Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [noun] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vouchers cost £78 for a double room and include a buffet breakfast . |
| 2 | Nice curtains and matching scatter cushions do wonders for a jaded living room . |
| 3 | The LOB corpus contains information for less than 40,000 types , available MRDs contain information for a larger number of types . |
| 4 | Between a dozen and 40 children some of whom have already breakfasted at home join teachers for a hot bowl of porridge to start the day . |
| 5 | Most airlines charge £2,000 for a business-class return to New York , and £3,800 for first-class travel . |
| 6 | Finally , the principles that generate implicatures have a very general explanatory power : a few basic principles provide explanations for a large array of apparently unrelated facts . |
| 7 | Investment firms solicit bids for a new issue at indicative prices and then , when their book is complete , price and sell the issue in a single day . |
| 8 | Could my right hon. Friend find time for a short debate on the question of Short money ? |
| 9 | These thick accumulations of mud provide substrate for a rich sea-bed fauna , predominantly of water-filterers ( sponges , molluscs , salps ) and scavengers ( worms , arthropods , pycnogonids , fish ) . |
| 10 | In addition to the half dozen or so field officers patrolling the districts , some of the areas in the northern authority have provision for a small number of additional posts . |
| 11 | Ready for off : the Fylde Tramway Society and Tramway Museum Society join forces for a little boating ! |
| 12 | Parks provide space for a whole range of events , from steam rallies to horse shows . |
| 13 | Day tickets cost £10 for a four-fish limit and half-day charges are £7 for two fish . |
| 14 | Elections take place for a third of the councillors in each year that there is not a county council election . |
| 15 | Third , social services provide jobs for a large section of the labour force of all socio-economic groupings . |
| 16 | Their biographies contain material for a dozen books . |
| 17 | Sections on Calligraphy , Illustration , Typography and Book Design make way for a commercial break which introduces us to 28 first editions of Penguin paperbacks . |
| 18 | Most sufferers do n't realise their chiggers have departed because the eschars remain itchy for a long time afterwards . |
| 19 | Gloucester travel north for a crucial league clash against top of the table , Orrell . |
| 20 | Bacteria survive heat for a short time . |