Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Viola 's approach down the hall , Hilda turned up the gas and made preparation for a hasty departure , but this , it seemed , was not the idea . |
| 2 | Indeed the importance of the correct citing of an author 's spelling is regularly marked by the insertion of sic into a citation by a second author who wishes to disclaim responsibility for an aberrant spelling . |
| 3 | The County Council also accepted as part of this oral approach that there was a need for an alteration to the structure plan , because the approved structure plan did not make provision for a new settlement as an element of approved North Yorkshire strategic policy , and we 've progressed that erm alteration through to the examination er in public er today . |
| 4 | So when the Training and Enterprise Councils were given responsibility for a new stream of scheme they said quite rightly I think that they would only support survivable businesses . |
| 5 | It destroys hope for a better life . |
| 6 | A team of researchers at Aberdeen University have received support for a three year study of Scottish soccer fan behaviour . |
| 7 | A Government inspector has given permission for a mixed development including a food superstore on land formerly occupied by Octavius Atykinson at Starbeck , Harrogate , following a public inquiry and local plan inquiry . |
| 8 | The County Council had given permission for a 70 acre toxic waste dump in Ringaskiddy on part of the 1000 acres owned by the IDA — there was that threat over people 's heads . |
| 9 | In its original form the Bill made provision for a single ballot , the decision resting on a simple majority of those voting . |
| 10 | As for the industry 's registered dock labour force , the Government made provision for a three year redundancy scheme , jointly financed by the Government and the employer of any dockers who were ‘ surplus to requirements ’ . |
| 11 | IF you want to get in trim for summer and raise money for a good cause , sign up for sponsored aerobics at the Dolphin Centre later this month . |
| 12 | Instead he asked parliament for a temporary grant of special powers to deal with the aftermath of the insurrection . |
| 13 | If a planning authority grants permission for a particular construction or use in its area it is almost certain that some local inhabitants will be prejudiced in the quiet enjoyment of their properties . |
| 14 | ‘ I got permission for a symbolic statue , and this giant Pumpman is the result ! ’ |
| 15 | In response the Interior Minister , José Luis Corcuera , on Feb. 24 challenged ETA to suspend violence for a six-month period as proof of its new willingness to talk . |
| 16 | He fell headlong , his arms flailing , and struck the street hard enough to lose consciousness for a few seconds . |
| 17 | ( 1977 ) reveals that the torque producing capability for a given motor volume is greater in the hybrid than in the variable-reluctance motor , so the hybrid motor is a natural choice for applications requiring a small step length and high torque in a restricted working space . |
| 18 | Most sufferers do n't realise their chiggers have departed because the eschars remain itchy for a long time afterwards . |
| 19 | If you want money for a specific purchase , you are more likely to be offered a personal loan . |
| 20 | Our data are consistent with gonadal sex being determined by the same gene in all mammals and , together with the evidence for a marsupial Y-borne homologue of the mouse Ubely , provide support for a monophyletic origin of the mammalian Y chromosome . |
| 21 | This has reversed the rule in Harbutts Plasticine Ltd v Wayne Tank and Pump Co Ltd [ 1970 ] 1 QB 447 , but it has not affected the rule in the Suisse Atlantique case [ 1967 ] 1 AC 61 that exemption clauses can not be construed to apply to fundamental breach unless clearly stated to do so ( See also the Securicor case mentioned above , where an exclusion clause was found to be drafted so widely as to exclude liability for a wilful default which was also a fundamental breach of the contract . ) |
| 22 | The General Synod of the Church of England voted last November to allow women priests but the Church Society which opposes the move has won permission for a High Court hearing . |
| 23 | In particular , the operation of the Social Fund — a benefit offered as a loan — often calls for social workers to provide support for a particular case , given the limited budget of the fund and the rationing that must be applied as a result . |
| 24 | In spite of not being able to find support for an affirmative answer to the question , ‘ Are there logical conditions of something 's looking blue to someone ? ’ in what Wittgenstein says , and not accepting what would be Mill 's reason for an affirmative answer , I think an affirmative answer is the right answer . |
| 25 | It was the first time the FIS had claimed responsibility for a violent incident . |
| 26 | Behaviour here is a genetically programmed capacity for an adaptive response to environment . |
| 27 | In a two-year campaign , a crew based around Cathy will be looking to raise funds for an up-to-date one tonner for 1991 and 1992 , following on with a design and build campaign for a full-out Admiral 's Cup boat on 1993 . |
| 28 | The group is in talks with National Grid to establish groundwork for a new telecoms alliance . |
| 29 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 30 | These plants were supposed to provide fuel for a new generation of ‘ fast ’ reactors which would burn plutonium , but neither the demand for nuclear power nor the performance of fast reactors has met the planners ' expectations , and the cost of uranium fuel has dropped . |