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

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1 On this and the following day , over 300 sorties were flown as part of preparations for the US Marine invasion of Tulagi and two smaller nearby islands .
2 Israel had sought his release as part of negotiations for the freedom of Western hostages held in Lebanon .
3 The Act provides a complete code of liability of shipowners for such occurrence and any common law liability is generally abolished .
4 But the big bonus for Morrissey fans disappointed by his no-shows at June 's Glastonbury festival and the second day of the Madness/Finsbury Park weekend last month is that , on proof of purchase of tickets for either of the cancelled gigs , they can get a £20 discount per ticket for the French trip .
5 There was a printed form of recommendation of patients for admission to the benefits of the infirmary , and it was emphasised that no child under seven years of age , except in case of an operation , and no person without decent apparel and a proper change of linen , or labouring under any infectious disorder whatever could be admitted as an in-patient .
6 The old , traditional method of exchange of contracts for sale by the buyer 's solicitors or representatives calling personally on the seller 's is very rarely used .
7 A document taken by the Garda Síochána ( the Irish police force ) from a leading republican , Sean Garland , in May 1966 , and later published as an appendix to the Scarman Report , contained a good deal of evidence of plans for intensive military training , but it also outlined some of the new political initiatives being taken by the movement .
8 In the context of shortage of funds for projects , the member states discussed the effects of a likely fall in the allocation of resources to Africa from the industrialized world in favour of the emerging democracies in eastern Europe .
9 The applicant , who was strongly connected to the voters of Angus , sought Panmure 's assistance to obtain a post of inspector of customs for his son , Robert Fullerton , who had served for five years as clerk of the customs and had acted as inspector when some of these officers were under suspension .
10 The Local Authority can provide grants towards use of facilities for deserving cases which includes Sports Council Target Groups .
11 Many of the claims of the developing world , especially those relating to the establishment of a new international economic order , fall into the category of articulation of needs for economic development .
12 I think here in the United Kingdom , we have to continue trying to urge our governments to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child , which is a sort of Bill of Rights for children .
13 Checks on the final model included residual plots , probability plots of residuals , and formal tests of equality of slopes for the two groups where appropriate .
14 Far too many handicapped young people have been condemned to operate at a lower level of education and achievement than their abilities warrant because of lack of facilities for further and higher education .
15 Not until 1935 , when the government offered rural councils no less than 80 per cent of the cost of construction of houses for agricultural workers , was legislation successful in moving recalcitrant rural authorities .
16 Devolved local council government would be introduced , and the policy of reservation of jobs for members of the lower castes would continue for a further 10 years .
17 ‘ The current studies are sufficiently convincing for Eurotunnel to continue the development of its transport system on the principle of non-segregation of passengers for diesel and petrol cars and coaches , ’ the authority said .
18 The third major change is the advent of self-validation of courses for a number of polytechnics and colleges , which like all the other ‘ public sector ’ institutions , have until now had their degree courses validated and degrees awarded by the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) , a national body established in 1964 to develop and regulate courses and qualifications in public sector higher education .
19 To further characterise the relevance of glycosylation of integrins for their function as cell adhesion receptors we performed initial experiments to analyse the integrin mediated cell matrix interation in HT-29 cells , and were able to show that inhibition of golgi mannosidase I by DMJ resulted in a significantly decreased adhesion of DMJ treated HT-29 cells to laminin , type IV collagen , and fibronectin .
20 Section 5(9) states that Customs may make regulations with respect to the time of supply of services for a consideration the whole or part of which is determined or payable periodically ( known as ‘ continuous supplies of services ’ ) .
21 In those circumstances , is he aware that his personal veto this morning on the urban plan to provide the shell of a building for a new studio to develop the industry in Caernarfon is seen as sabotage of prospects for that sector ?
22 Arrangements , involving local managers , for selection of nurses for the Bank should be drawn up .
23 It 's still made with extract of Rosehips for extra goodness — but now without preservatives .
24 Sixty-Nine Ninety-five with Range of Attachments for Round-the-House Cleanliness , ’ he added , remembering with a sigh the familiar signs .
25 Hewlett-Packard Co yesterday entered the emerging digital video- and wideband communications markets with announcement of products for video production , editing , broadcast , transmission and distribution : the new products are the first in an extensive line planned by the company , and include professional studio equipment and systems to monitor transmission quality ; they are being introduced by the company 's newly formed Video Communications Division in Santa Clara .
26 Someone who has only agreed to buy ( i.e. to whom property has not yet passed ) can not do so , Shaw v. Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis ( 1987 C.A. ) .
27 In such tests samples should be stored only at room temperature ( or in case of samples for export markets at the conditions of the market ) .
28 Although the later words of section 63(2) provide that the expense incurred in , or in connection with , the provision of a benefit includes a proper proportion of any expense relating partly to the benefit and partly to other matters , I consider that the expenses incurred in provision of places for fee paying pupils were wholly incurred in order to provide those places .
29 Problems problems over the alloc because the allocation is mainly based on pupil numbers and not on pupil 's needs , by the use of average salaries and not actual salaries , by changes in level of grants for support and training , and the needs of the school and the children .
30 BGS 's approach to urban geochemistry is both flexible and multidisciplinary , and can be oriented both towards the solution of specific problems and to large-scale systematic surveys in support of programmes for urban improvement , industrial and urban renewal , and planning .
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