Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WORK shadowing , a technique usually used for pupils to follow managers around their daily tasks , takes on a new aspect at Swindon , where teachers shadow apprentices on the press lines , and Rover management teaches in local schools . |
| 2 | If you feel that you might be able to adopt a child please ring for details , asking for Mary Hollingsworth , Mary Clark or Grace Dangerfield . |
| 3 | It 's a job normally reserved for heroes , generals and admirals . |
| 4 | A guide specially written for tourists planning a short stay in Moscow . |
| 5 | Institutional shareholders prefer an employee trust to an option scheme , as it will not dilute their equity in the company ; this is because an option scheme established by a company usually provides for options to subscribe shares , whereas an employee trust can be empowered to grant options over shares already in issue and which come to be held by the trust , as where an employee leaves and sells his shares to the trustees . |
| 6 | In 1750 , thanks to his Yorkshire connections , he was appointed as British resident in Brussels , an appointment suddenly revoked for reasons unknown . |
| 7 | Being both an exotic and a carnivore , it has started out with a double disadvantage , and sections of the rural population hate it with an intensity normally reserved for foxes or , worse , polecats . |