Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Both authors argue for a stylistic analysis that recognises the inherently dialogic nature of all kinds of discourse , and that is able to discriminate between the multiplicity of voices and ideological accents that characterise not only the language of the novel , but also that of poetry and drama . |
| 32 | Opportunities exist for a wide range of engineering staff : electrical , logic and systems design , memory systems design , operating systems design , optimising and compiling development , and CAD/CAM . |
| 33 | The Roald Dahl Foundation has provided funds to pay for a paediatric epilepsy nurse at the unit . |
| 34 | It has also underlined the urgent need for sufficient Government funds to pay for a massive recovery programme . |
| 35 | Only six solo roles call for a male soprano , on the basis of which it is possible to make a few observations . |
| 36 | In projects designed to support small ( and larger-scale ) entrepreneurs various forms of ‘ leakage ’ are frequent : credit funds ear-marked for a particular purpose are deployed for entirely different purposes , or for the purchase of domestic assets . |
| 37 | The nine gleaned from this encounter puts Essex ahead of the field on 30 points , with Norfolk one-and-a-half behind as the six-time winners prepare for a final match against Cambridgeshire . |
| 38 | It returned to the belly of the beast and trawled the fag-strewn floors of Swindon 's betting shops hoping for a scandalous morsel . |
| 39 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing point , East German ‘ Trabbi ’ cars queued for a quick sightseeing trip West . |
| 40 | Although significant , their correlations were low , and the relationships accounted for a small proportion of the variance in the sign language performance scores . |
| 41 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |
| 42 | I travelled extensively throughout the country for six months to prepare for a nationwide extension of the programme , which was funded by the European Community . |
| 43 | No , I believe them to be spies working for a rival power aware of my presence in London and suspicious of my intentions . |
| 44 | But few can doubt that Europe 's varied assortment of nations makes for a conflicting assortment of company commercial strategies and government policies . |
| 45 | Three Fokker Dr.I replicas made for a fascinating sight , added to which came the Great War Combat Team and a decidedly real SE.5A . |
| 46 | ‘ While Ian Wooldridge might spend hours searching for a good line , McIlvanney will spend the time searching for the truth ’ |
| 47 | The best policy , according to the monetarists , is for the authorities to aim for a steady growth in the money supply in order that economic growth can be accommodated without undesirable fluctuations in money incomes and prices . |
| 48 | Early versions of these theories were quickly taken up by clinical researchers looking for a formal way of examining what their patients — like the one above — were telling them and many experimental studies were carried out , guided by the hypothesis that schizophrenic features like overinclusive thinking are due to very weak filtration of the contents of thought , resulting in the psychotic individual finding it difficult to pursue a logically connected train of ideas . |
| 49 | With VAT on fuel bills scheduled for 1994 and 1995 , the strategy is beginning to shape up as one aimed at allowing the Conservatives to go for a tax-cutting Budget in 1996 or 1997 in an attempt to win back ground in the run-up to the election . |
| 50 | Tourists from other countries account for a great deal of revenue to some large hotels and therefore a watchful eye is kept on the figure , so that advertising campaigns can be planned to attract foreign visitors . |
| 51 | In Sarajevo , some of the heaviest shelling in recent months erupted around the besieged city as leaders of Bosnia 's warring factions prepared for a new round of peace talks in New York . |
| 52 | PALESTINIAN gunmen shot and wounded an Israeli soldier in the occu pied West Bank yesterday , as army patrols searched for a kidnapped border guard . |
| 53 | ‘ Appearances count for a great deal in this life , and if you appear tonight in an outfit like the ones you seem to favour then no one will believe our relationship is anything but a business one . ’ |
| 54 | Sailing as corporate hospitality took off about a decade ago , with companies looking for a new way of hosting events . |
| 55 | The returning emigres hope for a clean sweep but this has not happened anywhere in Eastern Europe where the price of reconciliation has always been a measure of compromise . |
| 56 | A scene from the first world war … effects recreated for a unique airshow . |
| 57 | The aliquots are withdrawn from specified depths at the time intervals shown for a full analysis of the fine particle content . |
| 58 | Where is the Wagon Train that seemed permanently to be circling its wagons waiting for a drunken pioneer 's wife to have twins in the last of them ? |
| 59 | At the start of the negotiations the ACP countries called for a wide-ranging revision of the convention to take account of developments in recent years which had adversely affected their economies , in particular rising debt ( currently estimated at USdollars 200,000 million for the sub-Saharan countries alone ) and falling commodity prices . |
| 60 | Whilst Harry 's replies were being vetted , his photo was taken for a false identity card , and his uniform and shoes exchanged for a civilian outfit . |