Example sentences of "with a [adj] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Titford , furnishing undertaker , funeral-carriage master and featherman , would provide his clients with a first-class funeral for the princely sum of £29 . |
| 2 | Teachers , with a professional nose for the job had been handling a range of social issues , especially under the general heading of PSE ( Personal and Social Education ) . |
| 3 | This long vacation tour provided the material for the poem Descriptive Sketches , which concludes with a rousing cry for the spread of Liberty , presumably by means of war and revolution . |
| 4 | The team took up the gauntlet thrown down by the Health and Safety Executive and came up with a thorough checklist for the city 's 7 homes . |
| 5 | And in the game of rugby we , too , will need a new sort of president with a contemporary vision for the game . |
| 6 | As society evolved , however , relations between people became at once more individual and flexible with a greater scope for the exercise of choice and free will . |
| 7 | Hot favourite after the first two races is Witton-le-Wear-based Harry Williams ' Pond Curlew , which is unbeaten off 8 metres , winning by 5 9 and 7 lengths , with a best time for the 450-metres trip of 27.44 secs . |
| 8 | This , according to Wolfgang , would have distinct advantages : it would provide him with a legal outlet for the ‘ voice of nature ’ , which he swore he had never yet indulged , being too honourable either to seduce innocent girls or have dealings with prostitutes ; and a wife would be able to tend his domestic needs — he admitted he was no good at looking after himself . |
| 9 | Although originating in the universities , the new grassland ecology did not become a formal academic discipline , and flourished best among botanists with a practical concern for the problems experienced by the farmers who were interfering with the natural vegetation of the area . |
| 10 | WITH all the youngsters now invading the tennis world , it was somewhat ironic , perhaps even worrying , that Chris Evert turned out to be the heroine of the 27th Federation Cup , in Tokyo , which ended yesterday with a predictable victory for the United States . |
| 11 | ‘ … natural clowns with a keen eye for the incongruous and the absurd … a wealth of shrewd and satirical observation … = tumbling , magic , mime and illusion … |
| 12 | Curfews are broken , drinks are tanned , discos are dismantled , golden opportunities are recklessly squandered , and matches are won and lost with a callous disregard for the nation and its emotional stability . |
| 13 | Mathematics if not logic equated the two-goal lead Chelsea had established on the hour with a third-round place for the First Division side after the two clubs had drawn 1-1 at Stamford Bridge . |
| 14 | His blazer studded with drawing pins in homage to Presley 's cloth of gold , he cut through the verbiage with a revolutionary cry for the times . |
| 15 | In the 1850s a new electoral system with a complex arrangement for the election of an electoral college for each social class further downgraded the possibility of political intervention for the Poles . |
| 16 | " You know you 're doing wrong , " said the team leader who was like a bear with a sore head for the rest of the morning . |
| 17 | Unlike NAEP , the APU started with a cross-curricular model for the areas to be tested , proposing the six lines of development already mentioned in Chapter 3 . |
| 18 | McKean narrowly failed to catch his Jarrow rival with a late run for the line . |
| 19 | In that sense , he is no ‘ revolutionary ’ , but rather a deep student of solutions , with a solid capacity for the kind of apparently trivial details that make all the difference between winning and losing , between safety and risk . |
| 20 | The huge articulated truck with a separate cab for the driver appeared out of nowhere , moving at high speed , lights undimmed and aiming straight for him . |
| 21 | There 's already a school for boys in Morton , and now I want to open one for girls , so I 've rented a building for it , with a small cottage for the schoolteacher . |
| 22 | When confronted with a small garden for the first time , its often difficult to know what to do for the best . |
| 23 | It left her with a great admiration for the contemplatives , even if God still has to forcibly take her by the scruff of the neck and put tier in a position where she has no option but to be still on occasion . |
| 24 | He seems a level-headed lad with a great temperament for the game . |
| 25 | Thus , Lewis and Clark left the area with a strong regard for the Nez Perce : |
| 26 | Systematic sampling of West German voters carried out in 1979–80 indicated that 13 per cent of all voters in the Federal Republic had a consolidated extreme rightist ‘ world view ’ ; 14 per cent responded positively to the statement that ‘ we should again have a Leader who would rule Germany with a strong hand for the good of all ’ . |
| 27 | Opportunities for the development of clinical and managerial skills , with a clearer role for the specialist nurse practitioner and adviser . |
| 28 | The world was to christen him ‘ The Doc ’ but those who followed his bewildering career as it lurched from one club to another will always know him as Dr Strangelove , a man with a healthy appetite for the physiotherapist 's wife . |
| 29 | Do n't worry too much about providing her with a healthy diet for the time being — the strangest combinations of food can provide an adequate intake of nutrients and children can be perfectly healthy on remarkably little . |
| 30 | After the usual shots of the day 's decisive football matches some highlights were shown of the Million Sterling Tournament at Sandwich , with a good puff for the dramatic finish awaiting viewers on the morrow . |