Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PARAGON 'S Sunday concert in Glasgow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama provided a showcase for the Romanian composer Violeta Dinescu . |
| 2 | The victory was both immediate and absolute ; equally important , it provided a tonic for the Allied civilian population , who were becoming increasingly war-weary and despondent . |
| 3 | It provided a vocabulary for the mass marketing of hippies . |
| 4 | Hennessy watched the Rover go , following it until it was lost behind a fold in the uneven green that provided a covering for the harsh crags underneath . |
| 5 | Between the wars it provided a market for the growing volume of Treasury bills issued by the government to meet its short-term financing needs . |
| 6 | However , the division of Germany , the decision to create a West German State , and the establishment of Nato provided a legitimation for the Soviet role in eastern Europe — and vice versa . |
| 7 | Its simplistic political viewpoint may have correctly reflected attitudes at the time it was set ; but it provided a target for the anti-war movement and provoked demonstrations in many cities world-wide when it was shown . |
| 8 | This revolutionised almost all aspects of the earth sciences , and provided a mechanism for the older concept of continental drift , which was , until the 1960s , an often-dismissed peripheral idea . |
| 9 | Sentence ( 10 ) tells us of a " weakness " of the " heart " , but not until ( 11 ) , where this matter is taken up again in the expression " the poor child was not robust " , do we learn that it provided a reason for the present interview : it was for this reason ( we surmise ) that the Moreens wished to engage a resident tutor . |
| 10 | It also provided a basis for the subsequent investigation , encouraging the analysts to approach the second phase in a structured and methodical manner . |
| 11 | Yet it also provided a basis for the dynamic interpretation of biological processes , leaving room for a high degree of psychosomatic interaction . |
| 12 | This gave the project a visible identity within the school and provided a focus for the curricular aspirations of a number of key departmental representatives ( particularly the heads of history and IS ) . |
| 13 | However , though they now understand the atomic organisation of the plates , Professor Mann said more work had to be done to find out how the cell provided a template for the exotic shapes to emerge . |
| 14 | It also provided a forum for the latest research results . |
| 15 | The growth of the embryo towards maturity provided a model for the whole evolutionary process . |
| 16 | On Oct. 18 , at peace conference talks in The Hague [ for third session , on Sept. 19 , see p. 38421 ; the second session had taken place on Sept. 12 ] , the EC proposed a plan for the future structure of Yugoslavia , loosely based on its own structure . |
| 17 | In civil defence terms the Scud attacks , directed as they were at civilian populations , posed a dilemma for the Israeli authorities as it was not known in advance whether the missiles would carry conventional or chemical warheads . |
| 18 | The big guns and the big guns I found a use for the fucking thing . |
| 19 | Last month , we used a cabin for the disabled : it was close to the lift from the car-deck , and had wide doors , a pull-down in the shower , grab-rails and an alarm button . |
| 20 | In 1834 , for example , he headed a subscription for the Spanish politician and financier , Mendizabal . |
| 21 | Heavy going at Heathfield made for some slow times at the South Down & Eridge , where Chris Gordon scored a double for the second successive Saturday on Kirstenson and Please Explain . |
| 22 | These comprised a respect for the old , for those in positions of authority and for austerity of manner and appearance . |
| 23 | By the time she found it , booked a ride for the next day and searched — without success — for tennis courts , and pushed the bike up the steep hill which led to the cottage , it was mid-afternoon . |
| 24 | The home selectors had been ridiculed in the press for the squad they chose , and it hardly seemed a match for the mighty West Indies ; yet by steady bowling and sound batting , England won all three games convincingly , and chemists did a good trade in indigestion tablets as much humble pie had to be eaten . |
| 25 | Keke Rosberg and Jean-Pierre Jabouille , to their delight , secured a finish for the new Peugeot in its second race . |
| 26 | Hooley 's gilded years came to an abrupt end in June 1898 , when he himself filed a petition for the first and most sensational of his four bankruptcies . |
| 27 | As long ago as 1869 , W. S. Jevons prepared a memorandum for the British Treasury , estimating that the tax rate was 10.1 per cent for a family with expenditure of 40 per annum compared with 9.0 per cent for a family with 500 ( Roseveare , 1973 ) . |
| 28 | The Small Hural ( standing parliament ) approved a law for the private ownership of land , it was reported on Oct. 10 . |
| 29 | So InterCity declared a policy for the 1990s of offering catering in some form , on all their services . |
| 30 | United States trade figures for the second quarter of 1971 showed a deficit for the first time . |