Example sentences of "for a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | his right to claim his fees and expenses , but he may also be liable for a damages claim for wasted time and money , depending on whether his actions have caused the loss complained of . |
| 2 | In most cases a date will be given for a directions appointment and this will be endorsed on the copy applications for service on the respondents . |
| 3 | Joseph 's expression remained dubious for a moments then his face lit up again and he pointed westward over the captain 's shoulder . |
| 4 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
| 5 | The man , serving four years for a firearms offence , was on home leave and had failed to return . |
| 6 | The students , all Hindus from colleges of the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana , had come to Patiala for a students ' festival and were sleeping in a dormitory when they were attacked yesterday . |
| 7 | Suspected Sikh terrorists killed 19 Hindu students visiting the town of Patiala for a students ' festival on Nov. 10 as they slept in dormitories . |
| 8 | But the equities salesman who goes to work for a futures dealer may find the going hard . |
| 9 | The view of Keynes ( 1930 ) , Hicks ( 1946 ) and Houthakker ( 1968 ) is that the usual situation for a futures market is one of normal backwardation , that is , F t < E ( S T ) . |
| 10 | Probably anticipating the enhancing of the already considerable temperature that might ensue from a stretch of proven hell-raising , Pukwana called for a blues , and set about declaring his intent with that impassioned alto cry ( the instrument in his hands displaying the weight of the tenor as well as the wild , wayward quality of the higher horn ) that has been thrilling British audiences since the Sixties . |
| 11 | But she nipped back down to nick 'em For a knees-up in High Wycombe , For an evening quite near Chevening And a dawn at Kilmacolm . |
| 12 | John Major juggled a pledge to privatise the rail and coal industries with plans for a citizens ' charter to guarantee public services . |
| 13 | The miners ' welfare club put on concerts — their only social entertainment — and provides space for a mothers ' and toddlers ' group where there is no nursery . |
| 14 | A few years ago this game was used in evidence for a players ' international quality , but there is so much serious , competitive rugby now that a post-Christmas frolic is not rated in assessing credentials . |
| 15 | The BG-BASE reference manual is no substitute for a users ’ guide to our particular application , and it is essential that such a guide be written by the end of 1993 at the latest . |
| 16 | No recourse ( security or restitution ) exists for a bank(s) against the oil exploration company if the project falls or generates insufficient cash . |
| 17 | For a bank(s) it reduces the element of interest rate risk associated with fixed rate loans . |
| 18 | It must be admitted , though , that it is not entirely convincing as a forum for a civitas capital ; it lacks both basilica and civic offices . |
| 19 | ROHITA looked special after blasting clear in the final furlong for a three-lengths win in the Payne and Gunter Fillies Stakes at Goodwood and it may take a good one to stop her in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot . |
| 20 | The JUSTICE report , A Proposal for a Suitors ' Fund , advocates a more radical reform by suggesting that public funds should be used to indemnify litigants against ‘ faults in the system ’ amongst which it included appeals on fact or law . |
| 21 | The Cleveland firm which installed the panelling for a drugs trial could not take it down until today at the earliest . |
| 22 | Mr Montignac says he discovered his ‘ method ’ while lunching in fancy European restaurants when he worked for a drugs company . |
| 23 | Cuban-US relations had been inflamed on Jan. 31 , 1990 , when a US Coast Guard patrol boat , with the administration 's authorization , attacked and damaged a Cuban-chartered cargo ship , the Hermann , in the Gulf of Mexico , when its Cuban master had refused to stop for a drugs search . |
| 24 | ‘ You have a previous conviction for a drugs offence involving cannabis . |
| 25 | This election campaign was , apart from anything else , a good advertisement for the need for a positive-images policy to dispel , maybe not the hatred , but certainly the fear and the ignorance about homosexuality . |
| 26 | But there are parties round this table who have nostalgic hankering for a projections . |
| 27 | The idea is that an area consisting largely of derelict and/or vacant land should be landscaped and used for a variety of horticultural , leisure and recreational purposes , normally for a six-months period . |
| 28 | More recently George ( 1989 ) has re-examined this approach , pointed out its drawbacks and concluded that the balance of theory and evidence does suggest that there is a need for a mergers policy . |
| 29 | Politicians , whether cynically or not , have so far dismissed such claims as pleas for a lawyers ' welfare state . |
| 30 | At the moment I have to knit the clothes by hand as I can not find a machine knitting pattern for a 12″ doll ( it is not a teenage doll ) anywhere . |