Example sentences of "[noun] for [adj] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | List Relationships can list full or partial tight relationships for all or a part of the database . |
| 2 | As I say I was sitting there adding it up , a pound for this and a pound for that and your meal , a fiver for Maggie , I 'm twenty pound short off you |
| 3 | At a meeting on Sunday , the 300 strikers indicated they were prepared to agree to management plans to resolve a dispute over lay-offs , but would return to work under protest at part of the package which included a wage freeze for 1993 and a cut in fringe benefits . |
| 4 | The Home Guard became a joke for some and a remark once passed in my company was " What use do you think you would be against trained troops ? " . |
| 5 | There were a lot of arguments for this and a lot against . |
| 6 | Debt renegotiation talks during 1989 failed to achieve Venezuela 's target , proposed in July , of a 50 per cent cut in debt-service payments , and negotiations continued on the basis of a proposed 42 per cent reduction in payments for 1990 and a proposal by creditor banks to reschedule $21,200 million of debt over 17 years . |
| 7 | Early retirement may be a release from employment for some and a refuge from the severe insecurity of the labour market for others . |
| 8 | Oh we were in Catterick for two and a half , three years |
| 9 | The ‘ keys ’ or trigger features required to ‘ unlock ’ these two types of cell are rather simple — it is just a matter of applying a small stimulus in the right place , and giving it the correct sign , an increase for one and a decrease for the other . |
| 10 | Powerful material for 1963 but a sample of how the show should have developed its characters to make them more rounded and believable . |