Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the length being searched for is 10 or more letters , a further test checks for a ±1 match with the required length . |
| 2 | 7.3 If they touch on the point , discussions of restriction invariably proceed in a way which implies that the property of a restrictive adjective stands for a property which is to be ascribed to the entity of the noun phrase . |
| 3 | A white woman asks for a bath , and they go and give her the key to the bathroom , things like that . |
| 4 | In the UK , if a talented person applies for a job he will be turned away if there is no vacancy ; in the USA a job is likely to be created to take advantage of that person 's talents . |
| 5 | Their opportunities , their perception of their opportunities , and their choices among their opportunities must all be determined by the complex whole , as must the fact that a ruling class opts for a particular ideology , and the fact that it opts for any justificatory ideology . |
| 6 | When numbers are written as figures a given digit stands for a word . |
| 7 | The notion of a learned non-correlation fails for a rather different reason — it can accommodate the facts but largely because it attempts little more than a redescription of the facts to be explained . |
| 8 | If a significant departure appears for a certain chromosome , the chromosome can be examined in more detail and the position of the peak grain distribution related to the G-bands . |
| 9 | Resolution 10 which will be proposed as a Special Resolution extends for a further year at a slightly higher level the authority previously given to disapply such pre-emption rights in the case of small issues and to deal with certain aspects of rights issues . |
| 10 | But nice , attractive , desexualised people having a bad time makes for a ‘ white bread ’ product , a cop-out . |