Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE POCKET DREAM , by Elly Brewer and Sandi Toksvig , is a TV sketch of no freshness or wit extended for a few hours , like a sausage that is half cereal and half donkey meat . |
| 2 | What is perhaps more important for the language learner is that viewing television or film made for a native speaking audience is an authentic experience . |
| 3 | But you would lack all the vitamins , minerals and protein needed for a healthy diet . |
| 4 | Chatterton is represented in the novel as an accidental suicide — slain by a cocktail of arsenic and laudanum swallowed for a venereal infection . |
| 5 | In May 1972 the Minister of State for Information , Broadcasting and Tourism called for a complete ‘ rethink ’ about the role of television in the country . |
| 6 | The European Council of heads of state and government met for a special summit in Rome on Oct. 27-28 . |
| 7 | Coal and Power called for an integrated and rationalized scheme for power , a follow up to the Liberal Manifesto of 1923 which suggested that coal and power supplies should be placed under the control of a public board presided over by a minister . |