Example sentences of "[noun] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , Sara did not want to be bound by a rigid time-table for meals , which Lizzie expected and insisted on . |
| 2 | Paradoxically , then , reduced citation visibility for authors could result in middle authorship continuing to be regarded as an earned ( and hence valued ) privilege rather than as a right , a favour , a payback , or an inconsequential bagatelle . |
| 3 | Also titled Howard Carter : before Tutankhamun ( British Museum Press , £12.95 p/b £9.95 for visitors to the museum during the period of the exhibition ) , it is an anthology of Howard Carter 's writings illustrated by his own photographs , drawings and paintings . |
| 4 | The upper line shows the least-squares regression for insectivores and frugivores , the lower one that for folivores ( from Clutton-Brock and Harvey 1977 ) . |
| 5 | The rowan tree ( Sorbus aucuparia ) or in Gaelic , which stands in the corner of the kitchen garden or just beyond the house or byre , has protected the home , the family and the cattle from witches and fairies for centuries , and has endured after many a homestead has been deserted . |
| 6 | These include greater competition between financial institutions for deposits . |
| 7 | In practice the polytechnics were initially mainly second-choice institutions for students unable to obtain entrance to universities , but as their reputations grew and they launched courses different from or not available at universities , they attracted more able students . |
| 8 | The children not adopted stayed in the original creche until they reached the age of 6 , when they were transferred to two other institutions for boys and girls respectively . |
| 9 | DC & CA had received requests from external institutions for labels to be made . |
| 10 | During this period , a significant expansion in the existing supply of institutions for children occurred in Flanders , the Netherlands , and the United Kingdom ( Lammertyn and Antoons , 1990 ) . |
| 11 | In extreme cases they became simply receiving institutions for classes of paupers with little hope . |
| 12 | We have shown that knowledge of immunohistological reactivity with a panel of six antibodies to tumour markers can predict the primary site of origin correctly in 70% of tumours in men and 58% of tumours in women with specificities ranging from 68% for breast tumours to over 90% for tumours in the gut , lung , prostate , and thyroid . |
| 13 | In the United States allergy has been a specialty for decades . |
| 14 | Although all EC countries are afflicted by unemployment , you may still find vacancies for nurses in Germany , TV engineers in Portugal or clerks in the European Parliament in Brussels . |
| 15 | The advertisement pages of The Scotsman in the golden Edwardian afternoon carried long columns of vacancies for parlourmaids , cooks and housemaids ( so it is not surprising , though it must have been a source of irritation , that male printers hostile to women entering the trade often urged them to look for work " in service " ) . |
| 16 | Do you still have any vacancies for chambermaids ? … |
| 17 | We occasionally have vacancies for bartenders who must have at least two years ' experience of working a cocktail bar . |
| 18 | Having completed his course , he found that there were few vacancies for horticulturists and he is once again on the dole . |
| 19 | RSRE has vacancies for graduates and professionals in a number of expanding programmes involving the following key technology areas : Digital electronics , Communications systems , Radar and Electro-optical Sensors , Microwave circuits , Real-Time Signal Processing , Software Engineering , Modelling and Simulation , and System Engineering . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ For the Government to consider scrapping this form of protection for tenants against landlords is a backward step . ’ |
| 23 | The agency wants an end to EC beef dumping in west Africa and trade protection for cattle farmers there . |
| 24 | It was bitterly opposed , however , by other environmental activists and by France , Germany , and the UK government ( which also supported continuing the total protection for rhinoceroses , cheetahs and leopards ) . |
| 25 | Dhamma is the master principle in ‘ a Tathagata , perfected one , wholly awakened one , a dhamma-man , a dhamma-king , depending on dhamma only , honouring dhamma , revering dhamma , esteeming dhamma , with dhamma as his standard , with dhamma as his banner , with mastery as to dhamma ’ , and he will provide dhamma-guard , love and protection for monks , nuns and lay followers . |
| 26 | Recommendations include stopping development in crucial habitat areas , providing protection for areas of special value , and increasing local jurisdiction over coastal activities and government support of international directives to set an example . |
| 27 | A gantry traffic light will be installed above the centre of the road , hand railing will provide additional protection for pedestrians , and the bus stop outside Milroy Walk is likely to be moved some metres south and recessed into the wide pavement . |
| 28 | A further protection for defendants is contained in Article 16 which contains provisions safeguarding the position of a defendant against whom judgment in default has been entered : |
| 29 | Protection for defendants |
| 30 | Release protection for birds |