Example sentences of "for a variety of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | American negotiators have opened the Japanese market for a variety of goods by threatening to let loose the protectionists in Congress . |
| 2 | Bubbles , 63 , wife of newspaper owner Lord Rothermere , was getting tablets for a variety of ailments from at least four doctors in London alone , the inquest was told . |
| 3 | Birdwatchers should keep an eye out for a variety of birds including capercaillies , crested tits and crossbills . |
| 4 | These courses involve the study of the development of software and hardware for a variety of areas of application . |
| 5 | The Hic Mulier figure ( an abstraction ) is a vehicle for a variety of defences of the transvestite , radical and conservative , and there is no good reason , given the genre , to privilege the one over the others as more truthful , more sincere , more representative , or to be dismayed that some of these arguments are incompatible with each other . |
| 6 | It allows for a variety of views on how alike , or unalike , human beings are in their particularities , in particular what is the significance of the difference of sex between men and women . |
| 7 | Coupons , contained within the pack , may be collected over time and exchanged for a variety of products in a catalogue . |
| 8 | This may be done for a variety of reasons including someone 's anxiety that the original figures were just too unlikely to be reliable . |
| 9 | Human capabilities to reason about complex systems states and the propagation of failure and associated systems are all available within the trained diagnostician , but can break down or fail for a variety of reasons including data overload , incomplete information and fatigue . |
| 10 | Human beings are needed for those tasks for a variety of reasons from their highly dexterous manipulative potential through to their ability to accept informal instructions . |
| 11 | Osteopaths and chiropractors believe that their methods are also therapeutic for a variety of disorders besides back pain . |
| 12 | These carbon fibre rollers are used by firms manufacturing machines for a variety of uses including films , textiles and paper . |
| 13 | Also , optical fibre sensors are being developed for a variety of applications including gas , pressure and strain sensing and water monitoring , while special planar waveguide lasers in glass , crystal and thin films are being researched as a potential medium for integrated optical circuits . |
| 14 | It is anticipated that the systems could be useful for a variety of applications including fleet management , customer credit control , plant loading , targeting direct mail campaigns , fraud detection , retail and materials analysis . |
| 15 | Applicants ' ability to benefit is assessed flexibly and credit is given for a variety of qualifications beyond conventional O/GCSE and A level successes . |
| 16 | The first stage in cultivation involves forest clearance ( though particular tree species which are valuable for timber are usually spared ) and as annual crop plants such as manioc ( Manihot esculenta ) and maize ( Zea mays ) are cultivated , perennial species such as pineapple ( Ananas comosus ) and banana ( Musa spp. ) are planted along with numerous other fruit trees , palms and shrubs that can be used for a variety of purposes from thatching to dyes and medicines . |