Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [noun] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For clothes , I suggest catalogues for a good selection . |
| 2 | Whether you want inspiration for a light lunch or an impressive supper , we can provide it . |
| 3 | If you want money for a specific purchase , you are more likely to be offered a personal loan . |
| 4 | There is a much smaller choice of sizes if you want a lean-to garage , and generally only single garages are available , on the very reasonable grounds that if you have space for a double garage you have room for a detached one ! |
| 5 | So , if you have room for a large tank why not give them a try ? |
| 6 | There is a much smaller choice of sizes if you want a lean-to garage , and generally only single garages are available , on the very reasonable grounds that if you have space for a double garage you have room for a detached one ! |
| 7 | ‘ Horology is the study or measuring of time or making of clocks ’ — that 's what our dictionary says and the latter is what we do ; we make clocks for a large company called the London Clock Company , but we had very humble beginnings … . |
| 8 | ‘ We have talking for a long time about how the company might change structurally , and many of Alan Gordon Walker 's proposals would have left me with a job that I did n't want to do , ’ she said . |
| 9 | But guilt is also within us — it is our feeling , realistic or not , that we have responsibility for a specific or amorphous offence against humanity or God . |
| 10 | In so far as the actions since 1979 have politicized areas hitherto relatively immune to such considerations they provide pretexts for a future Labour government to intervene in these spheres . |
| 11 | Zealots may feel their blood quicken when they hear calls for a holy war ; many of the imams who denounce the presence of infidel troops on Islamic soil know they owe their livelihoods to Saudi money . |
| 12 | Mr Edwards also detects caution in employers who are recruiting : ‘ They hire people for a specific period , maybe one or two years , so that at the end of that time they can decide whether or not to renew their contract or make them redundant . |
| 13 | In fact , many organisations have reduced this and other functions to such an extent that they use consultants for a wide variety of activities whether it be for strategy advice , for marketing , production , organisation development , training or indeed executive search . |