Example sentences of "[verb] an [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one thing to win the support of electors by defeating an enemy for the first time ; it is quite another to expect admiration for slaying the same dragon twice . |
| 2 | Kimura found an advantage for the left field in this task as also when geometric forms were substituted for the dots . |
| 3 | And to save lugging a vacuum cleaner upstairs , the flat has an outlet for the Univac Central Vacuum System . |
| 4 | So it is necessary to try to find an explanation for the continued existence of the stateless image among Zuwaya , and for its periodic episodic salience , its power to determine action in a modern state . |
| 5 | Despite the nineteenth-century narrative sheen , this departure into steampunk is still cyberpunk at heart , and the tangled vision of Victorian cybernetics is another attempt to find an image for the unfathomable complexity of the contemporary information revolution . |
| 6 | In some versions of this type of forecasting , the buyer is obliged to purchase the requirements detailed in the first three months of the rolling forecast , so that , in effect , as he rolls his forecast on , he places an order for the first three months ' requirements and forecasts those of the next nine months . |
| 7 | This is a relic of the attempts to provide an income for the voluntary hospitals in the 1930's . |
| 8 | The statement says that where a member 's opinion is sought on the application of accounting standards or principles to specific circumstances or transactions of an entity of which he is not the auditor , he should ensure that he has access to all relevant information , he should contact the auditor to provide an opportunity for the latter to bring to his attention any relevant facts and , given his client 's permission , he should provide a copy of his opinion to the auditor . |
| 9 | A GENERATION ago mammalian neuroanatomy seemed a scholarly subject , a frame for functional studies but unlikely to provide an impetus for the astonishing advances in understanding of the brain over the last four decades , in which Hans Kuypers became one of the leaders . |
| 10 | One solution was to provide an organization for the 13–17 age-group , such as the Working Boys ' Brigades formed in the 1860s , and the Glasgow Foundry Boys ' Religious Society . |
| 11 | To train an infant for the first year is comparatively easy , but after that the child begins to resent authority , and the conscientious mother has to be prepared to fight and win all along the line , in matters small and great . |
| 12 | The second and third results will jointly yield an estimate for the classical component of observed unemployment . |
| 13 | The awards are held at the Bains Douches club and provide an opportunity for the exhausted fashion business to get together , congratulate each other , slag each other off , and get appallingly drunk . |
| 14 | The resignation of the Foreign Secretary , Anthony Eden , early in 1938 provided an opportunity for the popular forces to intervene . |
| 15 | This means that we must examine the data carefully to see whether there is any difference in meaning between the uses with and without to , and then seek an explanation for the curious appearance of to with this sense of know . |
| 16 | I was lucky enough to receive an invitation for the special AGM held at the Guildhall London , attended by Lady Baden-Powell and other Guiding dignitaries including a lady who has been connected with Guiding for all its 75 years . |
| 17 | Writing an opera for the 1994 Edinburgh International Festival , Scotland , says Tan is his second musical home ; and home to a dear friend — the composer , Eddie McGuire , who shares Tan 's love of cross-cultural exploration and like him , deeply influenced by John Cage . |
| 18 | A certain amount of attention is paid to colonialism in seeking an explanation for the political power of the bureaucracy in post-colonial states , and in particular its ‘ overdevelopment ’ in relation to other political institutions , since the role assigned to bureaucracy under colonialism is widely reckoned to be responsible for its present dominance . |
| 19 | In 1985 , the influential business magazine Forbes had in fact all but written an obituary for the American nuclear industry : |
| 20 | Is not the reputation of having written an opera for the Viennese theatre the best way to enhance one 's credit not only in Germany but also in Italy ? |
| 21 | At the Novello ceremony , Mr May also accepted an award for the best television commercial theme for Driven By You , written for Ford . |
| 22 | Where the court has made an order for the public examination of the bankrupt ( under s 290 ) or has issued a summons to appear under s 366 , the court may also order an Inland Revenue official , on the application of the official receiver or trustee , to produce to the court the relevant accounts or assessments submitted to the Inland Revenue ( s 369 ) . |
| 23 | Indeed in April he had proved that such reading was an art : the Sitwells had organized an evening for the Free French in the Aeolian Hall , and in front of the Queen he gave a memorable and dramatic performance of " What the Thunder Said " . |
| 24 | There was a certain entrepreneurial spirit about our man ; he seems to have had an eye for the main chance , and at no time more so than in 1854 , when he left behind the delights of Hoxton and begun a brief flirtation with the idea of running a lodging house . |
| 25 | At Bucharest the Turks had promised an amnesty for the Serbian rebels , but before the sultan 's authority could be established , the Turkish , Albanian and Bosnian Muslims who formed the occupying army pillaged and looted in a reign of terror which included the killing of all males over the age of fifteen in some areas , the enslavement of women and children , and the brutal torture of any Serbian leaders who fell into their hands . |
| 26 | This event would presumably precede the potentials being recorded and it could provide an explanation for the apparent referral back in time in the first set of experiments , although it does seem electrophysiologically unlikely that there could be a neural change happening sufficiently early after the triggering stimulus . |
| 27 | Intravenous immunoglobulin ( IVIg ) is reported to contain specific antibodies to exotoxin superantigens ; this feature might provide an explanation for the therapeutic actions of IVIg in diseases in which superantigens have been implicated in the aetiology . |
| 28 | This creates major difficulties for the examination of the effects of the change envisaged , but it does provide an explanation for the dramatic changes in policies which occur , most notably , in our case , the movement towards signing . |
| 29 | The same subjects who showed an advantage for the right ear with pairs of digits showed a significant superiority for the left ear when the stimuli consisted of snatches of melody which had to be identified by means of a multiple-choice response method . |
| 30 | The company said that it did not see an improvement for the second half . |