Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 2 | The redevelopment of the er derelict factory site into smaller industrial units and making it er a form of want for a better phrase , enterprise zone where thanks to subsidies from the government and the E E C , we will look into making it rate free , reduced rents , etc. , er increase capital allowances for companies going in there so you could attract the needed capital intensive industries that will meet the high tech need that we have the need to have to create high tech jobs . |
| 3 | As part of its £11 million programme of support for a wide range of community activities , Barclays Bank has pledged £150,000 between 1989 and 1991 to fund Young National Trust Theatre , a professional Theatre-in-Education company . |
| 4 | No visible means of support for a perfect frame of clematis montana Rubens |
| 5 | I should also value , and quickly , advice and a possible letter of support for a particular job application . |
| 6 | The variety of the sources of support for a national scheme of family allowances are an important feature of the story of how the scheme was accepted and implemented . |
| 7 | During the ‘ phoney war ’ — the eerie nine months between Chamberlain 's declaration of war and Hitler 's attack in the West — there was a substantial current of support for a negotiated peace . |
| 8 | that there have n't been any forces of change for a thousand years . |
| 9 | He was very glad to hear Charles was getting so much better — he did n't want his brother 's death on his conscience , he said , and that gave Rachel a lot of hope for a future reconciliation . |
| 10 | Drawing on an earlier record of municipal activity and labour representation , it was able to consolidate its position at a time of hope for a new future by an active fusion of Labour Party , trade union and cooperative effort . |
| 11 | If the Muslims get arms , they believe , any shred of hope for a negotiated settlement would vanish and the world could expect at least one more round of slaughter . |
| 12 | he 's making a lot of noise for a little boy is n't he ? |
| 13 | Balaguer , who was blind and reportedly severely incapacitated , was accused of responsibility for an economic crisis , high unemployment and constant power failures , and of channelling available resources into the completion of the huge Colón lighthouse project , a contribution to the 1992 celebrations of 500th anniversary of Columbus 's arrival in the Americas , and also seen as a memorial to Balaguer himself . |
| 14 | Toronto-based CAE Industries Ltd reports that its CAE-Link Corp unit has won a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for a higher formation battle trainer for the British Army : terms were not disclosed , but CAE-Link will develop , install and maintain a command-and-control trainer to simulate a round-the-clock battle in real time for up to six weeks , creating the battlefield communications flow between the staff being trained , higher headquarters and subordinate unit headquarters ; it will consist of a central server networked to 170 controller and operator stations at two sites in the UK and Germany ; it has to be transportable for use at other training sites . |
| 15 | The prospects of the party improved somewhat with the adoption at the 1937 conference of an ‘ Immediate Programme ’ of nationalisation for a single term of office : this included all the major measures of the post-war Labour government except for iron and steel , which in any case was not to be fundamentally reorganised before the Labour government left office in 1951 . |
| 16 | Fig. 2.6 Examples of decision for a retail company |
| 17 | It 's a year of preparation for a new life away from the troubles and temptations that drew them to drugs and crime . |
| 18 | " Susannah is much too young of course for a big journey like this . |
| 19 | Use a large notebook or a pad of lined paper and teach him to leave two or three lines blank between the lines of text for a word-for-word gloss . |
| 20 | Obviously the first criteria is to make a profit and in the wave of enthusiasm for a new scheme a balance of potential profit against input of effort needs to be made . |
| 21 | The landlord requires security of income for a long period , and this is specially desirable where the landlord is an investing institution which pays out pensions or insurance policies , because a period of twenty-five years ' secure income facilitates the actuarial calculations necessary in order to determine the level of payments which the landlord can make . |
| 22 | This was schlock science , then and now at odds with mainstream genetics , but it was science in the service of ideology for a paranoid dictator in a hurry to make over his country . |
| 23 | If you lose the same amount of money for a second year you 're down to a position where one small slip would take the business into insolvency . |
| 24 | The materials are affordable — around £250 including skip and breaker hire for a modest pit — but when labour and VAT are added , they push it closer to £2,000 — at lot of money for a fancy hole in the ground ! |
| 25 | In 1965 , Lyndon Johnson , who , according to Atkin , wanted to be remembered as the ‘ Education President ’ , devoted much of his energies to the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act , which appropriated large sums of money for a compensatory education programme . |
| 26 | The term ‘ reward ’ covers receipt of money for a past favour even if there was no prior arrangement or agreement . |
| 27 | To buy a brand new PA system costs a lot of money for a single person , and as a group it is a huge risk as we are still at school ( lower 6th ) and do not wish to spend that sort of money when we can not guarantee we will still be together in a week , let alone a year 's time . |
| 28 | Is Jobson really 30 years old ? 2 million quid seems an awful lot of money for a 30 year old , although I would like to see us buy a really top class centre back . |
| 29 | This brought home to me the fact that paying lots of money for an established defender ( central ) is a massive risk . |
| 30 | He and Evgenia decided to move from the Lakes to Suffolk , where the East Coast rivers offered a paradise of variety for a coasting sailor and Ransome found that ‘ there were always web-footed children to help with the rigging , or to drink ginger pop ’ . |