Example sentences of "an [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although some of the residences have electric razor sockets in the rooms , conference guests are advised to bring with them an adaptor for use in a light bulb socket . |
| 2 | Hence , repression by CytR relies on contacts to both the DNA and the cAMP-CRP complex , and cAMP-CRP may be regarded as an adaptor for CytR . |
| 3 | To be aware of the limitations of different forms of publication is an advantage for the reader , who can by this means avoid unnecessary disappointments . |
| 4 | B. The managers consider that the ports are an advantage for transport . |
| 5 | Why might this be an advantage for the retailer ? |
| 6 | Customers can purchase a wide range of goods under one roof — an advantage for families , in particular |
| 7 | This might be an advantage for some , but these factors ‘ may not favour the extrovert student who prefers the companionship and competition of the classroom . |
| 8 | This might be an advantage for some , but as has been pointed out , the factor of isolation may not favour the extrovert student who prefers the companionship and competition of the classroom . |
| 9 | Displacing old plant was a good idea , so was fuel diversification and obtaining the technology necessary would be an advantage for the future . |
| 10 | BEING unemployed could be an advantage for people who want to start their own business , according to National Westminster Bank . |
| 11 | This is an advantage for all documents written or approved by more than one author , not just the rather artificial example of education . |
| 12 | Now in her early fifties she may find her age an advantage for the stability , maturity and experience she could bring to the position . |
| 13 | The emphasis on property-holding , and hence liability for rates , as the basic qualification for the franchise in local elections was thus an advantage for some women in the struggle for the vote . |
| 14 | Largeness is clearly an advantage for the male . |
| 15 | However , Gross ( 1972 ) obtained an advantage for the left visual field in recall of partially shaded grid matrices and Fontenot ( 1973 ) , Dee and Hannay ( 1973 ) and Dee and Fontenot ( 1973 ) found a left field superiority in recall of random shapes . |
| 16 | Kimura found an advantage for the left field in this task as also when geometric forms were substituted for the dots . |
| 17 | That a stimulus can be processed either verbally or non.verbally helps to make sense of those otherwise anomalous findings in which verbal stimuli give rise to a LVF superiority ( Gibson , Dimond and Gazzaniga , 1972 ; Schmit and Davis , 1974 ; Wilkins and Stewart , 1974 ; Hellige , 1976 ; Martin , 1978 ; Jonides , 1979 ; Niederbuhl and Springer , 1979 ) and non-verbal stimuli such as faces ( Patterson and Bradshaw , 1975 ; Marzi and Berlucchi , 1977 ; Umilta , Brizzolara , Tabossi and Fairweather , 1978 ) , colours ( Malone and Hannay , 1978 ) or pictures ( Wyke and Ettlinger , 1961 ) produce an advantage for the right visual field . |
| 18 | With instructions to respond on the basis of the smaller letters there should be an advantage for the RVF . |
| 19 | Dichotic listening thus appeared to offer a comparatively simple , non-invasive technique for determining the speech dominant hemisphere in neurologically intact subjects as well as in neurosurgical patients , since the side of speech dominance shows up as an advantage for digits presented to the contralateral ear . |
| 20 | However , longer Morse sequences yielded an advantage for the left ear , but only for the experienced operators . |
| 21 | The same subjects who showed an advantage for the right ear with pairs of digits showed a significant superiority for the left ear when the stimuli consisted of snatches of melody which had to be identified by means of a multiple-choice response method . |
| 22 | He subsequently found ( Gordon , 1978a ) that these two features show different laterality patterns , pitch yielding no ear difference and rhythm an advantage for the right ear . |
| 23 | As a general rule stimuli which are heard within , or from part of a linguistic context give rise to an advantage for the right ear whereas stimuli heard within a non-linguistic context are more likely to show a superiority favouring the left ear . |
| 24 | Certainly at that time it was accepted that a political career was likely to be an advantage for a barrister aspiring to a judgeship , though it was important that his seat should be safe , as no government would wish to run the possibility of diminishing its strength in the House . |
| 25 | The French , like the Austrians and the Russians , were quite ready to consider the exclusion of the Turks from Serbia and , indeed , from all their European provinces , if they could see an advantage for themselves , but they also saw the danger of a disastrous confrontation if any of them moved before the time was ripe . |
| 26 | Another trial in 97 patients showed an advantage for surgery over radiotherapy in forestalling the appearance of distant metastases over five years . |
| 27 | I also wagered itd be an advantage for corners to get several players sticking to each other in steps to get a 10ft player . |
| 28 | While this is an advantage for the parties , it does not facilitate studying the subject . |
| 29 | It may be an advantage for the expert 's decision of which enforcement is sought to be accompanied by reasons , because the foreign court is likely to be more sympathetic to enforcing it in that form . |
| 30 | This does not derogate from his duty to act honestly and faithfully towards his customer and the broker must not conceal material facts in order to obtain an advantage for himself . |