Example sentences of "of for a " in BNC.
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1 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
2 | It is by no means unheard of for a band to be offered a deal on nothing more than a ‘ concept ’ . |
3 | No one in the CRA delegation understood that it was unheard of for a non-Unionist procession to enter that area . |
4 | There are many excellent books on general fishkeeping , and specialist books on cichlids , available nowadays , and if expense is a problem these can be ordered from the local public library , either free of charge of for a very small fee . |
5 | According to Institute statistics , it was almost unheard of for a member to go into an IVA until two years ago , but in 1991 23 IVAs were reported , last year the number soared to 56 , and by half way through January , the 1993 total was already into double figures . |
6 | of for a long time ) and this was a puzzle still to be solved , but at least there seemed to be some evidence that fusion was happening , proving their original hypothesis . |
7 | A typical example would be : How many uses can you think of for a brick ( or a paper clip ) ? |
8 | It 's unheard of for a two-year-old to race against older horses in America , but my horse has done well and I hope more will follow us over . |
9 | ‘ Not to be thought of for a moment . |
10 | " It 's unheard of for a religious Order to dwell in a tent or wagon . |
11 | These are the limestone arres , and as unwelcoming a site as you could think of for a new resort . |
12 | Usual anti-climax — old birds standing round a bit o' grass at t'back they 'd got lease of for a few hours , wi' a garden label saying Mrs Edna Morrison and a few bunches of chrysanths put in rows . |
13 | It had been the day he had gone to see about a job he had heard of for a general handyman who had some experience with animals . |
14 | ‘ But she was very late — which is almost unheard of for a second birth , ’ he recalls . |
15 | The appointment of a slave to the office of Grand Vezir in 857/1453 , however , set the seal on the tendency to man the highest offices of the central administration , the vezirliks , with slaves ; and though it was by no means unheard of for a member of the ulema thereafter to hold a vezirlik , one begins to see the development of a separate hierarchy more or less confined to members of the ulema , the highest offices in which , known as were an end in themselves and not mere stepping-stones to high office in other areas such as the central administration . |
16 | She would be considered a slut if she did , and since it is almost unheard of for a Ugandan man to do without sex for a year , her husband would usually seek another woman . |
17 | Altogether 33 countries approved a draft treaty , drawn up at Basel last March , which called for the toxic waste trade to be regulated instead of for a total ban . |
18 | The association has stated clearly that it is up to British Rail — and , perhaps , the Government — to take such dangers into account if they wish to increase railway speeds , as many of us would like , and to ensure that people can cross the line safely , even if that means the Government providing the money either for an underpass of for a bridge over the line . |
19 | On Dec. 29 Cuba and the Soviet Union — with which Cuba conducted more than 70 per cent of its total trade — concluded a trade agreement for 1991 only , instead of for a five-year period as in the past . |
20 | The German government 's aim of for a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 30 per cent on 1987 levels by the year 2005 is likely to fall short of expectations . |
21 | Definition of for a new settlement around York . |
22 | that the he 'll be sort of for a right . |
23 | Might be an anagram of for a . |