Example sentences of "[noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prices range from £9.95 for a three-metre black , blue or red cable up to £13.95 for a 5 metre orange or green version , £15.95 for a 5m translucent pink jobbie and £17.95 for a 5m toaster-type . |
| 2 | The range consists of 17 items with prices starting from £1 for a guest soap up to £9.95 for a pair of luxury coathangers . |
| 3 | Soviet specialists also maintain that neutrality or neutralisation would anyway be a regression for a ‘ socialist ’ state such as Vietnam . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 5 | Pool midfielder David McCreery is fit after precautionary X-rays for a chest infection and could return to the side . |
| 6 | Britain 's IT firms , in company with any others that use electronic equipment , rely on universities and other institutions for a supply of skilled people . |
| 7 | An attendance rate of 90% for a week means that out of the 1000 possible attendances over the week , 900 were recorded . |
| 8 | YAKOVLEV Design Bureau ( OKB ) are creating a number of Yak-3 replicas for an order from the USA , confirms Chief Designer , Sergey Yakovlev . |
| 9 | Theirs was one of the few ale-only breweries in London at this time , most of the others producing huge amounts of porter for a voraciously thirsty market . |
| 10 | Round was signed from St Helens for a club record of £65,000 in the summer of 1987 but he damaged a knee in his only game this season — at Carlisle in October — and needed a cartilage operation . |
| 11 | A businessman and a man who puts up ramps for a living ? |
| 12 | His father started as an accounts clerk for a road haulier ; his mother was a shop manager . |
| 13 | Sidney Lee in his life of Shakespeare , 1908 edition , attributes his accurate use of legal terms to observation of his father 's legal battles and early association with members of the Inns of Court and there is also a suggestion that on his arrival in London he may have been employed as a clerk for a lawyer . |
| 14 | Two people are awaiting trial in connection with the attack , but 5 others , including Howard Banton , chief clerk for a firm of solicitors in the town , have appeared in court at Cheltenham , accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by plotting to persuade a witness to withdraw a statement . |
| 15 | They live in Langford Village , two miles from Bicester in Oxfordshire Barbara works as a clerk for a removal company , Joelle is a care assisstant at a home for the disabled , while Bobby is still at school . |
| 16 | Erm , resolution that Synod appoints Jo , John as Synod clerk for a period of up to three years to commence at a date mutually convenient to him and the present Synod clerk . |
| 17 | Shorty was also a good guide and mentor for a growing lad , as good a father as any man could want . |
| 18 | She 'd changed her earlier shorts and T-shirt for a cool beige wrap-style cotton dress , belted at the waist with a strip of tan leather . |
| 19 | ‘ I talked to a couple from Stirling for a while — Mr and Mrs Maclean . |
| 20 | ‘ Well I am partial to a bit of Severn salmon , ’ Bert continued , ‘ if you promise me that next half tidy salmon that comes your way , you can have the bike for a hundred and fifty . |
| 21 | With a helping hand from Sister Jacqui Littlewood , he sets off on a ‘ police ’ trolley bike for a minor op . |
| 22 | And with Christmas coming , they 're asking anyone who 's thinking of giving a bike for a present , to think of giving the right clothing as well . |
| 23 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 24 | When I first came to the region I had thoughts of using a bike for a lot of short travelling . |
| 25 | Day at leisure , or hire a bike for an extra day . |
| 26 | TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake . |
| 27 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 28 | Dage has introduced an improved version of its disposable user comfort and increased protective coverall , offering enhanced protection for a variety of industrial and commercial applications . |
| 29 | The Nature Conservatory Council , who thankfully own Creag Meagaidh , have a couple of suggestions , including it being a monument to a lost lover or an old protection for a rowan tree . |
| 30 | The same method using netting would make effective protection for a bed of a dozen or more high-yielding strawberry plants . |