Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Brazilian automobile assembly industry was created in the 1950s to replace imports by using investment allowances and protection as inducements to foreigners to invest . |
| 2 | ‘ For the Government to consider scrapping this form of protection for tenants against landlords is a backward step . ’ |
| 3 | The whole arbitrary system itself , which was a temporary measure of protection for tenants in a period of acute post-war scarcity , should be dispensed with as soon as the output of the house-building industry has regained a satisfactory level . |
| 4 | Recommendations include stopping development in crucial habitat areas , providing protection for areas of special value , and increasing local jurisdiction over coastal activities and government support of international directives to set an example . |
| 5 | Editor , — A B Kay deserves support in his attempt to persuade the General Medical Council ( GMC ) to provide far more effective protection for members of the public in relation to doctors who publicise treatments of unproved efficacy . |
| 6 | Police protection for members of the Royal Family living in Gloucestershire is costing council tax payers more than a million pounds a year . |
| 7 | The NAAA and the ADC were formed with a dual purpose : to provide legal protection for Arab-Americans against discrimination , and to lobby for a change in America 's policy towards the Arabs and Israel . |
| 8 | In a series of assaults on Scotland 's natural heritage laws the Scottish Office , and Scottish Secretary Ian Lang , have succeeded in overturning the presumption of protection for Sites of Special Scientific Interest , creating instead new ‘ natural heritage areas ’ which will be protected — if that 's the right word — by voluntary agreements . |
| 9 | The directive requires greater protection for sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) ; however , the SSSI system ends at the low-tide mark , so the government will have to identify a new set of important marine sites . |
| 10 | This was to be achieved by coordinating the listing conditions in member states , and thus to provide similar protection for investors at Community level and to enable EC-wide listing of member state securities . |
| 11 | A general strike was held on Jan. 8 in support of demands for higher wages and pensions , new measures to combat unemployment , and protection for workers during the privatisation of state industries . |
| 12 | This can be illustrated by the early examples of protection for individuals in the special treaty provisions for minorities ; the inclusion of human rights in Article 1 of the United Nations Charter in the context of the maintenance of international peace and security ; and by the paucity of international mechanisms for the enforcement of those rights and freedoms . |
| 13 | Tunnard ( 1989 ) makes some excellent suggestions about ways this can be achieved , including : improving ways of providing emergency protection for children at times of crisis by drawing upon the support of the extended family and local community ; involving parents in decision making , providing parents ' representatives and encouraging the development of local support groups ; improving what happens after separation by offering children and families choices about what can be done , and ensuring contact is promoted and maintained ; dealing with sexual abuse cases in ways that help non-abusing parents to avoid taking a defensive position and that give them the resources and support they need to be able to protect their children . |
| 14 | Yet it is clear that existing law does not provide enough protection for children against sexual abuse within the home and the Committee fails to make alternative proposals that will sufficiently strengthen it . |
| 15 | Also , if bus stations were brought up to the standards , with pleasant lounge cafés , attendants to look after luggage and protection for passengers from fumes and the weather , then even the maniacal travelling executive might be tempted to use public transport . |
| 16 | These latter losses were limited by additional reinsurance covers effected earlier in the year which provided protection for losses above $10m . |
| 17 | By far the greatest protection for consumers in Britain is provided by parliament , which in several important pieces of legislation has set up a framework in which the respective rights and duties of consumers and suppliers can be identified and clarified . |
| 18 | Another protection for consumers in their dealings with commercial organizations is provided by the Unfair Contract Terms Act , 1977 , which protects individuals against possible loss of rights from exclusion clauses and disclaimer notices on posters , tickets etc . |
| 19 | Edward Leigh , Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Consumer Affairs , has announced the introduction of improved protection for consumers from unscrupulous estate agents . |
| 20 | However , the need for physical protection for employees in certain situations must also be addressed . |
| 21 | The participants also adopted a statement addressed to the politicians and citizens of Europe in which they demanded protection for Romanies against attacks from racist groups . |
| 22 | Entitlement for directors to be reviewed separately , right , it says here . |
| 23 | Erm in the nineteen fifties and right up until I became a full time official , erm there was generated an opinion that if companies were financially well off , due to the effort of the employees , then there was some formal entitlement for employees in these particular undertakings , to put forward a separate claim at domestic level , to , to enhance their pay . |
| 24 | In some ways it is easy to share the enthusiasm of the Secretary of State for his new schools , financially independent ( except on the direct grant for students from the DES , paid on a per capita basis ) , yet with a rigidly controlled curriculum . |
| 25 | An £11,200 grant for renovations to a house on Foundry Street , Shildon , has been approved by Sedgefield District Council . |
| 26 | After the sudden retirement of the previous postholder , we require a valet for duties at his home on a private island in the South China Sea . |
| 27 | In a classic experiment reported in 1964 , John Wing and his colleagues showed that long-stay schizophrenic patients given advance preparation for placements in an industrial rehabilitation unit were less likely to suffer a relapse than those who were unprepared . |
| 28 | For research to become a learning resource , lists of suggested reading in preparation for modules of experience should contain reference to relevant nursing research , in order to prepare for discussion in class . |
| 29 | About 1770 there was quite an elaborate proposal to create at Versailles another school for diplomats with thirty-six pupils , while others were to be given practical training by travel abroad or work , in preparation for careers as consuls , in the main French ports . |
| 30 | LANGUAGE FOR BANKING : AN INTRODUCTION TO TERMINOLOGY FOR EFL STUDENTS Collins 2984 128 pp Preparation for qualifications in the field of banking ( the AIB stages 1 & 11 ) to handle complex data and source material . |