Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Project provides a focus and catalyst for a large and continuously growing network of working groups whose emphasis is always on the development of professionalism and improved practice . |
| 2 | The first difficulty is , as we have seen , that the term ‘ child abuse ’ covers a range of behaviours and problems , so that a search for a single or even a cluster of ‘ causes ’ is likely to be in vain . |
| 3 | Before its completion , there was a greater requirement for a lighter and less costly tank . |
| 4 | By following the functionalist approach pioneered by Durkheim and Radcliffe-Brown , we can appreciate that the most erroneous of assumptions may yet serve as a perfectly sound basis for a coherent and logically satisfying system of beliefs . |
| 5 | This scheme , for which N. F. Ramsey was awarded the Nobel prize in physics in 1989 , enables the maximum resolution to be extracted without the need for a long and highly uniform interaction region . |
| 6 | Thus , as in the case of the USA , the size and complexity of the programmes , mixed successes , and the possibility that programmes have significantly reduced soil losses , or even the rate of decline rather than improved yields , point to the need for a longer and more sophisticated assessment than is given here . |
| 7 | It is true , however , that taken as a whole , the 1947 Act created for the first time a comprehensive framework for planning and thereby laid the groundwork for a permanent and highly significant change in the public attitude to private property and its use and development . |
| 8 | Colin broke , I think he equalled a record for a leftwinger as well scoring goals we had er later on we had Bob came from Coventry , Coventry City . |
| 9 | More significantly , perhaps , I was annoyed because I expect this financial services organisation to recognise the totality of its relationship to me when making decisions in respect of specific transactions ; in this case to realise that its interest in my house should be adequate collateral for a small and presumably temporary overdraft . |
| 10 | It is the response of the supermarket business as a whole to the demand for a healthier and more natural product , freshly produced to a high standard , which has led to the advent of the in-store bakery , and in turn created the need , at any rate within Sainsbury 's , for structured , high quality management training , geared much more towards how we plan the business to grow over the next five to ten years than it is to simply manning the pumps . |
| 11 | The ruling that there should be no prosecutions destroyed the hope that such court proceedings might uncover enough information to stir a public demand for a wider and more thorough inquiry into the background to the conspiracy to murder an innocent man and to frame him with stolen goods . |
| 12 | ( Gledhill 1954 , p. 44 ) This demand for a wider and less myopic frame of analysis has only recently and partially begun to be met , primarily in a shift towards an interest in actual spectatorship , but also in related issues such as the experience of viewing and the role of cultural differences in film reception and production . |
| 13 | Lineages also contributed to the expenses of funerals : members made a collection toward the cost of feeding the guests ; if the dead person was a well known and respected man , the household might have to provide two meals a day and continual tea for up to a week for a hundred or so visitors ( who sometimes brought a contribution of a sheep or tea or sugar ) . |
| 14 | James Graham of Airth , for example , urged the Duke of Montrose to provide for Graham of Drynie , one of his relatives , in a new regiment , for ‘ it would be a seasonable relief for a numorous and very poor family ’ . |
| 15 | However , the law of complicity is technical , and the 1986 Public Order Act is a response to the call for a simplified and more ‘ practical ’ scheme of offences for dealing with public disorder . |
| 16 | On its own , the call for a broader and more political curriculum leaves untouched vital questions of scope , purpose , organisation and control . |
| 17 | It had a shelter for a hundred or so , and I spent the rest of the night there . |