Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCOTVEC has written to colleges reminding them of the availability of a devolved system of assessment for awards for which only one college provides the course . |
| 2 | Venous blood samples ( 5 ml ) were taken at 10 , 20 , 30 , 60 , and 90 minutes after the start of injection of isotope for measurement of the isotopic enrichment of plasma free leucine . |
| 3 | Already exhausted from her night 's activities , she was also acutely aware that she must give no sign of tiredness for fear of arousing suspicion . |
| 4 | The result suggested an increasingly fragmented political scene , confirming the importance of the regional Lombardy League and providing further evidence — following on from the referendum on electoral reform in June 1991 — of the erosion of support for power-sharing between the DC and the PSI . |
| 5 | Having achieved this , they provoked disquiet in two quarters : first , those concerned with the defence of Basrah , up the river to the north , and the nearby port of Umm Qasr ; and , second , the government of Kuwait ( an important source of support for Iraq throughout the war ) , which had already suffered air attacks and was to be struck again before the fighting was over . |
| 6 | ‘ There are means of support for women in your situation . ’ |
| 7 | Wellington also contained the headquarters of New Zealand Railways , and its massive , confident air surmounted by rows of flag-poles represented an extraordinary reaffirmation of support for railways in New Zealand . |
| 8 | It is arguable that the Swedish policy of support for parents in the labour force , as well as similar measures in Eastern Europe , have put a brake on fertility decline and perhaps reversed it . |
| 9 | Sir Leon added that the Government should also adopt a more active policy of support for progress towards European monetary union , with a central banking system , while resisting other forms of unnecessary economic union . |
| 10 | The overall level of support for independence among the republics ' ethnic-Russian and other minorities was higher than expected , especially in Latvia ( minorities constituted over 36 per cent of Estonia 's population and around 47 per cent of Latvia 's ) . |
| 11 | Seasonal workers do not have the security of full-time employment , since they must seek other means of support for part of the year . |
| 12 | The major put on a show of support for Fergie with other guests . |
| 13 | A special session of the Diet was called for early August , but with the developing securities scandal leading to widespread calls for urgent measures to improve regulation of the stock market , the LDP 's failure to secure the support of Komeito and the DSP , and an unknown level of support for Kaifu within his own party , it was far from certain that the Prime Minister would succeed in his legislative aims . |
| 14 | As it stands , the crucial implication of these findings , if they are correct , is that increasing the availability of support for people with adverse living circumstances in an attempt to prevent depression would not be expected to be effective . |
| 15 | We spend far too little time on the packaging of change for fear of misleading people . |
| 16 | Considering the Statue of Liberty has been a beacon of hope for generations of newly-arrived immigrants , it 's appropriate that Mario arrived in New York with his parents 30 years ago . |
| 17 | At the Essex Forest Eyre in October 1634 , for example , the judges , after consulting with the Chief Justice of the King 's Bench and the Barons of the Exchequer , decided that there was no right of common of pasture for sheep on the forest wastes . |
| 18 | As part of the same appeal , Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Bishops ' Conferences of Europe call on every Catholic Church in Europe to set aside New Year 's Day as a ‘ special day of prayer for peace in Europe , and in particular in the Balkans ’ . |
| 19 | People all over the world were asked to offer this prayer for one minute each day at midday so that there would be a continuous vigil of prayer for peace throughout the earth . |
| 20 | In a series of assaults on Scotland 's natural heritage laws the Scottish Office , and Scottish Secretary Ian Lang , have succeeded in overturning the presumption of protection for Sites of Special Scientific Interest , creating instead new ‘ natural heritage areas ’ which will be protected — if that 's the right word — by voluntary agreements . |
| 21 | ‘ For the Government to consider scrapping this form of protection for tenants against landlords is a backward step . ’ |
| 22 | The whole arbitrary system itself , which was a temporary measure of protection for tenants in a period of acute post-war scarcity , should be dispensed with as soon as the output of the house-building industry has regained a satisfactory level . |
| 23 | This can be illustrated by the early examples of protection for individuals in the special treaty provisions for minorities ; the inclusion of human rights in Article 1 of the United Nations Charter in the context of the maintenance of international peace and security ; and by the paucity of international mechanisms for the enforcement of those rights and freedoms . |
| 24 | An off-licence permits the sale of liquor for consumption off the premises . |
| 25 | " Off sale licence " which authorises the sale of liquor for consumption off the premises in respect of which it has been granted only . |
| 26 | It relates to places of entertainment such as cinemas , theatres , dance halls , and proprietary clubs and permits the sale or supply of liquor for consumption on the premises to persons frequenting them as an ancillary to the entertainment provided . |
| 27 | The expansion of building for owner-occupation on the other hand is normal ; it reflects a long-term social advance which should gradually pervade every region . |
| 28 | Although there is no equivalent in international law to the fiduciary duties owed by trustees to the beneficiaries , a judgment in favour of Nauru would establish a principle of responsibility for abuse of the trusteeship system by subordinating the continuing needs of the inhabitants of the territory to those of the administering authority . |
| 29 | A possible ( relatively ) benign explanation might be presented for GPs ' failure to pursue a non compulsory route : that women , whose conventional role involves running the home and family , would be less willing to go into hospital precisely because of their feelings of responsibility for others in the home . |
| 30 | The personal social services provide a good example of a transfer of responsibility for provision from the state to the commercial , voluntary and informal sectors . |