singing the ‘ Internationale ’ , they were in some ways evoking the spirit of ‘ May Fourth ’ and paving the way for others to take in following years . |
| 17 | On Aug. 12 a formal agreement paving the way for negotiations was signed by the federal and Quebec governments and by Mohawk leaders . |
| 18 | Talabani 's statement was confirmed by the Iraqi Prime Minister Sa'adoun Hammadi who said on April 25 that his government and representatives of four Kurdish groups had reached an agreement on " paving the way for negotiations on the future status of Kurds within the Republic of Iraq " . |
| 19 | The Commission concluded that the rule was unfair , and the Government has decided to abolish it , paving the way for retailers to charge two sets of prices . |
| 20 | It had managed to convert most ( over 80 per cent ) of the termed annuities into South Sea stock , thus paving the way for reductions in interest and capital under Walpole and Pelham . |
| 21 | Recapturing the city for humans on foot would bring immense benefits not only to those walking but also for the ambience and environment of the city ( Figure 8.7 ) . |
| 22 | At St Cuthbert 's this belt tightening means the vicar must ask his parish for an extra £5,000 and the church steering committee is co-ordinating the appeal for funds , beginning with a planned giving campaign in Lent . |
| 23 | By now I was obeying instinct or habit , checking the chain for strengths and weaknesses . |
| 24 | He walked round the cabin , checking the ground for tracks . |
| 25 | Valuation work will be relied on by those instructing the firm for purposes agreed in the terms of engagement and , on occasions , the firm may be aware that it is to be relied on by third parties too . |
| 26 | Even women , who for a whole variety of familiar reasons , do not call themselves feminists , know that whatever else women 's liberation means , it represents a standpoint that begins with women and with the intention of reconstituting the world for women as a better place . |
| 27 | Theirs was a supportive role , smoothing the way for professionals , finding the resources to allow doctors to do their job , buying influence through performing services and favours ( Haywood and Alaszewski 1980 ) . |
| 28 | Goldfish , like many other members of the Carp family , naturally feed on the bottom , sifting the debris for invertebrates . |
| 29 | Some begin by expressing the need for drugs ; then become physically or mentally dependent on drugs and ca n't cope with life without them ; some eventually become addicted to drugs . |
| 30 | The Irish Institute has taken bold steps to reduce the expectation gap , lobbying the government for changes in legislation that would allow implementation of several key recommendations put forward in the Ryan Report . |