Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament . |
| 32 | Although out of action for a long time , an internal iron water wheel survives . |
| 33 | But after being knocked out in the first round of the English Derby the dog injured a hind muscle and was out of action for a long time . |
| 34 | The legal control of odours arising from sewage disposal works merits attention at this point in view of statement of Wills , J. in R. v Parlby that the proper course of action for a local authority complaining of odour nuisance from a sewage disposal works is to obtain leave to file an information in respect of a public nuisance in the name of the Attorney General , ‘ A great public officer , who will not lightly interfere himself , or allow his name to be so used ’ , and for an individual to bring an action for private nuisance . |
| 35 | There is nothing more demoralising than coming home with an injury which keeps you out of action for a few weeks . |
| 36 | I 've been in this frame of mind for a long time , but no one seems to notice . ’ |
| 37 | The firm says it 's providing peace of mind for a growing number of women — opponents say it 's unfair to male taxi drivers . |
| 38 | President Hussein Mohammad Ershad has held effective political power since the military coup of March 1982 , and was elected by universal adult suffrage to the post of President for a five-year term in October 1986 ( see p. 34813 ) , having assumed that office in December 1983 . |
| 39 | The current Governor-General , Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo , would assume the functions of president for a transitional period , the duration of which was not fixed . |
| 40 | The last Governor-General , Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo , assumed the position of President for a transitional period expected to last three months . |
| 41 | And there is the pleasure of a relaxing Scottish sojourn in the lap of luxury for a mere £199 for two . |
| 42 | So there there does n't there is n't a conflict and th and there is n't a conflict because we have the area of search for a new settlement which is established in the referred to which is broader than the study area . |
| 43 | This spreading is part of the process of entrainment for a turbulent flow . |
| 44 | He tugged at the knees of his well-pressed trousers and watched Angelo pour out a cup of tea for a florid man with a limp . |
| 45 | I have n't eaten a meal or even had a cup of tea for a whole week . ’ |
| 46 | The title was then , as it still is now , largely a misnomer borne out of optimism for a nationwide club membership of deaf people . |
| 47 | Ryan 's proposal for a program for automatic story generation which fulfils her three criteria of creativity , aesthetic awareness and understanding will probably remain beyond the boundaries of feasibility for a long time , but it does demonstrate both the need for a greater contribution of ideas from poetics and narratology to developments in artificial intelligence , and the insights that can be gained from the attempt to shape one 's ideas about narrative into a form that can be learnt and applied by computers . |
| 48 | Nevertheless we are always faced with a contradiction between rates of deposition and the known thickness of rock for a particular period of geological time . |
| 49 | The normal reaction of all parturient females is to seek a degree of isolation for a transient period . |
| 50 | ‘ Even so there is no point in relying on this sort of investment for a short-term profit . |
| 51 | The horrible details of the 1914–18 war undoubtedly serve to heighten the poignancy of this feeling , and the creative energy of the war poets evokes its own sense of loss for a stable life snatched away , amidst ‘ the shrill , demented choir of wailing shells ’ . |
| 52 | ( Phil , from my old club at Royston , has joined in the support , a real act of friendship for a young man to give up a weekend to support an old woman . |
| 53 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |
| 54 | The Rules of Conduct and Codes of Practice may be amended , varied or rescinded as the Council may think fit and the Council may , in its absolute discretion , waive the provisions of any of the Rules of Conduct or Codes of Practice for a particular purpose or purposes expressed in such waiver and may revoke any waiver . |
| 55 | It says , The report concludes that on balance , the most appropriate area of research for a new settlement Greater York is the corridor along the A sixty four T on the North East of York . |
| 56 | Woods plays an explosive but repressed Manhattan cop , with Fox as a Hollywood matinée idol who decides to shadow him by way of research for a tougher kind of cinematic role . |
| 57 | There is scope in this period of defeat for a benign leader-figure who lets others make the ideological running . |
| 58 | Also — and I 'm quite prepared to admit this — because of all the problems I was having trying to find work , just at that moment I really did n't want the bother of hunting for a new home . |
| 59 | Fig. 2.4 The pyramid structure — layers of management for a retail company |
| 60 | UI expects a fully-converged ABI to result over time , which will eventually include some form of requirement for a common development environment . |