Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tide was out and , to my right , vast acres of mud glistened in the light of the low sun , a rich feeding ground for waders . |
| 2 | Patients are charged 35 per cent off the dentist 's normal private fee for dentures , crowns , bridges or other treatment involving a dental laboratory or they are charged the laboratory costs . |
| 3 | They again offered strong economic backing for reforms . |
| 4 | If there is a normal retiring age for employees in your category , it can not be displaced by an agreement to extend the retirement age in your own case . |
| 5 | So if you are dismissed before the agreed age , you might have a claim for breach of contract , but not for unfair dismissal if you are over the normal retiring age for colleagues in your class of work . |
| 6 | Hussey disdained the usual public invitation for applicants and gave the governors a choice of one for Checkland 's successor . |
| 7 | A person 's total daily need for calories is the amount of calories needed to maintain BMR plus the calories needed for movement , i.e. physical activity . |
| 8 | Classic English clothing for men and women . |
| 9 | The USA was in the opposite camp , fighting for complete free enterprise for airlines ( except in situations in which US airlines were subject to foreign discrimination ) and open access to all countries . |
| 10 | Prussia became aware that it had lost parity with its allies from the Napoleonic years and determined to catch up by creating a series of technical schools — later to include Danzig 's Technical High School for boys and the famous Conradinum — and by beginning to investigate and research industrial techniques . |
| 11 | In a survey of the top IT-based issues for managers in the UK , it was recently found that ‘ external data ’ ranked in importance as 23rd out of 23 issues of concern ! |
| 12 | The aid conference included five specialized working groups for discussions on specific issues : food aid , energy , medicines , housing for returning military personnel and technical assistance . |
| 13 | Effects ( c ) would bring benefits by reducing costs incurred by different technical standards for goods , and by removing the barriers caused by the variety of rules and regulations governing key business and consumer services like financial , legal , accounting , and transport services . |
| 14 | The research data were entered on to computer for analysis with the SPSS package and the management of each patient was compared with published recommended guidelines for adults or children . |
| 15 | In pre-summit manoeuvres , European trade union leaders also warned of the ‘ danger of social strife ’ if the 1992 market arrived without proper social protection for workers and criticised France for allowing the Charter to be watered down in a doomed effort to win Mrs Thatcher 's support . |
| 16 | A FREE WEEKLY GUIDE FOR VISITORS & RESIDENTS No : 1105 |
| 17 | So far as Old French , or Norman French , is concerned there is an admirable Short Old French Dictionary for Students by Kenneth Urwin ( Oxford paperback 1985 ) . |
| 18 | Beryl Bainbridge has told how she finds plots for her novels by visiting the newspaper repository of the British Library in north London , looking out old daily papers for crimes and bizarre happenings . |
| 19 | The government has failed to provide adequate day-care facilities for children to enable women to go out to work . |
| 20 | At the dealers : Richard Green at 39 Dover Street , W1 has the best exhibition of English Marine Paintings for years ; the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour shows at the Mall Galleries ; Anthony d'Offay switches on neon art by Bruce Naumann . |
| 21 | Skimmed cow 's milk is sometimes found in commercial prepared foods for babies under six months . |
| 22 | Charles , a solid top 10 performer for years , this time lies in sixth position and another name with royal links , William , comes third . |
| 23 | This diploma had , since the beginning of the 1960s , been under the control of a Committee for the Diploma in Management Studies , for England , Wales and Northern Ireland , and a Scottish Joint Committee for Diplomas in Management Studies . |
| 24 | Japan had the highest productivity and consistently high average scores for indicators of project success and cultural factors confusing to Western minds . |
| 25 | Despite the clear overall preference for first-cousins , the data were highly variable . |
| 26 | I was wearing a nylon fun-fur leopardskin coat , a hat with funny floppy bits for ears , pink fluorescent lipstick , and a pair of short sailing wellingtons . |
| 27 | Forms will be available shortly for the Hale 5 road race on December 20 , which has become a popular pre-Christmas outing for runners , serious and not so serious . |
| 28 | The European championship will be run in two heats over the weekend and the Sunday racing will include the British national championship for classes one , two , three and cruiser . |
| 29 | The European championship will be run in two heats over the weekend and the Sunday racing will combine the British national championship for classes one , two , three and cruiser . |
| 30 | In view of the absence of any clear ethical code for linguists working with human subjects , what follows should be interpreted as an attempt to air the major issues rather than to prescribe such a code . |