Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] of [noun pl] for " in BNC.

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1 There is then the question of the selection of topics for these courses — should teachers avoid significant historical events simply because men predominate in them ?
2 Because of the existence of PACs and of the Court of Referees for benefits under the insurance schemes , the new national scheme included an appeals system .
3 In their tasks they are answerable to the VPK , the Central Committee and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers for Defence Production .
4 The Luxembourg government , which held the presidency of the Council of Ministers for the first half of 1991 , presented a redrafted draft union treaty on June 20 .
5 Choice of themes and situations is governed by religious , cultural and educational considerations of the country of countries for which the course is planned .
6 Overall , by 1900 central government action concerning recognized social problems was greater than in 1870 but still slight in contrast with the magnitude of those problems and of the range of demands for action .
7 Hundreds of thousands of personal pledges received from countries all over the world will be attached to the Tree of Life as a powerful visual expression of the concern of individuals for the state of the Earth and their commitment to protect it .
8 To meet the immediate problems , the vital priorities were the proper progressing of the manufacture of designs for nearly 6000MW of plant planned or under construction by the former undertakings , and the acceleration of work in progress on sites .
9 The time has come for a radical re-examination of the provision of services for this particularly disadvantaged group of people .
10 The Wilson Committee was set up to investigate the whole question of the provision of funds for industry and trade .
11 The refugee organisations have taken the decision to return , in spite of the lack of guarantees for their physical security inside Guatemala .
12 So many amputations had been necessary because of the lack of facilities for sophisticated vascular surgery .
13 The effects of the error were not rectified until 1888 , when the Commissioners agreed that the vacant appointment should be filled by a nominee from " the Magistrates for Lancashire meeting at Manchester and qualified as ex officio Poor Law Guardians of the Board of Guardians for the Union of Stockport . "
14 For example , the Chairman of the Board of Guardians for St Giles in East London considered that widows must be held in part responsible for their own condition : ‘ After the lapse of a certain number of years , when a widow has had the opportunity of showing providence on her own account , I think you may separate her from her late husband , but not immediately after his death ’ .
15 She sobs loudly in his arms , relieved of the company of strangers for the first time .
16 Ireshopeburn Story time : North Pennines storyteller Taffy Thoman will be joined by members of The Company of Storytellers for an evening of myths and legends next week .
17 As in the case of the construction of canoes for the Kula ( Munn 1977 ) , technology may be thoroughly embedded in cosmology , and even social theorists who would eschew a technological determinism , but wish to characterize societies through more mediated concepts such as ‘ modes of production ’ , have often had to subordinate the organization of production to a host of other elements of social organization such as kinship and ritual ( e.g. Godelier 1972 ; Hindless and Hirst 1975 , ; Kahn and Llobera eds 1981 ) .
18 In 1734 , for example , Gabriel Napier of Craigannet , the sheriff-depute of Stirlingshire , pressed Lord Ilay to help him add the office of keeper of the register of sasines for Stirling and the stewartry of Menteith to his official holdings , for he found the sheriffship to be more trouble than it was worth .
19 Perhaps we are seeing , as an evolution ( the origins of which can be traced to the nineteenth century ) , the emergence of a genuine hybrid tribunal , in which case to suggest that this body is a further example of the use of judges for extrajudicial activities is only one way to describe it .
20 Classic examples of the use of crops for industrial purposes rather than for food are : the production of ethanol for fuel from sugar cane in Brazil and from maize in the USA , and alcohol from potatoes .
21 The introduction and development of the use of motorcycles for health workers has proved to be very successful and has illustrated that the effectiveness of health work can be improved .
22 A knowledge of the use of computers for research work is essential , and relevant experience gained in developing countries would be advantageous .
23 The unions were not Prepared to Support any form of " direct action " , despite the resolutions carried at earlier Congresses in favour of the use of strikes for Political ends .
24 This is particularly true of the value of votes for the smaller parties of the centre — the Liberal Party , the SDP and now the Liberal Democrats ; and of the value of votes for Labour in the South and for the Conservatives in the North and in Scotland .
25 This is particularly true of the value of votes for the smaller parties of the centre — the Liberal Party , the SDP and now the Liberal Democrats ; and of the value of votes for Labour in the South and for the Conservatives in the North and in Scotland .
26 By the end of the fourteenth century , the London skinners had control of the import of skins for the fur trade , and provincial merchants had been squeezed out .
27 For other children they probably are getting enough social interaction , there may be plenty of children around , but educationally , in terms of the sort of basics for education they may be extremely deprived .
28 For other children they probably are getting enough social interaction , there may be plenty of children around , but educationally , in terms of the sort of basics for education they may be extremely deprived .
29 In this brief speech , it is not appropriate for me to attempt that task but I shall give the House three examples of the sort of arrangements for which the Government should press in the second half of 1992 when we have an opportunity to carry them forward .
30 It was agreed the method of the selling of tickets for future occasions should be considered but that once the quota had been reached no further participants should be admitted .
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