Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no special law allowing A , B , and C to meet together in the open air or elsewhere for a lawful purpose , but the right of A to go where he pleases so that he does not commit a trespass , and to say what he likes to B so that his talk is not libellous or seditious , the right of B to do the like , and the existence of the same rights of C , D , E , and F and so on ad infinitum , lead to the consequence that A , B , C , D and a thousand or ten thousand other persons , may ( as a general rule ) meet together in any place where otherwise they each have a right to be for a lawful purpose and in a lawful manner . |
| 2 | a false indication that a price is expected to be increased or reduced or maintained ( whether or not for a particular period ) ; |
| 3 | Interest is paid gross to all customers investing £50,000 or more for a fixed term of at least seven days . |
| 4 | However anyone looking to it for an explanation of how women have come to be excluded so completely from the control of machines , or even for a theoretical framework within which to pose such a question , is in for a disappointment . |
| 5 | Our cupid symbol indicates that we can recommend a special room for either a special room for either a honeymoon holiday or simply for a romantic celebration break . |
| 6 | Whether for a family occasion , an overnight stay , social or business function , a reception large or small , or simply for a quiet drink and snack , Statham Lodge Hotel welcomes every visitor in the same friendly way . |
| 7 | However a hand drill can be a useful extra tool for making holes in locations remote from a power supply , or simply for a one-off drilling job in the workshop for which it is not worth unpacking and setting up a power tool . |
| 8 | Rigid solids are much harder to get hold of in tension and so for a long time such testing as was done was confined to compression and bending . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure about that but I am sure that the relative strength of a South African side is the subject of heated debate all over the rugby world and , depending on who you speak to , the ‘ Boks are either the true World Champions or a collection of dinosaurs , hopelessly out of touch with the modern game and in for a rude awakening . |
| 10 | What 's happened is , of course , that as the costs have fallen and the micros have come in through the door so they 're very much smaller , erm it all becomes possible for the whole of society and not for a tiny elite . |
| 11 | His brief was to design an item of cutlery with and not for a disabled student . |
| 12 | The lights dim , the music starts , and just for a little while you journey into the past . |
| 13 | The ministers , from seven Arab countries , met in Tunis on Thursday night and yesterday for a fresh attempt to resolve the stalemate . |
| 14 | A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade . |
| 15 | In 1626 he wrote on the need for parliamentary reform , calling for the expulsion of non-resident borough MPs whom he regarded as illegally elected , and also for a major redistribution of seats in the House of Commons . |
| 16 | ‘ ( 1 ) When the seller is ready and willing to deliver the goods , and requests the buyer to take delivery , and the buyer does not within a reasonable time after such request take delivery of the goods , he is liable to the seller for any loss occasioned by his neglect or refusal to take delivery , and also for a reasonable charge for the care and custody of the goods . |
| 17 | Secondly , a director is likely to be restricted by his service contract from competing with his employer at any time while employed by the company , and probably for a short period afterwards . |
| 18 | These three premises can be regarded as together forming a possible new creed to be used in the search for a new meaning to the word ‘ god ’ , and hence for a new religion . |
| 19 | He was soon posted to England and then for a short period to Brussels before leaving the Bank in 1975 . |
| 20 | We have fought long and hard for a certain amount of privacy in society , especially within the home , but this has not been without cost , and now we search for ways of re-establishing the collective level , as it is a part of women 's nature to do . |
| 21 | Owen campaigned long and hard for a new building with more space and supervised the move to the present Natural History Museum in the 1880s ( chapter 8 ) . |
| 22 | Whilst we believe in our biologically-determined nature , there will be no possible utopia apart from these two : a matriarchy run by morally superior women , where desire is excluded , and where our innate niceness means that we can all live happily ever after ; or , we let the chaos out , and we rule fiercely and savagely for a short-lived reign , our ferocious and insatiable desire destroying everything around us . |
| 23 | For the reasons specified above , the 50 schools sampled were asked to provide us both with their overall attendance rate and the numbers of pupils absent for a specific week in June and again for a specific week in November . |
| 24 | At the special Cabinet , and curiously for a Prime Minister who wishes to get his own way when his colleagues are at best perplexed , he invited everyone else to give their own views before himself intervening . |
| 25 | Moreover , the inverse intensity of N-Oct 5 bands seen with the different expression constructs argue against the proteolytic processing mechanism but rather for a different transcript structure that affects accessibility of the AUG translation initiation sequences . |
| 26 | In the exercise of that right the landlord may exclude the tenant from occupation , but only for a reasonable time , and only if to do so is essential for the execution of the work ( McGreal v Wake ( 1984 ) 269 EG 1254 ) . |
| 27 | Grimsbury Secondary Modern was on the other side of the town , and had to be accommodated — I believe it was , successfully — within the plans , but only for a transitional period . |
| 28 | They had provided her with a local map , pin-pointing the exact location of the Château La Tour Monchauzet , and explaining she should take the Villereal road out of Issigeac , but only for a short distance . |
| 29 | In the end we all agree that AZT is an effective drug , but only for a short period . ’ |
| 30 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |