Example sentences of "[noun] for a young " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a defence for a young man under 24 who has not previously been charged with a similar offence and who believes that the girl is 16 years old . |
| 2 | The whole valley round St Nectan 's Glen is teeming with bird life , a paradise for a young ornithologist . |
| 3 | Ellen Orford in the poem is a middle-aged woman and it was fortuitous for me that I was about the right age — it 's not a part for a young soprano . |
| 4 | On her return to Austria , she was careful to keep her new hobby a secret from her parents , who ‘ would not have considered it at all a proper pastime for a young girl ’ . |
| 5 | The £1,500 Gallaher Innovation Award for a young business showing an outstanding innovative product or service idea was awarded to Ballymoney firm Marketing Exports which specialises in helping small and medium-sized companies into the export market . |
| 6 | I fitted this into a narrow , plain gold frame , making a lovely present for a young girl or baby . |
| 7 | It would make an ideal present for a young person whose railway consciousness was just being awoken and , perhaps , light reading for the more railway aware person who still has a hankering to remain in touch with history . |
| 8 | The story relates that an abbot was pouring tea for a young novice monk who had recently joined the monastery to learn kung fu . |
| 9 | ( Phil , from my old club at Royston , has joined in the support , a real act of friendship for a young man to give up a weekend to support an old woman . |
| 10 | The show will open at Darlington Civic Theatre on April 29 for a two week run , but so far the search for a Young Walsingham has been fruitless . |
| 11 | That is a very strange ambition for a young man . |
| 12 | Going to work for a young musician may mean days spent rehearsing — getting songs down on tape , producing a demo on a front-room recording unit , or playing at a pub gig . |
| 13 | Formerly part of a monastery , the Metropole was once a favoured playground for a young Vivaldi . |
| 14 | and it 's an ordeal for a young child |
| 15 | Artur Sommerfeld , the professor of theoretical physics , was aghast at this fate for a young man whose brilliance was already apparent . |
| 16 | A person wishing a lasting and comfortable home for a young person of either sex will find this a good opportunity . |
| 17 | Did n't happen any town that I knew of except London and I can understand why they did it in London — very expensive place for a young detective to make a shape — cost too much money keeping in front of your job there . |
| 18 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 19 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 20 | There was no place for a young man of humbler origins who had shown what he could do by his own energy and determination . |
| 21 | THE MIDDLE of the road is a dangerous place for a young pop band to pitch its tent — so many that do so are run over by press disfavour and public disinterest . |
| 22 | ‘ Nor are the roads between here and Mdina any place for a young woman alone . ’ |
| 23 | Dr Neil could have given her several answers , beginning with the beautiful hands lying in her lap which had visibly never done a stroke of work in their owner 's life , but said instead , ‘ A strange place for a young lady like yourself to look for it . ’ |
| 24 | It 's not a fit place for a young girl to be . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And it 's not a fit place for a young girl to have a baby , ’ snapped McAllister , who had just seen that his patient was little more than a child , ‘ but she 's having one , all the same . |
| 26 | THE MIDDLE of the road is a dangerous place for a young pop band to pitch its tent — so many that do so are run over by press disfavour and public disinterest . |
| 27 | It 's a classic trap for a young mother fighting weight problems and stronger wills than Odette 's have crumbled . |
| 28 | But why ca n't people realise that the early days for a young horse are as vital as our own early learning experiences ? |
| 29 | Once beyond the perimeter walls of the hacienda there was wilderness and danger for a young girl who could not see . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , it 's a big move for a young girl and no doubt there will be a few family tears at the airport come June 21st . |