Example sentences of "[unc] [adj] [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 HOUNSLOW 's eight-year search for a new home has ended .
2 It 's an exciting blend that could end the club 's 21-year wait for a major trophy this season .
3 There was both their backgrounds — a boy taken from a bleak past into a glorious future by a dedicated schoolteacher — and furthermore this acting business got him off duty , paid him as much cash as a miner 's weekly wage for a few hours ' easy work and had a satisfying tint of glamour …
4 The marketing mix is a central feature of an organization 's tactical plan for a particular market .
5 Nasa also took delivery yesterday of a report it had commissioned to put a timetable on President Bush 's vague plan for a manned mission to Mars , which could now put four people on the planet by 2011 .
6 The performance of the instrument belies its humble price ; the action is even and consistent across all twenty-four frets , and even down to the relatively unflappable low B. The minimalist headstock and long top horn combine with the bass 's reasonable weight for a well-balanced and comfortable instrument , with total access to all frets an added bonus .
7 But in January the Iraqi leader 's flat disdain for a diplomatic alternative made the start of the war to liberate Kuwait straightforward for America and its allies .
8 Fans of the exciting Paul Mitchell Systems range will be aware of the company 's relentless campaign for a better world .
9 The reasons for this are not immediately obvious because Drax can essentially be replicated , while the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate will insist on substantial redesign of the AGR 's nuclear island for a future AGR programme .
10 First , there were the financial consequences of Labour 's blind support for a dictatorial trade union leader , who is now as popular in Walworth road as a fox cub in front of the Quorn hunt .
11 She put her name down to speak in the great debate about the state of the English Faculty that was held in the University Senate ; and in the Cambridge University Reporter for the 18th February , 1981 , occupying a column and a half of small print , sandwiched between contributions from two of the University 's most distinguished professors , you may find Robyn 's impassioned plea for a radical theorization of the syllabus .
12 As Henry II drew near , a watchman , mistaking the King 's small band for a raiding party organized by the citizens of the episcopal city , sounded the alarm .
13 Right 's desperate search for a new Renaissance
14 Mr Brudenell was taken to Gateshead 's Queen Elizabeth Hospital suffering from a compound leg fracture and his colleague was being treated at Newcastle 's General Hospital for a fractured skull .
15 Mario 's secret plan for a carefree summer seems to involve an extremely large banner saying English Supporters Welcome .
16 Mr Welch geared up the company 's locomotive-manufacturing business for a much-ballyhooed revival in American railways that never happened .
17 Jockey of the moment Declan Murphy ended Nick Gaselee 's frustrating search for a big race rider when he agreed to partner Party Politics in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday .
18 In rejecting Descartes 's theological argument for a physical principle , he did , however , extend the process of differentiation between the provinces of science and religion .
19 US Federal Judge Dickinson Debevoise earlier this month denied Unix Labs 's pre-trial motion for a preliminary injunction halting distribution of any of Berkeley Software 's BSD/386 code .
20 US federal judge Dickinson Debevoise earlier this month denied USL 's pre-trial motion for a preliminary injunction halting distribution of any of BSDI 's BSD/386 code .
21 ( A world , too , in which the Finer Commit-tee 's expensive proposal for a guaranteed maintenance allowance , paid by the state to all lone parents , is dead . )
22 Elizabeth Woodville , well accustomed to her husband 's appreciative eye for a pretty woman , smiled .
23 In the aftermath of the urban uprisings of 1980–81 and Scarman 's subsequent call for a speedy response from the education system ( HMSO , 1981 ; Scarman , 1982 ) , Swann attempted to construct a liberal consensus in a very troubled area .
24 Last night 2,000 people filled the town 's main square for a simple memorial service .
25 Encourage individual and corporate sponsorship , review the role of the Foundation for Arts and Sport and reconsider the Conservatives ' hasty proposal for a national lottery .
26 me proper meeting for a long time .
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