Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year Norway killed 95 minke whales as part of a scientific research programme which calls for a total of 400 whales to be killed in the period 1992-94 . |
| 2 | It was a gabled Victorian house set behind a high red brick wall in the heart of the city and as Rachel drew on to the gravel forecourt she sat for a moment admiring the mass of copper beeches that surrounded the house . |
| 3 | He is also trying to find a manufacturer for a porcelain razor he designed for an exhibition in New York . |
| 4 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 5 | The counter , and other doors are attractively finished in Ash wood which makes for a light and airy ambience . |
| 6 | Most life assurance companies marketed a retirement contract which provided for a death benefit of the return of premiums , or a return with around 5 per cent interest , and since most policyholders had alternative provision for death benefit , a significant number of policies were set up providing just a return of premiums on death . |
| 7 | All were charged under the National Security Law which provided for a maximum penalty of death by hanging . |
| 8 | As he stepped back into the circle of dimming green light issuing from the door of the transmat booth he looked for a moment like some bizarre demon that Francis had summoned . |
| 9 | In 1913 Malevitch , whose work at this period showed traces of both Cubist and Futurist influence , was preparing to launch the Suprematist movement which stood for a more purely abstract style than anything yet seen . |
| 10 | Some may choose to neglect their health or to trade it for the freedom to do other things , as does the business executive who opts for a stressful way of life in pursuit of material success . |
| 11 | At the suggestion of the Delta Commander he applied for a post at UNACO and was finally accepted six weeks later after a succession of exhaustive interviews . |
| 12 | And they presented him with video equipment they bought for a children 's charity . |
| 13 | Balfour 's government introduced an Education Act which provided for an orderly scheme for elementary and secondary education in schools administered by Local Authorities . |
| 14 | It is also alleged under the name Garawand he applied for a loan of more than £40,000 to buy the house in Southfield Crescent , Stockton , where he was living . |
| 15 | Everytime I receive Wimpey News I look for a mention of where I work . |
| 16 | Doi 's resignation came the day after the party 's central executive committee adopted a draft policy document which called for an acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the Japanese Self Defence Forces ( SDF ) and of the country 's right to self-defence . |
| 17 | Once behind the closed door of the dressing room we looked for a way out , but there was n't one . |
| 18 | Prior to his appointment as head of the Delphi Centre he taught for a number of years in an Observation and Assessment Centre . |
| 19 | On May 6 the Commission presented a 1993 draft budget which provided for an increase in the full " appropriations " budget from ECU66,600 million in 1992 to ECU67,300 million . |
| 20 | At a meeting of the party 's national executive committee which prepared for a radical shake-up in Labour 's constitution , Mr Smith backed the sweeping away of union involvement in choosing the leader and MPs . |
| 21 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 22 | Outside the wicket gate he paused for a moment before setting off along the Backs in the direction of the town centre . |
| 23 | * The Save the Cairngorms Campaign , a coalition of environmental groups , has criticized a Scottish Office report which argues for a voluntary approach to the environmental management of the mountains . |
| 24 | Alarm bells rang with Liz when she heard it tells the story of an ageing , boozy Hollywood star who falls for a young construction worker she meets in a clinic . |
| 25 | The successful schemes were unsentimental and transcended the apparent dilemma posed by the design brief which asked for a building which related to preformed and powerful sensibilities and beliefs about life and death and which is also required to be effectively energy conscious . |