Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hypothesis was for a long time a subject of much contention in anthropology and is not even now entirely laid to rest , but the meagre historical record we possess can not possibly support such an assertion . |
| 2 | This , the kylix par excellence , remains for a long time a vehicle for some of the finest vase-drawing , in the ton do and in many figured compositions between the handles . |
| 3 | Often he sang a Livornese song with the words : ‘ I work for a hundred lire a month . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , for a new user a package can provide a useful way of getting experience with computerised systems quickly . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | For a sedentary person a lifetime spent between diets is not only self-defeating but dangerous . |
| 7 | Yet whenever you feel the urge to venture forth into civilisation again — perhaps for a romantic dinner a deux , or a soothing massage in the capable hands of a master masseur — the first class Hotel and adjoining Country Club are but a short walk from your front door . |
| 8 | He then surveyed for a French company a number of railway lines in Italy and Switzerland , before returning to England , where he worked on the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Railway and the Kennet and Avon and Stourbridge canals . |
| 9 | This can be very high , for a large company a change in market value of millions of pounds is not unusual . |
| 10 | It was , therefore , for a short time a part of the constitutional scheme that emerged from the revolution of the seventeenth century that ‘ Cabinets ’ were prohibited . |
| 11 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 12 | ‘ But if any man will read aloud on alternate mornings for a single month a page of Pindar and a page of the Psalms in any translation he chooses , I think I can guess which he will first grow tired of . ’ |
| 13 | For a human being a wasp or bee sting is always painful , but not necessarily serious . |
| 14 | For a fleeting second a hint of cynicism darkened his eyes . |
| 15 | For a spacious single garage , you need a strip of land about 4m ( 13ft ) wide ) , and for a double garage a width of about 6m ( 200ft ) would be ideal . |
| 16 | However , in return for a rent-free period a tenant may agree , for example ( a ) to surrender another lease , ( b ) not to receive a reverse premium , or ( c ) to carry work that would usually be the landlord 's responsibility . |
| 17 | So , by dint of various enquiries , we managed to locate a house in a more salubrious area , Cardington Road , where the landlady was prepared to offer us a small sitting-room in addition , for an extra guinea a week . |
| 18 | For an organic garden a pool is essential . |
| 19 | Cleveland Police are looking for an unusual recruit a horse following the retirement of ten-year-old mare Gellerdale . |