Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that occasion he had made a case both for a tutor-organiser to increase provision for trade unionist students and also for one to develop work in the New Towns of Harlow , Stevenage , Hemel Hempstead and Hatfield . |
| 2 | This case is , as is readily appreciated , a case merely for the existence of some sort of second chamber , and not for the House of Lords as at present composed . |
| 3 | So we 're going back in time a bit today for the mystery movie quiz . |
| 4 | If you 're not sure about them , you 'll be better off paying a bit more for the security of a larger firm such as British Telecom or the Electricity Board . |
| 5 | Having been told that there can be a contract either for the sale of specific goods or for the sale of unascertained goods , one might ask , ‘ Is there not a third category ? |
| 6 | The Marriner version of Capriccio , very beautifully played with not a hint of sentimentality , earns a recommendation both for the quality of sound — the finest of any here — which is full , clear and atmospheric and — more surprisingly — for the coupling . |
| 7 | Its passage had been delayed by the calling of the December general election , at which Prime Minister Poul Schlüter had sought to strengthen his position by obtaining a mandate both for the budget and for a programme of tax reforms [ see pp. 37868 ; 37924-25 ] . |
| 8 | When was the last time you drove a car just for the thrill of it ? |
| 9 | I take on board everything that Lesley said , but I still feel in my heart that there are times when you 're dealing with people who just need to be treated almost like a child again for a while and maybe maybe it 's a good place where the legislation leaves it , better than going to a sort of situation where healthy people might get pushed into asylums or whatever , but somehow I 'm not totally happy with where we are . |
| 10 | 9 ( 8 ) HOUSESITTER : Romantic comedy about an architect , Steve Martin , who builds a dream home for a girlfriend who drops him and is replaced by Goldie Hawn . |
| 11 | Yeah but he did go out with a girl there for a while did n't he ? |
| 12 | Philip Saunders makes a starker contrast between the limited exposure of currency funds and holdings in shares or unit trusts : ‘ With charges at 4 per cent initially and three-quarters of a point annually for a currency fund , would you pay 6 per cent to go into a plain old unit trust ? ’ |
| 13 | Thus , within the discipline of literature , there must be a place not only for poetry , but also for nineteenth-century German poetry , and a place somewhere for the use of fibre optics in cable television . |
| 14 | We cheer when a meerkat eats up a scorpion or a rattlesnake just for the hell of it . |
| 15 | A recognised formal staff structure acts as a basis both for the processing of instructions and for job control and expansion . |
| 16 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 17 | The restoration has been further financed by a subsidy of DFl.130,000 ( £40,625 ; $70,684 ) from the Ministry of Culture as well as by contributions from the owners of the villas who set up a foundation specifically for the purpose . |
| 18 | Wait a while longer for the adult insects to hatch and come up out of the soil . |
| 19 | He also found that sitting a person inside for a period each day helped the processes of healing . |
| 20 | Using scrap metal and steel porter 's barrow , they designed and built a trolley specifically for the job which carries not one but two sets in perfect safety and with greater manoeuvrability . |
| 21 | Barrow said : ‘ We have only nine signed professionals at the moment so we had to make a start somewhere for the future . |
| 22 | It is a sign of the nervousness around Europe that when the Irish asked a week ago for the treaty negotiations to be reopened so that they could amend the abortion protocol , other countries reacted with horror . |
| 23 | With you have to be organised and book at least a week ahead for the train you want . |
| 24 | His trouble this time was that masons , carpenters , and other mechanics were leaving the job almost as soon as they started , because of the outrageous rents being demanded by the people with houses bordering the line , especially in Rhyll , where they wanted ten shillings a week just for a room . |
| 25 | Tom , 27 , turned up a week EARLY for an appointment at Granada TV to show his skills . |
| 26 | Not a penny more for the classroom , for books , or for teachers . ’ |
| 27 | She is in a position to sign a lease immediately for the rent of a suitable home . |
| 28 | ‘ Someone who 'll argue the hind leg off a donkey just for the sake of it . |
| 29 | As for Morse , he looked for a second or two only , breathed very deeply , lurched a fraction forward for a moment as if he might vomit , then turned away . |
| 30 | Recollecting his churlish behaviour , Isabel wondered how she could be attracted to such a man even for a moment . |