Example sentences of "[noun prp] for an [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beltsville , Maryland-based Micros Systems Inc reports that it has bought a 15% equity interest in Fidelio Software GmbH of Munich , Germany for an undisclosed cash sum with the option to buy the company outright over six years ; it also took majority stakes in three Fidelio distribution and support units . |
| 2 | Shortly after this a number of the members of the YCCC bundled into a car and drove the several hundred miles from Bell County , Kentucky to Newmarket , Tennessee for an impromptu Sunday meeting with Highlander staff . |
| 3 | Mr Brown , whose hits include ‘ Do n't Be Cool ’ , is returning to the United States for an over-all specialist health check-up when he finishes his remaining dates in Japan and Hawaii . |
| 4 | Background to this conundrum lies in Jim 's invitation on behalf of Scottish Nuclear 's Dry Store team to their opposite numbers in GEC/Alsthom for an 8-a-side golf match at North Berwick . |
| 5 | The campus boasts superb facilities , including indoor courts , and last winter the youngster travelled to Spain for an intensive training camp . |
| 6 | The man they call Lurch was the villain of the piece after his uncharacteristic boob let in Oldham for an 85th minute equaliser . |
| 7 | By spring 1969 the Lab was deep in debt ; sponsorship from the Arts Council an impossibility ; the wealthy of 1967 had vanished ; and Camden Council was pursuing Jim Haynes for an accumulating rate bill . |
| 8 | I take Thyroxin for an under-active thyroid gland . |
| 9 | The murder in Medellín on May 21 of a leading PL senator , Frederico Estrada Veléz , persuaded Barco to cancel a two-day visit to Peru for an Andean Pact summit meeting [ see p. 37451 ] . |
| 10 | The Liverpool manager should have been with his goal-starved squad when they flew to Cyprus for an important cup match tonight . |
| 11 | The rest of the cabinet was still reluctant to commit the taxpayer , but it was ready to take seriously a scheme put up by Lionel Rothschild for an international trust fund . |
| 12 | It was not felt appropriate to raise this as a direct question to the authorities so an application was made to Namibia for an amateur radio licence for a Dxpedition to the Penguins . |
| 13 | Bowe , still bitter after being beaten by Lewis for an Olympic gold medal four years ago , said : ‘ I was n't impressed at all . |
| 14 | Scharnhorst , taking Rawalpindi for an unarmed merchant ship , signalled her to heave to . |
| 15 | Not to be outdone , Liverpool defender Steve Staunton capably filled the striking boots of Ian Rush for the second half , scoring all three goals in their 3-0 win over Wigan for an 8-2 aggregate result . |
| 16 | One symptomatic phenomenon was revealed in my own research in Leicester for an Open University television programme , when I found that many teachers of English were unwilling to come to terms with the interest and creative potential of Asian students in English language , literature and drama . |