Example sentences of "change [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The 1991 Opening Shots Forum considers the opportunities for new directors in a period of great change for the film and television industries , but also in a climate of fast dwindling resources .
2 A major change for the National Health Service will be the introduction of contracts for the provision of hospital services .
3 When the patient is removed there is a dramatic change for the better !
4 There could also be a pot of money in a change for the manufacturers .
5 the ability to effect change for the better .
6 A failure to recognise the implications of demographic change for the labour market as a whole is a further factor which could seriously affect the competitive position of smaller businesses .
7 The Palestinians do , however , acknowledge signs of change for the better in US Jewry , Congress and the Administration , and that it is up to themselves to push them forward in much more effective ways than they have managed hitherto .
8 Rosslyn realised that the horse was asking for help , and that his manners had n't just experienced a mysterious and miraculous change for the better during the course of the day !
9 I feared in Rome I detected a great change for the worse , but she has stood the journey well , better than might have been expected , and now , if all remains serene , we may see her build up again . ’
10 The scale of atmospheric pollutant impact was widened by R. Jones ( Cambridge ) in his talk on the Implications of atmospheric chemical change for the global climate .
11 It will mean change for the better .
12 Although Humphrey emphasises that one can not rule out the possibility of auto workers being a conservative force in the future , he does demonstrate that , at this particular historical-political conjuncture , their militant action provided a catalyst for change for the working class .
13 In the normal way , there should be some change for the better in the patient 's condition , so if weeks pass and the patient seems static , you need to know why .
14 If I am daft enough to tackle up in those conditions I usually go to sleep and hope I wake up to a change for the better .
15 A more dramatic change for the youngest family member came in the new year .
16 They apply to both county and voluntary aided schools although the extent of change for the latter is less marked as the governing body was already the official employer of most staff at the school .
17 But what a change for the better , I kept thinking , when compared to old committee meetings I used to attend when we haggled over lists of topics for inclusion in a syllabus .
18 This is a significant change for the fastest growing mission organisation in Britain .
19 Not much of a change for the grand cru Pinot Meunier , but a significant increase for the premiers crus , jumping from a less than 25% coverage to almost one-third .
20 Having reviewed the scheme , an FAC Working Group recommended no change for the year commencing 1 April 1993 , but this recommendation was not accepted by the committee and the CAA has since notified AOC operators that it ‘ has it in mind ’ to raise AOC charges for operators of aircraft of less than fifteen tonnes maximum take-off weight by fifty per cent from April .
21 In ordinary affairs , for which we aspire only to the best choice on the available information , the only assurance we need is that each veering of spontaneous reaction with expanding awareness is objectively a change for the better .
22 It is a fundamental change for the better , but the Revenue needs to ensure that there are no major commercial disadvantages in the replacement system for businesses .
23 The discussion groups ( Appendix II , section 5 ) show how easily a change for the worse in someone 's circumstances can lead to debt troubles : the man in hospital after an accident at work , who then had a breakdown , while overdue credit instalments mounted up to over £100 and led to a court summons ; the family who owed £30 a week on furniture and carpet instalments for their new flat — eventually taken to court after a series of lost jobs ; or ( Appendix III ) the previously secure young widow whose money troubles started when her husband died — although an understanding bank wrote off the outstanding balance on a car loan , a furniture firm refused to accept the reduced instalments which were all that she could afford .
24 Such periods will often be found to correspond with times of particularly stressful social change for the individual .
25 One trusts that the desert winds blowing through Vegas this week represent the winds of change for the better in boxing .
26 In sufficient numbers innovation-weary teachers can make any change a change for the worse if they implement it in a resentful , half-hearted or half-baked fashion , and under these conditions even the brightest and the best schemes are going to flop .
27 Another change for the better is that the secretary-general is now equipped with a bunch of good military advisers .
28 He quotes Hennock who wrote , ‘ It seemed to many observers that there had been a change for the worse since 1835 ! ’
29 A CHANGE FOR THE BEST
30 Lawton ( 1977 ) has summarized the interaction between components of change for the 1950s and 1960s ( figure 3.5 ) .
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