Example sentences of "for a [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll buy for a cost of bottles of his favourite beer Grosche |
| 2 | Quintus has spent the last 18 months developing similar customised solutions for a clutch of customers including Intel Corp , HaL Systems , Exxon Corp and Hewlett-Packard which is setting up a worldwide internal help desk with its software . |
| 3 | It is now recognized that the trachoma agent is very closely related to the organism that causes non-specific urethritis and is responsible for 50 per cent of sticky eyes in newborn babies and for a proportion of cases of salpingitis in women . |
| 4 | They also pressed for a purge of supporters of the former communist regime on the university campuses and for increased student participation in university faculty councils . |
| 5 | Governors who are committed to the cause of special education will have to bid for a share of resources in competition with the advocates of other areas of the curriculum who will be pressing their case with equal vigour . |
| 6 | For a survey of theories of women 's position see Barrett ( 1980 ) . |
| 7 | In 1983 , however , it seems that Pakistan did not seriously test Soviet terms for a withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan , and in May the Pakistani Foreign Minister failed to obtain the concurrence of the United States for the draft settlement reached the previous month . |
| 8 | The EC measures , which were criticized by the ANC , appeared to clear the way for a resumption of exports of iron , steel and krugerrands . |
| 9 | The Indian Supreme Court on Aug. 27 cleared the way for a resumption of investigations into allegations of high-level corruption in connection with the 1986 deal for the purchase of Bofors artillery from Sweden for the Indian army [ see p. 37184 ] . |
| 10 | French football : Footballers from the Brown Trout pub , Cockerton , have left for a weekend of matches in Amiens , Darlington 's twin town . |
| 11 | First , there is a need for a continuum of services in which residential care is positively included for children and young people who may be or who are in need of public care . |
| 12 | In 1954 , for example , one of them called for a majority of Africans to be on the unofficial , i.e. representative , benches of the legislative council within three years and for self-government within twenty to twenty-five years . |
| 13 | The table compares GDP per head using market exchange rates with those on a PPP basis for a selection of countries in 1992 . |
| 14 | UN aid officials said yesterday they were prepared for a battle of wills with rebel Serbs in an attempt to get trucks loaded with emergency supplies through to starving Muslims in eastern Bosnia . |
| 15 | On the other hand , if we were to take our sample from those families with above-average measured incomes , we would expect to find that many of them had only temporarily high incomes so that average transitory income would be positive and Y p < Y. Similarly , for a sample of families with below-average measured incomes , we should expect to find that Y T < 0 and Y p > Y. |
| 16 | By the spring of 1921 sufficient evidence was available to convince the overwhelming majority of the ruling party of the need for a change of policies in relation to agriculture . |
| 17 | It is an internationally important site for oystercatchers , knot and pintail , and of national importance for a range of birds including curlew , plovers and teal . |
| 18 | She is seeking funding for a range of projects from tailoring and knitting bazaars to poultry raising . |
| 19 | In discussions prior to the final draft of the Treaty of Rome for example , the concept of a specific regional fund was considered , but rejected in favour of the European Investment Bank ( EIB ) which would provide finance for a range of activities including regional development activity . |
| 20 | Eileen has treated a variety of people from different backgrounds for a range of conditions including back problems , PMT and stress . |
| 21 | And the County Council 's consistently said to the West Yorkshire authorities , you must make provision for a range of sites in suitable locations to help draw er development that would othe otherwise come to North Yorkshire . |
| 22 | The Commission found that the various vertical practices , including brewers ' imposition of exclusive purchase obligations for a range of products including beer ( the ‘ tied house ’ ) , and connected with this , the use of loans at preferential rates of interest , ‘ prevent , restrict and distort competition from the point of view of both suppliers and consumers ’ ( p. 250 , para 11.21 ) . |
| 23 | Another ETA member , Henri Parot from Bayonne , was sentenced by a court in Madrid in mid-December to a total of 86 years ' imprisonment for a range of charges including attempted murder and membership of a terrorist organization . |
| 24 | give scope for a range of strategies to be employed ; |
| 25 | These deposits are for a range of maturities from overnight to one year . |
| 26 | The following month a much delayed fishing agreement was signed with the Soviet Union which gave Soviet vessels access to PNG 's 200-mile economic zone in return for a range of benefits including joint ventures in fish processing and the training of Papua New Guineans in the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | Under the scheme , run by the Countryside Commission , farmers who enter into 10-year agreements will be eligible for a range of payments from £0.65 for every hedgerow tree planted to £2 per metre of hedge laid . |
| 28 | Boss systems are currently used for a range of applications including remote sensing , VLSI wafer inspection , film editing , element analysis , three-dimensional reconstruction , molecular modelling and print-quality control . |
| 29 | Bugs at Wilton 's terephthalic acid plant are already being treated to Purisource , which is suitable for a range of effluents from many industries , including food , paper , pharmaceutical and chemicals . |
| 30 | There is clearly a need for a range of types of graphic devices to support learning , and information and educational materials for older children make full use of such things as photographs of various kinds , maps and charts , graphs , diagrams and technical drawings , flow charts , and other visual means of presenting information , evidence , or data . |