Example sentences of "[det] [conj] a [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of a sudden several unpleasant consequences of spending a large amount of time alone with fitzAlan , without so much as a spit-boy for chaperon , rose forcibly to her mind . |
| 2 | His father intended him for an army career , but that and a project for farming in the colonies came to nothing ; and by 1885 he was living hand to mouth in Chelsea as an illustrator and journalist . |
| 3 | Reading is a process of identification with a work and a faithful reading will be nothing more than a word for word repetition of the text . |
| 4 | Firstly , it represents no more than a proposal for reform of the internal structure of the public company and not an accurate description of how the board at present functions in such a company . |
| 5 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 6 | In 1953 Antenor 's eighteen-year-old daughter , Maria Isabel , met and fell in love with James Goldsmith ( then the son of a hotel manager with little more than a taste for gambling and various romantic exploits to recommend him ) , and informed her father that she wished to marry him . |
| 7 | Ward had often threatened to have it converted into a work room but , as is the case with most attics , it remained nothing more than a storehouse for junk that was n't wanted elsewhere in the cottage . |
| 8 | If each party has his own private end to gain , but yet the joint aim is no more than a desire for prosperity or peace in industry , there is no tort . |
| 9 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |