Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provision was established as a result of several pressures , not least of all parental lobbying for an alternative option to adult training centres . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel we have a strong base for an ongoing quality improvement programme and with the commitment of all at Precision , positive results should be seen during the next 12 months . ’ |
| 3 | For Franco knew that if the pro-Allied military men had been unable to secure active Allied support for an anti-Francoist coup when negotiations with the Axis for Spanish entry were at their height , their chances of success dwindled even further after June , when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union and the focus of the war moved away from Europe 's southern flank . |
| 4 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 5 | Estate agents think it will be a very tasty morsel for an international company . |
| 6 | • To provide strong pro-active editorial direction for an existing network of field editors . |
| 7 | A petition can not be heard until at least fourteen days have elapsed since the petition was served on the debtor and the supervisor of a voluntary arrangement ( r 6.18(1) ) unless it appears that the debtor has absconded or the court thinks it a proper case for an expedited hearing , or the debtor consents ( r 6.18(2) ) . |
| 8 | In response to this enthusiasm Tosteson set up a planning group to design an acceptable curriculum for an experimental track within the school . |
| 9 | Free admission for an accompanying organiser/guide . |
| 10 | The careful search for an abandoned house and a body would have to begin . |
| 11 | His fourth bankruptcy followed in January 1939 on a petition of the Inland Revenue for an income-tax claim of £699 17s. 5d . |
| 12 | Billingsley and Chance ( 1988 ) used the no-arbitrage condition for an individual future to give a no-arbitrage condition for an intracommodity spread by differencing the no-arbitrage conditions for the constituent futures contracts . |
| 13 | But he appeared at the Old Bailey for an earlier trespass at Buckingham Palace , during which he had drunk some wine in the office of the Prince of Wales ' private secretary , and was sent to a secure hospital in Liverpool . |
| 14 | He was a forty-four-year-old with a light complexion for an African-born black , his grandfather having been a British Army major stationed in Kenya at the turn of the century . |
| 15 | On one famous occasion Diana , barefoot and casually dressed in jeans , buttered toast for an astonished footman . |
| 16 | The Select Committee on Capital Punishment , 1929–30 , recommended the abolition of capital punishment for an experimental period of five years , and an amendment in this sense is likely to be moved if a new Criminal Justice Bill is introduced . |
| 17 | Chang felt that the surface , which offered an unusually high bounce for an indoor court , suited a baseliner like himself . |
| 18 | It is only in Gundobad 's reign that there is clear evidence for an arian Church among the Burgundians , but Chlothild and her sister show that there were catholics in the royal family even then . |
| 19 | China , which had reportedly ofered an interest-free loan for an unspecified sum on the understanding that recognition of Taiwan would be revoked , suspended relations with Niger on July 30 . |
| 20 | I fret often for the days when I lived and worked in the countryside , but one sad sight used to be that of herds of demented idiots vandalising the scenery and terrorising nature in their delirious lust for an innocent animal 's life . |
| 21 | Drizzle with olive oil and top with flakes of fresh Parmesan for an elegant starter . |
| 22 | On mobilization , the first-line army for an offensive operation would have numbered some 761,000 men , with a second line of about 1 million . |
| 23 | And although this may conceivably be an acceptable answer for an earlier period , it is now useless because of the weight of evidence about the recent past . |
| 24 | These are activities which we would be unable to perform without a detailed knowledge of their personal circumstances , and trying to persuade them auditing is even necessary or that anything has changed since Uncle Albert 's day , is nigh on impossible and certainly not an adequate reason for an additional fee . |
| 25 | Japan is to provide China with 6,000 million yen in aid during the current fiscal year for an environmental protection programme . |
| 26 | In that case , it was logical to assume that Guy Sterne had decided at the last minute to avail himself of his unexpectedly empty villa for an impromptu break in the sun . |
| 27 | His two most recent books on Bulgaria 's political and economic restructuring netted him 42,000 levs , which is a 14-year salary for an average Bulgarian . |
| 28 | They produce the raw material for an extensive weaving industry , the fabrics from which are sold largely in India itself but also increasingly exported . |
| 29 | Implement the –Special Examination– for an eminent person 's route to Institute membership.E |
| 30 | It was a standard contract for an unknown songwriter , but as the Police began to enjoy enormous success , so Sting 's value in the market-place rose . |