Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The slump in profits has limited the scope for corporation tax offsets but economic recovery should help ease the problem . |
| 2 | Those who formulated the rules for admission to the College , who were afraid they might deter men from coming forward to train for membership of a still infant profession , limited the requirement for admission to an ability to read and write well — quite a severe restriction at the time — plus personal recommendation . |
| 3 | A certain minority have realised the potential for confusion here . |
| 4 | Three ICI Pharmaceuticals scientists have received the Society for Drug Research 1991 award for drug discovery in recognition of their contribution to the discovery and development of Zoladex , ICI 's treatment for prostate cancer and breast cancer . |
| 5 | There was some scepticism about this solution — given that we had altered the recommendations for doctors and dentists — but it says a great deal for the good sense of the nurses that they accepted the plan . |
| 6 | The coroner has issued a disposal certificate and we 've provisionally arranged the funeral for Saturday — service at the church and burial in the town cemetery beside granny . ’ |
| 7 | I was eleven years old , and I honestly believe that I was too young to cope , that my father should never have taken me to the game , that if he had been a responsible parent he would have recognized the potential for trauma that the afternoon contained . |
| 8 | By the time of the Smolensk War against Poland of 1632–34 the government had recognized the need for reform . |
| 9 | The need for neighbouring countries to receive information rapidly concerning reactor accidents is obvious , given the tendency for countries to site their nuclear reactors near their borders . |
| 10 | The vagaries of currency exchange rates provide a good example of interdependence — given the tendency for changes in value of the American dollar or the German mark to provoke a sterling crisis in Great Britain . |
| 11 | Mr Molyneaux has long been associated with the integrationist wing of his party , which feels that devolution for Northern Ireland would be too unstable , given the requirement for power-sharing between unionists and nationalists . |
| 12 | Given the possibility for agreement , albeit confused and for different reasons , from both left and right , legislation to enforce a National Curriculum should have come as no surprise to the educational world . |
| 13 | The student is given the opportunity for self-appraisal and realistic goal setting . |
| 14 | If there was recognition that older people have the capacity but are not given the opportunity for participation and decision-making in , for example , the way residential care and nursing homes are run , then a lot of things would have to change . |
| 15 | Given the need for reliability , transactional neutrality and ease of access , a public type of bill of lading registry seems the logical choice . |
| 16 | It is astonishing , given the need for monitoring , that the Commission 's Sixth Report on the Completion of the Internal Market , published in June 1991 , makes almost no reference at all to the enforcement of provisions of the single market , and although there is an account showing which national parliaments have legislated on the directives , implementation at national level is only one side of the coin : the report does not address implementation at local level . |
| 17 | Early this year , some of the nation 's most distinguished economists , among them such Nobel prize winners as James Tobin , Franco Modigliani , Robert Solo and Lawrence Klein , said , given the need for expansion , a short-term increase in the deficit was timely and appropriate . |
| 18 | They are threatened by the spread of bigotry , but also by other conceptions of life — for example , those which look on originality , innovation , and diversity as luxuries which society can ill afford given the need for efficiency , productivity , or growth , or those which in a host of other ways depreciate freedom . |
| 19 | The union sets the level of wages unilaterally , given the demand for labour by the firm . |
| 20 | In accordance with the conditions on which leave to appeal was given the orders for costs made below will stand and the prosecutor must pay the defendant 's costs in this House . |
| 21 | Every sales consultant has covered the basics ; they have been given the tools for success ; the Super Sales Grit ingredient takes you to where no sales-person has previously thought to go . |
| 22 | The divisions were given the go-ahead for construction five years in advance of the anticipated need for capacity , but during the previous three years there had been detailed consultations between headquarters and the divisions , about the power requirements , about the site , and about the design and layout of the proposed plant . |
| 23 | They were given the go-ahead for England and Wales by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications [ NCVQ ] in June , and as we went to press were awaiting final approval from the equivalent Scottish body , SCOTVEC , and Northern Ireland . |
| 24 | Given the potential for abuse , should drinks packaging carry a health warning on the label ? |
| 25 | That , given the potential for trouble when hundreds of disgruntled drinkers are thrown out on to the street at the same time , was surely the prudent tactic . |
| 26 | Before the big day Charles and Diana were given the catalogue for Hamley 's , a large toy store in London 's West End , and told to tick what presents they wanted Father Christmas to bring . |
| 27 | Iraq has not designated the wetlands for protection under the international Ramsar convention . |
| 28 | Central Asia is acknowledge by most authorities as the most likely birthplace of the oriental rug , and the Turkoman nomads , who have inhabited the region for millennia , are generally accepted as having inherited the oldest pile-weaving tradition still in existence . |
| 29 | Growing concern about passive smoking and recent signals from organisations like the Health and Safety Executive and Lothian Health Board have pointed the way for employers to take positive action to protect non-smokers whilst at work in enclosed areas . |
| 30 | The manufacturers , flooded with a backlog of orders far in excess of their capacity , also felt that they would be able to do a better job if designs could be standardised , and had pressed the Government for action in 1947 . |