Example sentences of "[noun] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 For example , if the examination lasts from 10.00 to 13.00 hours the time-table for six equally weighted questions would be as follows
2 It is a coming-together of intentions to create visibility for key strategies and organizational movement .
3 Side doors hinge up , and allow superb visibility for all occupants .
4 RIO DE JANEIRO ( AP ) — Luis Sales , head of a Brazilian advertising agency , was freed unharmed after being held by kidnappers for two months .
5 t Tests were used for two level factors ; ANOVA was employed for factors with several levels , and simple linear regression for continuous variables .
6 In fact , Lucas actually substitutes for from equation ( 6.4 ) and estimates the following regression for each country :
7 Thus Lucas can be seen to be estimating a regression for each country in which that country 's deviation of real output from its natural level is regressed on its own lagged value and Lucas 's measure of the unpredictable and therefore unanticipated component of aggregate demand .
8 Each patient had three measurements of bone mineral density and rates of bone loss were estimated by linear regression for each subject .
9 By 1906 Picasso had known the work of Gauguin for some time .
10 The solid-coloured , hardy breeds of central and southern France include some traditional dairy breeds now developed as suckler cows for commercial crosses , and the massive traditional draught breeds which are now so important as sires for those beef crosses , a role in which their influence has become widespread in Europe and elsewhere in recent years .
11 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 .
12 The failure of the conference underlined the absence of any institutions for co-ordinating policy on the western side of the Atlantic .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Prisons and institutions for young offenders were closing down , probation was thriving , and more time was allowed to pay fines .
16 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 .
17 On the other hand , there were grave limitations in using existing adult education institutions for radical education and action .
18 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 .
19 Most of the voluntary organisations considered it their duty to inculcate a proper sense of shame in their charges , until World War II brought about the first intimation that unmarried mothers were beginning to avoid the hostels run by charitable institutions for that very reason .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 ] .
24 A comparison of the prospectuses for 1980–81 and 1986–87 of a number of institutions for this study suggested that , contrary to the arthritic stereotype purveyed sometimes by the press and others who should know better , degree provision in higher education is by no means static .
25 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 ) .
26 Almost anywhere where a substantial Palestinian community exists it has generated its own institutions for social , economic as well as political activity .
27 The proposals , supported by the lead banks , are reported to have been sent to all 82 financial institutions for detailed consideration .
28 Extensive work by gerontologists on service provision for old people and their responses to it suggest that cheaper alternatives to some costly services might enable more of the elderly to remain fitter and independent of institutions for longer .
29 Nevertheless , Griffin et al found in 10% of their patients that oxygen saturation dropped below 90% for longer than a minute even when supplementary oxygen was used and only modest doses of sedative had been given .
30 Even more patchy is Deutsche Grammophon 's ‘ Mozart 's Masterpieces , ’ another set of reissues where the unwary consumer may find himself with the superb piano artistry of Maurizio Pollini for one concerto , but the rather less impressive playing of Friedrich Gulda for another .
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