Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] of [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa was heckled during her speech of thanks for some crystalware — given to her as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Blackpool Lights . |
| 2 | Bradford was especially notable for its provision of clinics for infant and maternal health care and the provision of free milk for babies . |
| 3 | Digital Equipment Corp has signed Lechmere Inc as the first independent direct retailer for its line of printers for MS-DOS and the Mac . |
| 4 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 5 | and she would I think be prepared to as she 's in charge of their sort of arrangements for where they dance , er it 's easier than ne negotiating with someone who who I 've only met once er very briefly . |
| 6 | [ That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Minister of State for Overseas Development to grant Aid Trade Provision Cover and ECGD cover over three years from 1992 to enable Communication Supplies Ltd. to continue to export further System X telephone exchanges and ancillary equipment to Kenya , which they have done successfully for the past seven years ; and furthermore notes that the Kenyan Government considers this project as top of their list of priorities for trade with the United Kingdom , and the project will save and provide many thousands of jobs throughout the United Kingdom and will lead to repeat business for many years to come , and that if funding is not forthcoming the contract will be lost to the United Kingdom and awarded to either Japanese , French or Italian companies , all of whom have shown open interest . ] |
| 7 | Iago can take a stand with every appearance of confidence : Yet from that firm-sounding position he lapses into uncertainty — ‘ I speak not yet of proof ’ ( ironically true ! ) — but an uncertainty that suggests far more than it states , with its rash of words for perception and deception ( ‘ look ’ , ‘ observe ’ , ‘ wear your eye thus ’ , ‘ not … secure ’ , ‘ abused ’ , ‘ look ’ , ‘ know ’ , ‘ see … pranks ’ , ‘ show ’ , ‘ conscience ’ , ‘ keep't unknown ’ ) . |
| 8 | The new manifesto , with its lists of promises for a better urban environment and less-congested transport system , enjoyed a good reception — including a laudatory front-page endorsement from London 's only daily newspaper , the strongly anti-Labour Evening Standard . |
| 9 | He turns up the Holloway Road , with its rows of pubs for men a long way from home . |
| 10 | At the same time , Intel Corp and Motorola Inc are also in the offing with their versions of chips for X-terminals . |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't think I would fit into his scheme of things for next season . |
| 12 | The royal colleges and the Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training ( JCHMT ) are often accused of inflexibility in their interpretation of requirements for accreditation in the case of academics , whereas in fact such applications are treated sympathetically . |
| 13 | With news of yet another triumphant performance in the Davis Cup by Andre Agassi , it is worth asking what the American Tennis Authorities are thinking of in their choice of players for the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 14 | They depart from the perspective of the constitutional authorities , however , in their advocacy of proposals for devolved and decentralised government , and for more open government . |
| 15 | For the above sub-heading I have deliberately copied from the title of a recent publication by Cecily O'Neill and Alan Lambert ( 1982 ) , for it is a manual offering guidance to teachers in their planning of projects for drama . |
| 16 | Pop 's power , its danger and its crime , consist in its over-stimulation of desires for pleasure and for self-aggrandizement : desires constructed by capitalism . |
| 17 | Such had happened in Scotland and Ireland in its employment of folk-themes for late 19th century ‘ classical music ’ . |
| 18 | The ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) dropped more than 80 per cent of its current National Assembly deputies from its list of candidates for the June 27 general election , only around 70 of the 290 FLN deputies having been chosen to stand . |
| 19 | It was only in the last six or seven years of his life that he discovered that his talents lay elsewhere : in polemics , above all , and in what Waugh in his letter of thanks for Animal Farm had called ingenious and delightful allegory . |
| 20 | He recommended to them lists of books for the better understanding of their religion , and the advice was excellent . |
| 21 | To the Annual Conference of the union in September 1915 he reported that " the Government had commandeered the Camp " , and that , when they eventually handed it back , reinstated as agricultural land , which he doubted that they ever would , compensation and rent paid or payable would ensure that " the maintenance of aliens at Eastcote would have cost the Union not a single farthing " and provide a useful start to its programme of Homes for Seamen . |
| 22 | Two broad concerns give a certain coherence to their package of proposals for change . |
| 23 | You can go on learning and adding to your repertoire of behaviours for as long as there is breath in your body . |
| 24 | Please refer to our tariff of charges for details of these services . |
| 25 | The section also includes his new-look Practical Matters , plus our selection of books for home-improvers |
| 26 | During our arrangements of locations for filming the Project Video , we have collected a variety of leaflets and pieces of information which might be of interest for your research on the Activity Book . |
| 27 | It is with a sense of shock and disbelief that I studied the details that the Scottish Arts Council has released concerning its distribution of funds for 1993/94 ( reported , 16 February ) . |