Example sentences of "['s] [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All stress the role of grace and man 's total dependence upon God for salvation : they point out that good works are not the result of human will-power but are in some mysterious way the actions of God himself . |
| 2 | First , the Trust 's long-term programme of footpath restoration in the Lake District was internationally recognised last year by the award of DX Nostra 's prestigious Medal of Honour for the repair of the ancient packhorse route over Sty Head Pass in Borrowdale . |
| 3 | The government 's Economic Survey of Japan for 1952 noted that the products of heavy industry were typically 30–40 per cent more expensive than in other countries , because of high materials costs and low productivity . |
| 4 | Under the terms of the pact Taiwan was permitted to operate 20 fishing vessels within Kiribati 's economic zone in return for annual payments of $250,000 . |
| 5 | Altogether , says Mr De Benedetti , between 1988 and 1991 Olivetti paid just over 10 billion lire to Italy 's political parties in exchange for ministry contracts worth about 500 billion lire . |
| 6 | Pat O'C Hegarty , Executive Committee nominee on the Pensioners ' Committee was a very welcome guest and presented us with the Association 's usual contribution of £900 for which we are most thankful . |
| 7 | The ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Sept. 8 that Russia had concluded agreements with Byelarus , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan , according to which Russia would assume these republics ' share of the former Soviet Union 's foreign debt in return for their portion of the Soviet Union 's assets [ for CIS March agreement on payment of ex-Soviet Union 's foreign debt p. 38824 ] . |
| 8 | You betray an ironic and unfair image of a decent country which is facing difficult times when you refer ( December 1st ) to Colombia 's ‘ worn out political system ’ ; to its ‘ corrupt and self-serving political elite ’ ; to assassination as ‘ the usual fate of Colombian reformers ’ ; and to drug traffickers ‘ who will get lighter terms in Colombia 's porous prisons in return for squealing on their colleagues . ’ |
| 9 | Machine tools of its size and accuracy were so rare at that time that it could earn £10 a day , and it was Clement 's principal source of income for ten years . |
| 10 | Harvey Wilson , promoted swiftly from field agent , had replaced Paula 's deceased husband as controller for Germany , Holland and Belgium . |
| 11 | Above all , there is Arrowsmith and Gottleib 's fanatical insistence on controls for all of their experiments . |
| 12 | a ) any sums payable under the Act in respect of the office and functions of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Schools for England and the office and functions of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales ; |
| 13 | a ) any sums payable under the Act in respect of the office and functions of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Schools for England and the office and functions of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales ; |
| 14 | Profoundly yet lightly and yet again oh so generously imagined , he turns the novel 's transpersonal unsteadiness to joy for us and sheer astonishment , and its cancer-growth of rumour to life 's health through art 's freedom . |
| 15 | PRESSURE from Malaysia 's environmentalists has saved one of the country 's national parks from obliteration for a hydro-electricity scheme . |
| 16 | Completed for the exhibition of Vienna Sezession in 1902 , where it became a sensation and drew both exalted praise and extensive mockery , the monument was bought by Klinger 's native town of Leipzig for the then enormous sum of DM250,000 . |
| 17 | The same issue featured Bradley Martin — as Hopkins tended to byline himself when writing on drugs — noting the News of the World 's ‘ sensational splurge on drugs and the pop world ’ , the harmful effect the attack had had on Nuttall 's work as a teacher , and Miles 's self-proclaimed lack of enthusiasm for LSD . |
| 18 | The abbey 's wagon gone , a team of horses gone , Longner 's cartload of timber gone , worst of all , Ramsey 's little chest of treasure for the rebuilding , lost to a company of outlaws along the road ! |
| 19 | Now read the U.K 's leading collection of shareware for this month and remember , if you order by phone you can be using the programs tomorrow . |
| 20 | Could the writer take advantage of Grunte 's undoubted presence in Brighton for the Party conference ? |
| 21 | First , they represent a putative developmental sequence which reflects the child 's gradual mastery of language for dealing with abstract ideas and , second , they have been shown to generate high levels of inter-observer agreement ( Blank and Franklin 1980 ) ( see Table 7.3 ) . |
| 22 | NEC Corp expects personal computer shipments in 1993-94 to increase by 10% to 1.37m units as a result of the government 's increased spending on computers for schools and public institutions : according to Reuter , NEC sees its personal computer sales rising in the second half of the fiscal when public institutions start to introduce the machines ; in the year to March , NEC 's personal computer shipments were down by 5% . |
| 23 | IBM Personal Software Products ' microkernel will also act as the follow-on to IBM 's current version of AIX for the PS/2 . |
| 24 | Full details of the NVQs are being given in the CIOB 's continuing series of seminars for centres and other interested organisations . |
| 25 | Cannon 's happy return to Kirkcaldy for victory |
| 26 | Britain 's initial position of support for Cramra had been to all intents and purposes relinquished by the end of the meeting . |
| 27 | Ray Doyle had bowed to Jack Stone 's pleading request for protection for his family . |
| 28 | By the time Tony Crosland became Secretary of State ( following Michael Stewart , Labour 's first Secretary of State for Education ) he was overcoming his initial resistance to the binary idea , and was quickly to become a firm advocate . |
| 29 | Election night 's first intimation of disaster for Labour came from Basildon . |
| 30 | The show marks London Contemporary Dance 's first trip to Liverpool for five years . |