Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a coming-together of intentions to create visibility for key strategies and organizational movement . |
| 2 | HATS OFF Delighted workers cheer pay cut boss Richard |
| 3 | t Tests were used for two level factors ; ANOVA was employed for factors with several levels , and simple linear regression for continuous variables . |
| 4 | The next morning , Mr Mitterrand appointed Pierre Beregovoy as Prime Minister . |
| 5 | However , the British breeds are considered better for meat quality and taste and also for thrift and adaptability ; they remain in demand as sucklers , whereas the French and other large continental breeds are perhaps better suited as beef sires for commercial crossbreeding in dairy herds . |
| 6 | The failure of the conference underlined the absence of any institutions for co-ordinating policy on the western side of the Atlantic . |
| 7 | Through it , government addressed for the first time the issue of the long-stay population in all the institutions for elderly , mentally handicapped and mentally ill people . |
| 8 | With the abandonment of transportation , prison sentences and penal servitude had correspondingly assumed their pivotal role within the criminal justice system , and the 1850s also saw the beginnings of reformatory institutions for young offenders . |
| 9 | Prisons and institutions for young offenders were closing down , probation was thriving , and more time was allowed to pay fines . |
| 10 | As Europe moves towards its goal of a common internal market , and as its institutions for political and security co-operation evolve , the link between the United States and the European Community will become even more important . |
| 11 | On the other hand , there were grave limitations in using existing adult education institutions for radical education and action . |
| 12 | It has been designed to respond to the rapid growth of banking and financial services both within the regions and at national and international level , and the increasing demand from banks , insurance companies , building societies and other financial institutions for relevant graduates . |
| 13 | Firstly , institutions for long-term care for elderly people in many countries consist of nursing homes and relatively few have the numbers of long-stay hospital beds evident in the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | It is to be hoped that NAB 's more open approach will enable it to win consent from the public sector institutions for difficult and unpalatable decisions , though clearly some of its deliberations , concerning the possible closing of institutions for example , will have to be conducted in private . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , there is very often a total absence of any consideration within our residential institutions for sexual needs of those within them ; accompanied by stern suppression of any sexual relationship which may develop . |
| 16 | Also recommended were : the establishment of the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) to grant degrees to students in non-university establishments [ this happened the following year ] ; the raising of the status of teacher training colleges to colleges of education offering BEd degrees , and their integration into universities [ the former has happened , but not the latter ] ; the granting of university status to the ten colleges of advanced technology [ this was accepted ] , and in due course to other colleges [ this did not happen ; instead , from 1966 many of these became the new polytechnics ] ; and the establishment of special institutions for scientific and technological education and research ( SISTERS ) [ this has not been implemented ] . |
| 17 | Gold and silver , once reserved for the service of cults and sovereigns , were displayed as plate by corporations like the City of London , the Inns of Court the City Companies ( fig. 40 ) or the colleges of Oxford or Cambridge and embodied as medals awarded by academies and other institutions for distinguished contributions to many fields of learning and professional activities ( Plate K ) . |
| 18 | Almost anywhere where a substantial Palestinian community exists it has generated its own institutions for social , economic as well as political activity . |
| 19 | The proposals , supported by the lead banks , are reported to have been sent to all 82 financial institutions for detailed consideration . |
| 20 | Having talked for an hour about wild animals the teacher posed a question to one of her class . |
| 21 | Its broad aims were to analyse large American companies in order to discover differences in return on investment ( ROI ) , to establish par values for ROI for different industries and their segments , and to attempt to explain variations in ROI across companies and their subsidiary business units by reference to strategic factors . |
| 22 | It 's a Christmas perk for local farmers to sell holly and mistletoe . |
| 23 | What needs re-affirming , and re-examining , is the complex inter-relation between moral languages and the history of nineteenth-century feminism . |
| 24 | But they do point to the complex inter-relation between official discourses and the domain of constructed personal experience and pleasure . |
| 25 | This is one point in the course , and it is but one example , where the inter-relation between Professional Studies and the Curriculum Course is a matter for explicit emphasis . |
| 26 | This involves grasping the dynamic inter-relation between new scientific knowledges and the much broader public debates over national efficiency and imperial survival . |
| 27 | In some instances formal committees and similar bodies are established to provide a mechanism for the exchange of information and views between central government and the various interests within the national local government community . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) Modern critics of an attitude theory have often argued , not unconvincingly , that the methods of reasoning used in support of ethical views , or of trying to reach agreement on them by a fair minded exchange of views between reasonable persons , neither need be , nor commonly are , different from those used in factual matters . |
| 29 | Surely there is no convention that judges may adjust their views about legal rights for purely strategic reasons . |
| 30 | In the longer term self-help groups may emerge , where librarians can pool views about recent publications , or library suppliers may see openings for a more active approach . |