Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be because definitions were unclear or because criteria for targeting the two systems had not yet been formulated . |
| 2 | A buyer will be concerned to know details about whether gas is connected ; whether he or she has responsibility for all or any fences or ditches ; whether the property has mains drainage ; whether there is liability to maintain a road at the front of the property ; or whether application for planning permission has been refused in the past . |
| 3 | Payments made ex gratia or as compensation for loss of office by the vendor of the business will not usually be deductible by the vendor because they are made in connection with the discontinuance of the trade and not for the purpose of enabling the company to carry on its trade . |
| 4 | In the case of a large archaeological monument such as Stonehenge , the object acts as a text which may be differentially interpreted , according to the period , as emblem of ritual power , as ruin , as national monument , or as symbol for druid and hippie ( a process which is already evident in prehistory , see Shennan 1983 ) . |
| 5 | The world of fashion and advertising ( from which Victoria has not quite made her escape — she is like someone with one boot stuck deep in the mud , unable to move either way ) now uses places like that as themes for new looks or as inspiration for ‘ lifestyles ’ . |
| 6 | In classical times in Europe and the Middle East dreams were often written about as portents or as guides for action . |
| 7 | Mitsotakis rejected an Albanian request that the Cams should be allowed to return to Greece and reclaim property there , telling an Albanian journalist that although compensation for property might be subject to negotiation , the Cams had left as war criminals and international law on this subject should be observed . |
| 8 | In 1989 Japanese companies had secured shipbuilding orders for new vessels totalling 9,700,000 gross tonnes , double the total of the previous year , so that although orders for 1990 were down to around 3,000,000 gross tonnes , shipbuilders ' order books remained full until well into 1992 . |
| 9 | But I knew very well the ones with fruits that we could eat , that provided food for birds , that had special flowers . |
| 10 | Mr Livingstone said that unless Labour adopted an economic policy that provided room for manoeuvre by cutting interest rates it would make itself unelectable . |
| 11 | Wherever we might finally strike the balance , it seems clear that whereas nostalgia for the once-safe streets and the once-quiet youth is phoney , we can be equally sure that those who sensationalised the ‘ pistol gangs ’ sometimes got carried away with themselves . |
| 12 | A ‘ self-interest ’ explanation would suggest that whereas solidarity for the strike call to defend jobs and the future of pits would obtain strong support in the peripheral areas with relatively bleak futures , it would be harder to sustain in the central profitable coalfields of Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire . |
| 13 | In his half-yearly report to Congress on Feb. 21 Greenspan reported guarded optimism about avoiding recession , but he reaffirmed that while concern for inflation persisted interest rates would remain high . |
| 14 | ‘ Unix is not open , only ajar ’ , Harold Mead of Metron Data told delegates during a talk on capacity planning , going on to describe in detail how , despite the fact that while data for performance measurement and capacity planning is available from Unix through utilities such as sar , ps , mpstat ( on some multi-processors ) , acctcom and last , data was often presented with different formats and content that could easily make a nonsense of the figures . |
| 15 | Justifiably , the city 's defenders can point out that whilst life for working-class Brummies was and still can be hard , it is better than the lot of an agricultural labourer in the eighteenth century . |
| 16 | In her diaries , Barbara Castle admits that when secretary for social services in 1975 , she and her health minister , David Owen , deliberately appointed Alec Merrison , Vice Chancellor of Bristol University , to chair a Royal Commission on the Health Service , on the grounds that ‘ he was a dedicated supporter of the NHS and would have no truck with private financing and all that nonsense . ’ |
| 17 | Hence , there is little that is surprising , in my view , in the fact that when movements for popular sovereignty and democracy began to develop on a large scale among colonial and dependent peoples , in the course of the twentieth century , they should have taken as their political model the established nation states , and have become strongly infused with nationalism . |
| 18 | For example , in Protestant West Belfast government figures showed that when unemployment for males in Northern Ireland was approximately 20% , male unemployment in Protestant West Belfast was 35% , while male unemployment in Catholic West Belfast was 47% . |
| 19 | 11 Make sure that when ideas for features are to be discussed in a group setting there are no competitive media present . |
| 20 | It was held that when time for delivery is of the essence of a contract for the sale of goods ( that is , a condition ) and after the stipulated time has elapsed the buyer waives his right to cancel by pressing for delivery , converting the term into a warranty , he may later give notice setting a reasonable deadline , once again making the time for delivery a condition of the contract . |
| 21 | Help us to draw closer to others , in friendship and fellowship , so that as ambassadors for you we may convey Your message to the world today . |
| 22 | So , when Naive Prober plays against Tit for Tat , both do worse than when Tit for Tat plays against another Tit for Tat . |
| 23 | and or merchandising for one of the confectionery companies whatever . |
| 24 | Reciprocal care between neighbours grows where information and trust are high and where resources for satisfying needs in other ways are low , in relatively isolated , relatively closed and relatively threatened social milieu with highly homogeneous populations … |
| 25 | However , a full investigation would be appropriate where the value of the target arises out of its properties or where they are important to the business ; where it would be time-consuming and difficult to find new premises ; and where damages for breach of warranty would be inadequate compensation . |
| 26 | After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money . |
| 27 | Miraculously cured of back pains just before he had joined the NSC , he had joined a charismatic Episcopal congregation , in which he kept the church manners of a Catholic ; and where appeals for the contras were concerned he could take either voice , as necessary . |
| 28 | It had now become clear both that significant moves towards greater academic independence for the colleges meant Charter changes , and that proposals for improvements in relationships had to be worked out in greater detail . |
| 29 | Gallaudet , a firm believer of the combined system , and by leading deaf people like George Healey of Liverpool , and by experienced teachers or missioners of the deaf in favour of the combined or sign system like Elliott , Welsh , Rhind were all largely dismissed or ignored in the Report 's recommendations , which were in essence that the Pure Oral system should be used to educate the deaf and that teachers for the deaf should be properly qualified , experienced in teaching in ordinary schools , and be in possession of all their faculties . |
| 30 | Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ? |