Example sentences of "case for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , if you have a cold greenhouse or well-lit shed , I think there is a good case for removing all containerised aquatic plants and overwintering them in trays just deep enough to allow an inch of water over the compost in the pots . |
| 2 | Mr Ponting 's case for sending the documents was that he felt that they showed that Parliament was being misled and misinformed about the Belgrano affair . |
| 3 | This is not an uncommon pattern with central institutions , but it does strengthen the case for sending the Library 's exhibitions ( in photographic form ) to other parts of Scotland , and possibly to other areas of the City . |
| 4 | The Navy had won the first round of the carrier battle : Sandys now conceded the RAF 's case for developing the TSR 2 around a new airframe instead of forcing the naval NA 39 upon them . |
| 5 | The purpose of this paper is to put forward a case for developing the online catalogue 's potential as an interactive retrieval tool for the library user . |
| 6 | Second , part and parcel of the internal debates about the constitution of the Labour Party are larger debates about the limits and problems of the British constitution and these spill over into a case for reconstructing the British constitution itself in order to fashion a different kind of democracy and a third road to socialism . |
| 7 | Deriding the value of the committee of the regions , he tried to demolish Mr Salmond 's case for entering the Government lobby in exchange for SNP representation on the European committee , by repeating the comments he made on it when he was the party 's foreign affairs spokesman : ‘ I remember saying , with the approval of my leader , that it is merely an advisory body , advising another advisory body and has no powers of any kind . ’ |
| 8 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 9 | Prof Robert Mansel , of the department of surgery at the University of Wales , who is working on that subject , said : ‘ There is a strong case for pursuing the role of essential fatty acids as anti-tumour agents in a wide variety of cancers . |
| 10 | The general case for exporting for the good of the economy and for the good of individual companies has been covered , together with an overview of organisational and cultural issues . |
| 11 | THE case for believing the letter may be genuine is backed by several facts . |
| 12 | If the Bull God was Poteidan , and the sacral horns are bull horns , there is a prima facie case for believing that the shrine was dedicated to Poteidan . |
| 13 | However , there is at least a prima facie case for believing that a word form like bank should be considered to represent more than one lexical unit . |
| 14 | When a primary attack occurs in such circumstances , there is a strong case for delivering the baby by caesarian section . |
| 15 | Since , ultimately , the law has to be stated authoritatively , there is a case for passing a statute , once experience of the working of the Code has had time to show up any problems there may be . |
| 16 | IF EVER there was a case for passing a law that forbade the British government from interfering in industry , the current difficulties in the coal and car-making sectors are probably the best examples available . |
| 17 | The Charterists have a case for deflating executive power . |
| 18 | If the answer is no , there may be a case for dismissing the attempt to apply to education management some of the models which are drawn from business and industry . |
| 19 | In order to support this position , one has to accept : ( i ) that the intention — recklessness distinction is the most significant dividing line for serious injuries , more relevant than factors such as premeditation or provocation ; ( ii ) that this is a workable distinction for the courts , especially in impulsive crimes , where the definition of intention may be fulfilled by a momentary realization of what is happening ; ( iii ) that it is so significant that a difference in maximum penalties between life imprisonment and five years ' imprisonment is appropriate ; and ( iv ) that there is not a strong case for phrasing the offences in terms of endangerment rather than of causing physical harm . |
| 20 | Since there is an interesting case for each , it certainly seems that there may be a compelling case for combining them . |
| 21 | Despite this there may be points that can not be accommodated in which case there is a valid case for splitting the business between two , but rarely more , suppliers , each providing an agreed package . |
| 22 | They certainly have a legitimate case for refusing to pay . |
| 23 | My hon. Friend the Member for Leyton made a passionate case for getting rid of the 20 per cent . |
| 24 | The case for taking this step has long been powerful , and is now overwhelming . |
| 25 | I have therefore been considering the case for taking the initiative and disclosing details of the Committee structure . |
| 26 | Some writers maintain that debt collection through the courts is quite straightforward , and suitable for a litigant in person , but this writer feels that the case for taking advice and instructing a solicitor to conduct the debt action is very strong . |
| 27 | Other things equal , there will be a greater case for taking advantage of the lower average costs of larger communities . |
| 28 | All that said , the case for taking him was still not all that much stronger than the case for leaving him out . |
| 29 | Parents at Heiton may have a case for taking out an interim interdict to stop the council closing their school at the end of the term . ’ |
| 30 | There 's a case for bringing back those old style Tory values . |