Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | The upper line shows the least-squares regression for insectivores and frugivores , the lower one that for folivores ( from Clutton-Brock and Harvey 1977 ) . |
| 4 | In the United States allergy has been a specialty for decades . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ For the Government to consider scrapping this form of protection for tenants against landlords is a backward step . ’ |
| 8 | The agency wants an end to EC beef dumping in west Africa and trade protection for cattle farmers there . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 : |
| 14 | Protection for defendants |
| 15 | Release protection for birds |
| 16 | In this vision of rapid warfare there was still a place for great fortresses to provide temporary protection for frontiers and strategically vital areas during the crucial , disorganized days at the beginning of the campaign while the armies were assembling . |
| 17 | Editor , — A B Kay deserves support in his attempt to persuade the General Medical Council ( GMC ) to provide far more effective protection for members of the public in relation to doctors who publicise treatments of unproved efficacy . |
| 18 | We do n't believe that pension rights should be undermined by privatization or by C C T. We agree with motion three seven one but add one qualification the best way to provide protection for members threatened in this way is to force the government to honour its obligations under European law and push for pensions to be included in the regulations . |
| 19 | Police protection for members of the Royal Family living in Gloucestershire is costing council tax payers more than a million pounds a year . |
| 20 | We are keen to promote the UK system of funding which we believe provides the necessary protection for pensions scheme members . |
| 21 | The NAAA and the ADC were formed with a dual purpose : to provide legal protection for Arab-Americans against discrimination , and to lobby for a change in America 's policy towards the Arabs and Israel . |
| 22 | The co-ordinating council of the officers ' assemblies set up in January [ see p. 38730 ] sent a message to the summit calling on delegates to agree on the draft proposals on military issues , to halt troop withdrawal from eastern Europe until social protection for servicemen could be assured , and to maintain the military at an adequate level for defence . |
| 23 | He promised additional internal measures , including special courts , secure prisons and special protection for judges , but added that increased international co-operation was needed to spread the financial cost of drug enforcement in order to ensure stricter controls on drug distribution networks , money laundering , and the sale of arms and chemical components . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The directive requires greater protection for sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) ; however , the SSSI system ends at the low-tide mark , so the government will have to identify a new set of important marine sites . |
| 26 | The House of Commons Social Services Committee acknowledged this in 1982 , when it concluded its investigation of flexible retirement policies by recommending that the limit of employment protection for women should be 65 . |
| 27 | ‘ This suggests that the audit is not so much the price of limited liability as a protection for shareholders . ’ |
| 28 | This was to be achieved by coordinating the listing conditions in member states , and thus to provide similar protection for investors at Community level and to enable EC-wide listing of member state securities . |
| 29 | The Master of the Rolls in the Court of Appeal rejected these arguments and said that the purpose of the Directive was to co-ordinate the authorities ' discretion in member states and not to provide additional protection for investors . |
| 30 | These and other failings meant that the PF(I) Act provided both ‘ outdated ’ and ‘ incomplete ’ protection for investors . |