Example sentences of "[vb base] for a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irony is a good example of this exploitation and the difficulties such usages pose for a pragmatic theory based on appropriateness , for ironies take their effect and their communicative import , and thus their appropriateness , precisely from their inappropriateness . |
| 2 | When you shop for a new bed make sure you try out lots of models . |
| 3 | She may have been three years older than he was , pushing forty and not quite as pert as the sort of girl he favoured at this precise moment , but one day Jack would grow up , look for a real woman to take care of him , and there she 'd be , waiting and ready . |
| 4 | When choosing aluminium doors , look for a thermal break to prevent condensation , and a trickle ventilator built into the top frame |
| 5 | JUNE 30 : At the EGM , the BRDC members vote down a resolution by directors to ratify the deal and vote for a special resolution to have it unwound . |
| 6 | Bear in mind however , that if you opt for a natural wood finish your mistakes will all be seen ! |
| 7 | Although Phoenix House , looking for a star for its first list , was clearly ahead of its rivals , most of the nine houses which bid for A Suitable Boy put in six-figure offers . |
| 8 | Prickly heat is the term most people use for a medical condition called polymorphic light eruption ( PMLE ) . |
| 9 | Compact hobs are about 550 × 450 mm ( 21 × 17in ) but if you have space , go for a large hob to take awkward-sized pans : you do n't have to limit yourself to a simple , square configuration there 's no reason why you should n't have two or three small hobs in different places . |
| 10 | But it is just this sort of judgment which those who argue for a unfudgeable standard do not wish to see exercised . |
| 11 | They call for a five-year programme to knit together the nation 's best brains in computers , with the taxpayer contributing two thirds of the total bill of £350 million . |
| 12 | who doesnae wish for a Dishy Man to lick her inty shape . |
| 13 | The small size of the private-rented sector and the difficulties which council house tenants face in moving between local authority areas have for a long time constituted major barriers to long distance migration by lower-income workers ( Robertson , 1979 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1981 ; OPCS , 1983 ; Hamnett , 1984 ) . |
| 14 | I have for a long time had on file one respected artist 's offer to arrange an exhibition of a hundred of his works , and then to hand them straight over as a gift to the Russian Cultural Foundation . |
| 15 | As was noted in Chapter 4 , local education authorities have for a long time had a duty to provide special education for handicapped children . |
| 16 | This is not meant to be a criticism of the many carp bait firms which have for a long time sold baits which catch carp . |
| 17 | Libraries and librarians have for a long time sought to play a role in the educational development of young children in the formative and primary years , particularly in the simple stimulation of the reading habit . |
| 18 | AT ABBEVILLE airfield , l'Aero Club de la Somme have for a long time have shown off Dassault Ouragon No 215 . |
| 19 | The desire or need for a fresh start arose either because , as in the United States , some neighbouring communities wished to unite together under a new government ; or because , as in Austria or Hungary or Czechoslovakia after 1918 , communities had been released from an Empire as the result of a war and were now free to govern themselves ; or because , as in France in 1789 or the U.S.S.R. in 1917 , a revolution had made a break with the past and a new form of government on new principles was desired ; or because , as in Germany after 1918 or in France in 1875 or in 1946 , defeat in war had broken the continuity of government and a fresh start was needed after the war . |