Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The trade ban between Montreal Protocol countries and other nations in products containing CFCs does not come into force until 1999 , which leaves quite a lot of room for quick expansion and sales .
2 Paul Biddle squandered another chance for Milton on seventy one minutes as he put the ball wide from close range and then with ten minutes remaining , Fairmile offered themselves a glimmer of hope as Wayne Glossop fired home through a ruck of players .
3 A parcel worth £2. 6s. 8d. at Stony Stratford was held by the executors of the late Sir Edward Belknap .
4 ‘ Nothing , beyond the fact that you do some housekeeping for Alan Dysart at Tyler 's — ’
5 She housekeeping for aunt Bessie and the lodger in South Stainmore , and he farming over at North Stainmore .
6 ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’
7 When off skis and quads , Ruggia has a YZ125 moto crosser parked in his garage and a new WR250 enduro bike for winter training sessions .
8 Welcoming Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon to Prodescon 's new offices , director Malcolm Palmer was keen to point out the blue carpeting and wallpaper gracing the new building as proof positive of the his own , if not the company 's , political leanings .
9 The agency wants an end to EC beef dumping in west Africa and trade protection for cattle farmers there .
10 Camberley , Surrey-based Cheyenne Software Inc has a Data Security Bundle , which provides server-based integrated network data management and virus protection for NetWare networks .
11 This question is of such fundamental importance because , if answered in the negative , copyright protection for computer programs would be considerably weakened .
12 In some respects , the decision strengthens copyright protection for computer programs .
13 US District Court Judge William Hoeveler , who presided over the arraignment proceedings , entered a not-guilty plea on the prisoner 's behalf on the 12-count indictment which charged Noriega with having used his position as Commander of the Panamanian Defence Forces to provide protection for drug traffickers and to allow a cocaine-manufacturing laboratory to be established in Panama .
14 The US has strengthened protection for sea turtles by requiring shrimp fishermen to ensure that the turtles do not become trapped in their nets .
15 It is concerned to remove barriers to the process of product authorisation , to unify standards and ensure patent protection for EC biotechnology products in order to compete with the US industry and attract investment .
16 Among its aims are the maintenance of a job register and establishment of some sort of financial protection for member pilots who become unemployed or who are otherwise subject to hardship .
17 There is at present no effective form of protection for landscape parks .
18 Special protection for Marcus Manderley on the say-so of some con — oh sure .
19 But there it was again : protection for Marcus Manderley on the say-so of Marcus Manderley , certified untrustworthy citizen .
20 Dr Cunningham told the press conference : ‘ There is virtually no protection for water consumers in these proposals at all . ’
21 A trade agreement provided for a reduction of customs duties on goods traded by the two countries ( thus extending most favoured nation status to the Soviet Union and improving the competitiveness of each country 's goods in the other 's markets ) ; the agreement also provided for better copyright protection for US companies and for reductions in the time US companies would have to wait for approval to begin commercial operations in the Soviet Union .
22 In a full memorandum of understanding signed on Jan. 17 China agreed to provide protection for US inventions and copyrighted works , including computer software , product patents , sound recordings and trade secrets .
23 If conservationists manage to save the leopard , bobcat and alerce , they may lose some of the battles that will be fought over dozens of other issues including proposals to increase protection for hair seals and whales , to decrease protection for Nile and saltwater crocodiles , and to weaken controls in the trade in ivory and sea turtles .
24 The contents of shareholder agreements may provide important protection for minority investors .
25 Respectable workers were rewarded with the vote , and in 1868 the Royal Commission on Trade Unions recommended the extension of legal protection for trade unions , which was achieved in the Trade Union Act of 1871 which for the first time gave legal protection to Trade Union funds and the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1875 which legalized peaceful picketing .
26 British conservationists are now campaigning for changes in planning law in order to increase protection for wildlife sites .
27 These include : , an end to unconditional price support schemes and the production of unnecessary agricultural surpluses ; , a shift away from high-input farming , dependent on large amounts of fertilizers , pesticides and other chemicals , towards more extensive , low-input and organic agriculture ; , strengthened protection for wildlife habitats ; , the improvement of farm animal welfare standards ; , a ban on the patenting of genetic material .
28 New protection for pension scheme members
29 The profession has been considering ways in which the actuarial role can be strengthened to prove greater protection for pension scheme members .
30 Pension funds must gain approval from the Superannuation Funds Office ( SFO ) — part of the Inland Revenue — to gain the tax advantages relevant to pension funds ( although this does not relate to protection for pension scheme members ) .
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