Example sentences of "[adj] in [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst the evident unpopularity of Soviet domination in Eastern Europe may be thought to make such forces reliable in wartime for garrison and rear duties only , fact is that these military forces are trained and equipped for a war with NATO , according to an offensive doctrine of ‘ coalition warfare ’ , designed to place them from the start of hostilities onto an ‘ external front ’ . |
| 2 | POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN LABOUR 'S / SHADOW CABINET ELECTIONS WITH SCOTS / HIGH IN RACE FOR PLACES |
| 3 | The work was never made quite as planned , but several aspects of it occur in the ballet he made in Israel many years later , and some in works for Sadler 's Wells in the fifties . |
| 4 | When the colony ran short of horses , the manager of the Economic Section of Rabkrin offered to lend some in exchange for wheels and wheat . |
| 5 | Some had lost faith in their marriage , some in hope for promotion , some on discovering that they would never have a child . |
| 6 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 7 | You know you 've not been interested in sex for years . ’ |
| 8 | And as far as this freedom for schools , I am rather more interested in freedom for parents , and things like open enrolments seem to me to be more akin to how far the au pair can drive the Volvo in twenty minutes than any real choice for parents . |
| 9 | Furthermore , he believes that business and technical managers are polarised in their views — the former see systems engineers as simply interested in technology for technology 's sake , adopting a piecemeal approach to business rather than building systems that will lead to enhanced company profits . |
| 10 | A total of 1,681 left-wing guerrillas , representing about 20 per cent of the forces of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) , reportedly handed over their weapons to members of the UN Observer Mission in El Salvador ( ONUSAL ) on June 30 in return for certificates identifying them as ex-combatants eligible for bank loans and training programmes . |
| 11 | ‘ You are too light in colour for fenniks . |
| 12 | The German Cabinet , by accepting that reduced price subsidies for farmers could be acceptable in exchange for guarantees of direct income compensation , apparently left France and Ireland isolated within the European Communities on this highly contentious aspect of the agricultural trade protectionism issue . |
| 13 | In 1985 Mr Carway was given two suspended sentences , one in the UK for possession of cannabis , and another in Ireland for cheque fraud . |
| 14 | Interestingly , it is now so much in demand for weddings , conferences , company launches and events that it easily pays its way . |
| 15 | You might have too much in bank for family credit , that ten thousand , it 's only eight , in n it ? |
| 16 | Shaikh Saad submitted his government 's resignation on March 20 , officially in order to allow the Amir to take whatever action he deemed appropriate in preparation for Kuwait 's reconstruction . |
| 17 | IF the scene is so unremittingly gloomy in Scotland for architects , are the prospects brighter elsewhere in the world ? |
| 18 | OLDHAM keeper Jon Hallworth is facing an anxious battle to be fit in time for Saturday 's big Premier League kick-off . |
| 19 | CLIFTONVILLE midfielder Shaun Strang looks likely to be fit in time for Saturday 's TNT Gold Cup clash with Newry . |
| 20 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 21 | Hence vertical perspective cues provide the only consistent and reliable information about the distance to the surface and these were found to be more effective in practice for depth and size scaling . |
| 22 | Peter Davenport , John Colquhoun and David Rush are all in competition for Byrne 's place at Oxford on Saturday . |
| 23 | All these rates are in Cyprus pounds , of which you get about 80 in exchange for £100 sterling . |
| 24 | Black in possession for Forest now Pearce Gemmell Webb shot block by Jochim . |
| 25 | That night I lie awake in bed for hours , thinking about this . |
| 26 | The targets of these attacks , beatings , kidnappings and murders have been trade unionists , peasants ( especially those involved in campaigns for land redistribution and resistance to recruitment into civil defence patrols ) and Indians who have given themselves up to the army and been taken to resettlement areas after years of living in hiding in the mountains . |
| 27 | Recently Joe and his wife Janet have been involved in support for couples in frontier work . |
| 28 | Many Hollywood denizens are businessmen who have been involved in politics for years . |
| 29 | Within days of arriving at the club , were asked confused passers-by to name four players in the Premier League who were involved in gambling for cash . |
| 30 | In this instance a direct challenge is made to the expertise of the teachers and their professional skills — areas that had been defended by the Curriculum Deputy when it was suggested that the Bursar might become involved in interviews for community posts . |