Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investigation by the writer revealed a likely site for this machine on the western bank of Muckle Gill , just above the ford ( shown on the O.S. map ) about 40 yds. upstream from the gill head , and by the side of the workings on what we now call Benson 's Lode . |
| 2 | A WILD snake mistook a three-year-old boy for its favourite snack of baby wombat — and tried to eat him . |
| 3 | The figures show that agriculture represents a major industry for Scotland . |
| 4 | The case became a hot potato for the government when Mr Yang was offered political asylum by Taiwan , China 's old foe . |
| 5 | Local education authorities should not be allowed to evade their responsibility to implement a full policy for the promotion of community languages . |
| 6 | The reason for building a high mutation rate into the model is that the whole performance on the computer screen is for the benefit of human eyes , and humans have n't the patience to wait a million generations for a mutation ! |
| 7 | This was the situation outlined by that astute political fixer , Lord Milton , in a letter to the Earl of Ilay suggesting a suitable candidate for a vacant post . |
| 8 | A large majority agreed a central role for the computer and this underpinned the applications and methods approach ultimately adopted in the core curriculum . |
| 9 | ‘ She desperately wanted to play the wife role and would spend an afternoon cooking a beautiful meal for him and he would arrive with an expensive bottle of wine and they 'd settle down for a cosy evening . ’ |
| 10 | Within the Department of Printed Books , the British Antiquarian Division has a special responsibility for the Library 's collection of older books . |
| 11 | No self-respecting Zen-Buddhist spares a second thought for it . |
| 12 | This powder has a great attraction for all animals , and the horse itself . |
| 13 | Whilst the student grant contains a fixed amount for housing , it is generally regarded as well below market rates that , of course , vary according to area . |
| 14 | For example , in the rattlesnake the upper end of the tooth near the jaw has a large inlet for venom ( the basal orifice ) , and a smaller outlet close to the tooth 's tip ( the distal orifice ) . |
| 15 | It was a struggle to find a suitable term for these logical objects — the term ‘ logical object ’ is not in itself one to set the blood tingling . |
| 16 | .. the struggle to establish a clear identity for a radical left of centre politics in the latter part of the 20th century goes much deeper than individual policy issues . |
| 17 | The Scottish Enterprise Foundation , the division of Educational Policy and Development , the Stirling Management Centre , the Management Development Unit and the Stirling University Innovation Park provide a broad framework for collaboration with industry in technology transfer and advanced management training . |
| 18 | The directorate has a continual need for processed information to support decision making , to develop policy and advice for Academic Board and Governors , and to satisfy the appetite of external bodies such as DF.S , CNAA , NAB/PCFC , etc. for numerical information From time to time there is also the need for high quality information to support particular initiatives , such as the ( successful ) application for accreditation . |
| 19 | The canteen made a perfect backdrop for depressing conversations . |
| 20 | This approach stems from a strongly held belief that voluntary action represents a major force for positive environmental change . |
| 21 | The spectacle of inner city regeneration offers a powerful medium for a political commitment to a strategy based on what is superficially market led growth . |
| 22 | The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure . |
| 23 | By contrast , the bird mentioned in ( 19 ) must be one selected from a group present to the mind of the speaker in the situation of utterance ; this adjective can not be non-restrictive : ( 19 ) the largest parrot made a good supper for the expedition that evening The extraction set in this case might be the parrots we had shot that day . |
| 24 | Religion displays a particular preference for negative additive conjunctions such as nor . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , the research revealed a high tendency for them to recruit the wrong people . |
| 26 | Guinness Draught Bitter was tested in the UK during 1991 after extensive research revealed a clear opportunity for a premium bitter in a can . |
| 27 | The degrees offered by the department provide a good basis for entering a number of professions , such as teaching in universities , art schools ( especially for those with a combined practical and academic degree ) , colleges and schools , working in museums and galleries , in publishing and in the book trade in general , in auction houses , in arts administration at local or national level , and in the conservation and display of ancient monuments . |
| 28 | A recent attempt to find a dynamical explanation for the observed motions of atomic and molecular gas in the central regions has provided independent evidence of a stellar bar forcing noncircular motions in the central regions . |
| 29 | One promising line of further reconnaissance involved the attempt to find a fundamental role for waves where no one had previously supposed they were relevant . |
| 30 | The Teesside Development Corporation says talks are continuing in a bid to find a new location for Hartlepool 's Clarence Road bus depot . |