Example sentences of "for [noun sg] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE main public response to A Force for Change is the Plus Programme , a continuing series of measures drawn up by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Charles Pollard and Commander Alec Marnoch . |
| 2 | The greatest force for change is the growth of the superstores , likely to dominate British electronics within five years . |
| 3 | Another example that illustrates the need for change is the diminished opportunity to pass deterrent sentences , not just in terms of the threat to society of a particular offender , but the threat to society that is posed by the crime at large in which these people are involved . |
| 4 | The catalyst for change was the so-called ‘ Agreement ’ signed between the Government and the Stock Exchange in 1983 . |
| 5 | The price they paid for admission was the sacrifice of industrial democracy : Co-operation by largely foregoing the promotion of Industrial Co-operation , trade unionism by making the maintenance or improvement of their members ' working conditions the prime object . |
| 6 | From a psychological point of view a good test for orderliness is the degree to which the unexpected does not happen , that expectations are fulfilled . |
| 7 | As for honesty being the best policy — he decided to reserve judgement on that one . |
| 8 | The matter that has given me most cause for admiration is the way in which he has conducted himself while the horrible events have gone on and been reported in the press . |
| 9 | Another very comfortable , though heavy , jacket which is excellent for bird-watching is the Billingham from Billingham ( £220 ) , made from a double layer of Ventile cotton . |
| 10 | It decided that the criterion for liability for damage was the reasonable foreseeability of the injury . |
| 11 | Pamella 's clock is running slow the Gloucester team were playing rough A familiar example , which actually contains an adjectival phrase rather than a single adjective , is : ( 66 ) a rose by any other name would smell as sweet With this construction , too , there is possibly a certain element of idiomatic restriction ; why for instance are the following examples unacceptable ? ( 67 ) the guide was eating gluttonous Suzanne pirouetted sensuous We may at least hazard a guess as to why this construction is fairly limited in its occurrence : there are three intensional elements in operation , the entity phrase in subject position , the property which is to be instantiated by the verb and as a third item a property that can be expressed either by an adjective or by its adverb competitor ; now where the lexical meanings are such that there would be an appreciable difference in the effect of applying the third property to the entity of the subject by contrast with the effect of using it to qualify the property of the verb ( which is the case in ( 53 ) by contrast with ( 54 ) ) then intuitive awareness that there is going to be a difference may generally allow the construction with the adjective to be available . |
| 12 | In a common law country , the preparation of a case for trial is the private responsibility of the parties , and so the taking of evidence , without compulsion , by a consul or a commissioner does not necessarily offend such a country 's concept of judicial sovereignty ; but the position may be very different where , as in many civil law countries the obtaining of evidence is part of the judicial function , and official permission is be required before the evidence can be taken privately . |
| 13 | The solution of the Cadiz liberals for the colonial desire for self-government was the concession of full political rights to American citizens within a unified empire ; the colonies were an integral part of metropolitan Spain and would be ‘ freed ’ , with the same constitution that gave Spain herself freedom . |
| 14 | Quality and value for money is the name of the game here ! |
| 15 | Best value for money are the Ministry of Defence 's 22 out-of-town typing pools , which cost 77p a memo , with an output of 110 per typist per day . |
| 16 | Does he also agree that one state which does not meet the generally accepted criteria for recognition is the federal state of Yugoslavia , which has lost control of its own army ? |
| 17 | There is , in contrast , a potential conflict between strategic matrices and finance theory if the former are assumed to imply a fairly rigid capital-rationing situation such that the only funds available for investment are the cash throw-offs from SBUs in the matrix . |
| 18 | The second muddle concerns murder and manslaughter specifically , namely , that since there is no workable defence of insanity , it is often assumed that the existence of the mandatory penalty for murder is the essential reason for the section 2 defence . |
| 19 | Until that first excursion most travellers for pleasure were the wealthy and the aristocracy who travelled independently ; less privileged people travelled only through necessity . |
| 20 | One target for research is the cowpea Vigna unguiculat L. Walp , an important source of plant protein in the tropics . |
| 21 | Three likely candidates for study are the comets Enke , Tempel 2 and Honday-Mrkos-Pajdusakova . |
| 22 | However , it can be argued under civil law the delivery of something under a contract which is voidable for fraud is the act by which the accused adversely interferes with or usurps the victim 's rights . |
| 23 | The most significant reasons for deforestation are the spread of shifting cultivation , increasing plantation agriculture and large-scale ranching , logging , mineral extraction and road and dam construction . |
| 24 | I wrote to the effect that I did indeed look forward to life with him , and that my guidelines for living were the same as his . |
| 25 | The unit I had for review was the wrist mounted version which had a rubber strap with a built in expander . |
| 26 | The fact that θ for P1/T3 is the same as θ for P1/T2 reflects the fact that these are alternative optimal tableaux when θ = 5 . |
| 27 | The loss of working-class support for Labour is the outstanding feature of post-war electoral sociology in Britain . |
| 28 | One critical aspect of the overall decline in the demand for labour was the discrimination that older workers believed employers exercised against them and in favour of younger ones . |
| 29 | In the short term though what was crucial for labour was the offer of more secure living standards . |
| 30 | The force working most clearly for uniformity was the growth in the child population , and since that was itself not uniform it was uneven in its effects . |