Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Puffer , a nineteenth-century female psychology graduate thinking of applying for an academic post , is told by her college president , ‘ the rumor … concerning your engagement may have … affected the recommendation I sent ’ . |
| 2 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 3 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 4 | It is perhaps the imperative of writing for a national gallery with international exposure which prompts this emphasis on ‘ mastery ’ and ‘ genius ’ . |
| 5 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 6 | It is all too easy under the euphoric conditions of a degree congregation to minimise the physical discomfort , the mental struggles , the times of desperation , the sheer hard work that are a part of working for a first degree . |
| 7 | And , now , crumbling in decay , over laden with a desolate burden of humanity , the houses had the look of queuing for a great knacker 's yard , of eagerly embracing the extinction of their former grandeur , of offering themselves to ruin with an abandonment almost luxurious . |
| 8 | The act of controlling for a third variable can have many possible results . |
| 9 | I came to Britain from Cyprus when I was six and , when I was 12 , my mother volunteered me for the job of interpreting for a pregnant neighbour who needed to talk to a doctor . |
| 10 | As one observer noted , there is a need to develop democratic practice in the classroom as well as outside it , if people 's education is not to become simply ‘ a process of looking for a new set of right answers ’ . |
| 11 | He is also in the process of looking for a joint venture production partner who would be interested in taking a 49 per cent stake in MTM . |
| 12 | He is also in the process of looking for a joint venture production partner who would be interested in taking a 49 per cent stake in MTM . |
| 13 | The whole process of planning for a better future has become discredited . |
| 14 | The closest thing to a suggestion of further co-operation with the SNP was Dennis Canavan 's argument that talks could be held on the narrow agenda of pushing for a multi-option referendum , and a reserved hearing the conference accorded to the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie . |
| 15 | If we apply the concept of accounting for a separate business entity then there is no reason why the salary paid to the owner should be treated any differently from other salaries . |
| 16 | The Profitboss , in developing his contacts , never forgets that the friendly Steven Cook he met at the conference last month might just be the head of purchasing for a major customer in two years ' time . |
| 17 | Commanding in the air , a great header of the ball and a strong tackler , Harry was the epitome of the ‘ stopper ’ centre-half and , in spite of playing for a struggling club , he was always loyal to the Palace . |
| 18 | The art of palpating for a pyloric mass should be taught by experienced senior staff to junior staff and students . |
| 19 | Among attractions of a combined survey is the economy of mobilising for a larger survey with fewer turns for the ship . |
| 20 | This shows how intermediation via Euromarket banks can increase the volume of spending for a given monetary base . |
| 21 | She had unconsciously put into practice the Winnie the Pooh principle , which rules that the most effective method of searching for a lost person or object is to get lost oneself on the assumption that some force of nature brings all forgotten things together in ignored niches and unfrequented locales . |
| 22 | The method of solving for a sequential equilibrium in the game outlined in Section 2 proceeds in two stages . |
| 23 | His decision to take a year off from international rugby has left selectors with the difficult choice of going for a short-term replacement or of opting for long-term continuity . |
| 24 | The strain of caring for a disturbed relative can be considerable and the need for an understanding and reliable friend to talk to and share the anxieties with is often very great . |
| 25 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 26 | It was a subconscious form of mourning for a foolish love she 'd allowed to spring to life in her heart , only to kill stone dead — except that her feelings for Dane were far from dead , she acknowledged ruefully . |
| 27 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 28 | Her Majesty 's Inspectors in their report on the teaching of English published in 1987 were particularly concerned by the low standard of teaching for A level English : ‘ Teachers spend too much time scrutinizing past papers and then drilling students in what are taken to be the ‘ correct ’ answers . |
| 29 | Pauline is also in the middle of writing for a new BBC programme about women 's health to be screened around next April . |
| 30 | ‘ I first investigated the possibility of studying for an occupational health certificate in 1975 , but at that time the only way that this could be achieved was by full-time studying and I could n't do that because of family commitments . |