Example sentences of "[art] [noun] for [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reason , the Russians will need to have a community in which there is private property , freedom from regulation and low taxation , with the opportunity for people to accumulate wealth and invest it . |
| 2 | Developing Managerial Effectiveness — this highly successful five-day residential conference provides the opportunity for people to explore and develop their own managerial skills in work which requires leadership , communication , motivation and the use of one 's own authority . |
| 3 | ‘ The new association will provide , for the first time , the opportunity for people from throughout Scotland to find out what is going on elsewhere , ’ she said . |
| 4 | MCI Communications Corp 's annual report sheds a little more light on the company 's plans for alliances to deliver new services ( CI No 2,139 ) , saying that the company will use its high-speed digital telephone network as the base for multimedia services in alliance with other companies — ‘ With one intelligent , multimedia device — part telephone , part television and part computer — consumers will call up distant relatives and see them while they speak , ’ the annual report says , and the company is not elaborating further ; the report says ‘ a number of trends are emerging , including multimedia wireless communications and distributed processing , ’ and MCI plans to be a player in these trends ; it says the range of companies it is contacting regarding its consortium idea spans several industries under the broad definition of communications , but it is awaiting a response from the Federal Communications Commission to its proposal that consortia rather than individual companies be permitted to run Personal Communications Network before putting any discussions onto a formal basis . |
| 5 | I do not fish the big rivers like the Thames or the Trent for bream but I love to get after them on streams the size of the Wensum , Bure or Waveney . |
| 6 | Policy changes in the 1970s moved the provision for people over retirement age towards a wholly wage-related scheme of insurance . |
| 7 | Like my colleagues in Newport , I have been dismayed by the checks for people over 75 : it is not just the collection of medical facts but the appreciation of the social and personal difficulties of elderly people . |
| 8 | Now in its third edition , this text brings together in one volume the guide-lines for people in jobs with special tax problems . |
| 9 | When the bike 's owner , replete in heavy leather jacket appeared , Agassi chatted with him for a while before offering to buy the bike for £9,000 . |
| 10 | Five years later , Polar technology is available to the runner for £99.99 — a more attractive proposition at a time when many more runners are aiming for quality running . |
| 11 | The case for Nucella depends on the synonymy of N.theobroma Roding with Buccinum lapillus L. ( Winkworth , 1932 ) . |
| 12 | We know only a little about how , in this more secular society , we should try to minimize the damage for people going through the grieving process . |
| 13 | ‘ It is only recently that Robert Gordon 's University has opened up the field for people to do courses like this without having to leave home for long periods . ’ |
| 14 | Five companies have been shortlisted in the bidding for 35% of the Greek Telecommunications Organisation , OTE , this summer , Reuter reports : their indicative bids are expected in June and the sale will be completed in August and the five are Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp , France Telecom , GTE Corp , Telefonica de Espana SA and STET SpA ; STET already has a $160m 20-year licence to develop a cellular mobile phone system in Greece ; AT&T Co , which had been seen as the favourite , withdrew from the bidding . |
| 15 | Those sausages were a credit to Mother because she knew just the seasoning they required , and we would hang them up in the kitchen for people to eat as they pleased . |
| 16 | In thanking Sir Thomas Kennedy for his address , the Chairman of Conference announced that the cheque for £50,000 had been received from the RAF Benevolent Fund . |
| 17 | An employee was made redundant and handed a letter saying that the cheque for £1000 which accompanied it constituted a ‘ lump sum payment for severance ( including redundancy payment ) , the acceptance of which is final settlement leaving you with no outstanding claim against the Council ’ . |
| 18 | Letter of thanks from Mrs Cunning of the music department of Currie High School expressing her thanks for the cheque for £10 sent to be used for the purchase of music . |
| 19 | The cheque for £1,200 will be put towards the cost of converting part of the centre into the special laundry which will teach washing and ironing skills as part of Acorn 's independent living skills programme . |
| 20 | Thank you for the cheque for £300 , a receipt for which is enclosed . |
| 21 | Fortunately , Ewen and myself had remembered to bring along the Trophy as well as the cheque for £500 which it was my pleasure to present to The Crofter of the year — Donald Murdo Macleod , 1 The Gress , Back , Lewis . |
| 22 | Sue Symes and Karen Stead present the cheque for £101.70 to Mrs Crick and Mrs Leighton from Cancer Research |
| 23 | A combination of interview and questionnaire studies and a content analysis of media coverage was employed , with the purpose of elucidating the reasons for people 's preferences for different energy options , their perceptions of the risks involved , and of the viability of alternative energy sources . |
| 24 | This means that in addition to staff appointments governors are involved in the responsibility for staff dismissal and for the distribution of incentive allowances . |
| 25 | By 1977 the family had accumulated enough capital , acumen and experience to pull off the property deal of the century : the purchase for $120m of eight Manhattan skyscrapers when the city of New York was on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 26 | In 1990 it is planned to introduce a new Pullman service from Nottingham , an hourly off-peak service to both Nottingham and Sheffield and , by upgrading certain sections of the route for 110mph , a further general acceleration of all trains — unthinkable at the decade 's start . |
| 27 | The course for staff also included input from the Department of Management Studies , giving them a management skills , as well as a personal development , focus . |
| 28 | Organised by the Association for Media Literacy , the conference will be held at the University of Guelph in Canada , 13–15 May 1992 . |
| 29 | ‘ News & Views ’ is an informal newsletter published during the term for staff and students of the University . |
| 30 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |