Example sentences of "[noun] for a similar " in BNC.
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| 1 | In May the men of Devon agreed to pay the enormous fine of 5,000 marks for the disafforestment of their county outside the bounds of Dartmoor and Exmoor Forests , and the men of ‘ Hertfordlythe ’ ( Hartforth ) in North Yorkshire owed 100 marks and two palfreys for a similar charter in respect of their forest . |
| 2 | Planning permission for a similar project was refused almost two years ago but in a 19-page report on the latest proposals Inverclyde 's director of planning and technical services , Tom Ridings , recommended approval in outline . |
| 3 | If , on a sale of unregistered land , there is any personal obligation on the part of a seller-client to observe restrictions ( as , for example , where the seller is the original covenantor or has given a personal covenant to observe these ) , it is desirable to provide in the contract for a similar covenant indemnifying the seller against any future breach . |
| 4 | West Germany abandoned plans for a similar scheme in 1980 because of lack of cash . |
| 5 | European Community officials in Brussels said the move had removed a barrier to their plans for a similar levy , which were frustrated by opposition from the Bush administration to the idea . |
| 6 | Yesterday hundreds of demonstrators marched on Downing Street following the same route as those in the Peasant 's Revolt which forced England 's leaders to drop plans for a similar tax . |
| 7 | Furniture was also to the fore at Ross 's where a nine-piece ash dining room suite went at £220 ; a three-piece Chesterfield suite for a similar amount and a Georgian mahogany chest of drawers at £200 . |
| 8 | A LIGHT rail transit scheme could still go ahead in Cleveland , although the Government has axed funding for a similar project . |
| 9 | Former Securitate chief Iulian Vlad , who was already serving a 3@1/2-year sentence handed down in March for a similar offence [ see p. 38108 ] , received a four-year sentence ( it was unclear whether the new sentence would run consecutively or concurrently ) . |
| 10 | Jeremy Smith , 29 , will spend New Year behind bars after being arrested just 38 days after his release from a six-month prison sentence for a similar offence . |
| 11 | We believe there is no other policy of this type offering better returns for a similar risk . |
| 12 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot made it a double raid on London when he also signed Chelsea 's Dutch defender Ken Monkou for a similar figure . |
| 13 | The success of the Salam-Weinberg theory led to the search for a similar renormalizable theory of the strong interactions . |
| 14 | Robinson was in for ten years for armed robbery , while his companion was half-way through a twelve-year stretch for a similar crime . |
| 15 | Therefore , no outcome data for a similar young patient group can be found . |
| 16 | ( The city of Oxford in 1546 negotiated with Stumpe for a similar use of Osney Abbey , hoping to provide work for 2,000 people , but nothing came of this project . ) |
| 17 | Attempts to resolve differences met with little success when Latin American regional heads of state gathered in San Jose , Costa Rica , in October and sought to persuade Brazil to agree to a new price-support scheme based on a reduction of its 30 per cent quota allocation in return for a similar agreement by Colombia to cut exports . |
| 18 | That is n't enough to account for the difference between £27.25 to hire a Cessna 152 for an hour at Canterbury NZ and £76.85 for a similar machine at Cambridge UK ( just to take one example ) . |
| 19 | If a member of the clergy officiates at a service in an unconsecrated part of a cemetery , or at a crematorium , the charge usually reflects the parochial fee for a similar service . |
| 20 | Now fur is about to fly after Micky Adams was sent off on Wednesday night against QPR and yesterday Southampton discovered Francis Benali was banned one match for a similar offence on the pre-season tour of Sweden . |
| 21 | ‘ I worked on Wall Street for a similar investment house . ’ |
| 22 | It would be wrong to say that the Muftilik was created simply in imitation of either ; but either and , in view of the period , more likely the former-may have been imitated to answer the need for a similar office in the Ottoman state . |
| 23 | Philip has been a member of the U IM 's Sports Commissions for many years and was the R Y A's delegate , the U I M , the international body for a similar period . |
| 24 | A good selection of fish for a similar tank , but with airpowered filtration could include : |
| 25 | The move by the German central bank to cut by 0.5pc its key discount rate leaves Mr Clarke greater room for a similar move . |
| 26 | This exceeds current output for a similar onshore group by 70 per cent ( 3.4p per kilowatt-hour ) . |
| 27 | It consists of two elements : ( i ) domestic rate relief , paid to enable authorities to relieve domestic ratepayers of a certain proportion of their rates ( currently 18.5p in the ) ; ( ii ) block grant , intended to supplement an authority 's own finances so that , irrespective of individual local needs and resources , it can provide a similar standard of service for a similar rate poundage to other authorities of the same class . |
| 28 | In group 2 the red noise is weak , and there is marginal evidence for a similar broad feature ( Fig. 1 b ) . |
| 29 | There is also some evidence for a similar effect in more applied settings ( Scrivner & Safer , 1988 ) , however , this may be more appropriately considered to be an example of hypermnesia with repeated testing ( e.g. Payne , 1987 ) . |
| 30 | Because all human beings are fallible , with individual fears and weaknesses , it is so easy for the foundation for a similar fear in our children to be laid even when we think we are doing our best for them . |