Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Referring principally to those techniques of soil conservation developed by research stations and government institutions , many studies of the economics of soil conservation which focus on the private economic incentives for soil conservation , show that , although total benefits from a soil conservation scheme such as terracing may be more than the total cost , individual farmers usually lose income from these practices ( Harshbarger & Swanson 1964 , Holtman & Connor 1974 ) . |
| 2 | This code enables users to produce a complete working Agent for installation in an System V.4 environment in minutes . |
| 3 | This code enables users to produce a complete working Agent for installation in an System V.4 environment in minutes . |
| 4 | Titled ‘ Top Of The Pops ’ , it emerges on the company 's Hallmark label and retails for 29s 6d instead of the usual 47s 6d for pop cassettes . |
| 5 | A liberal-democratic polity and a capitalist economy fit so snugly together in mutual support that democracy is regarded as the best possible political shell for capitalism . |
| 6 | In the neutral zone between the two countries there were estimated reserves of 5,000 million barrels , a strong economic incentive for reunification . |
| 7 | Provision is to be made against specific debts which are beyond the normal due date for payment to the extent that the directors recognise the possibility of irrecoverability . |
| 8 | The London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to make its first 100 million US dollar loan ‘ soon ’ to Uzbekistan . |
| 9 | The attraction of the USA as a site for 60 per cent of the 1980s investment flows is not only the size of its market but also its favourable and stable political environment for business . |
| 10 | Conflicts among these state power centres are common , leading to confusion of objectives , or even mutually conflicting political messages for state enterprises . |
| 11 | It concludes that the reorientation will require strong public support for energy efficiency , appropriate action , a willingness and ability to introduce new technology on a wide scale , and a widening empathy with environmental concerns . |
| 12 | Thus no randomised trial with mortality as a pre-specified endpoint has shown a benefit of heparin as sole adjunctive therapy for thrombolysis . |
| 13 | In 1990 , after unsuccessful fostering and further misfortune , she developed symptoms of anorexia nervosa and in 1991 was admitted to an adolescent residential unit for treatment . |
| 14 | We would therefore encourage the use of the described radiation protection devices , whilst pointing out at the same time that the usual high standards for prevention of ingestion , inhalation or skin absorption of radioactive compounds should still , of course , be maintained . |
| 15 | 1992 saw growing CPD service with free surgeries , a database and , with the Bartlett School of Architecture , a successful bid to the European Social Fund for money to train unemployed architects in architectural project management skills . |
| 16 | The partnership network of SCAWD includes all the main Scottish churches , Scottish Churches Council and now ACTS , Scottish Churches House , the Iona Community , Christian Aid and SCIAF , the WCC and WSCF , the European Ecumenical Commission for Church and Society , the South-North Network : Cultures and ‘ Development ’ and various solidarity and aid organisations at home and abroad . |
| 17 | Allocation of time and facilities with ample free time for discussion is essential for effective team teaching . |
| 18 | Satisfying this apparently restricted market can yield useful profits , as Age Concern has shown through its low premium scheme for house contents insurance . |
| 19 | We therefore believe CCW must concentrate on building broad public support for landscape protection and enhancement . |
| 20 | Mr Hurd still hoped the UN High Commissioner for Refugees would agree to help the Hanoi embassy in monitoring conditions for returnees , and said he had already asked British non-governmental organisations for co-operation . |
| 21 | However in attacking the failure to ensure adequate political representation for labour , any opposition group , let alone the Communist Party , had to face repression on the grounds that they were challenging the entire fabric of the Emperor system . |
| 22 | Wilkinson points out that not only did the system of job rotation create immediate psychological advantages ( ’ … the staff like it , they like the change … ’ was one comment ) , but there were also direct economic advantages for management . |
| 23 | Make a habit of noting the temperature every time you go to the aquarium , at daily feeding time for example . |
| 24 | Titan yellow in alcohol and alkaline Alizarin red S are two reliable specific stains for dolomite , but have the disadvantage for thin sections of needing to boil . |
| 25 | Like the syllabub , the fruit fool was almost always served in glasses or custard cups , although Susannah MacIver , an Edinburgh cookery teacher and author of an excellent little book called Cookery and Pastry , 5774 , directs that her gooseberry cream be served on an " asset " , the old Scots word for platter . |
| 26 | PCBs — polychlorinated biphenyls — are very inert organic substances , which were prized because they were flexible ( being liquids ) but had very high insulating properties for electricity . |
| 27 | Mixed-traffic types such as the Brush Class 47 have fallen from favour since they inevitably entail a compromise between a high maximum speed for passenger working and a high tractive effort for freight haulage . |
| 28 | The mass disfranchisement of thousands of citizens in local government , the disgraceful manipulation of constituency boundaries , the enforced political tests for government jobs and legislation , such as the Flags and Emblems Act , were some of the shackles on individual freedom which would never be tolerated in England . |
| 29 | Moltke 's nerve failed him , and on 25 August — when the campaign in the west was reaching its decisive moment — he removed two army corps and a cavalry division from the German right wing for dispatch to the east . |
| 30 | Dietary advice to achieve a total energy intake of 120–150% of the recommended daily allowance for age , with approximately 40% of the total energy intake derived from fat , was given to each patient . |