Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is occurring at the same time as the Commission is using the single market as an excuse to augment its power for political means . |
| 2 | Selling the tickets gave Paula an opportunity to make her play for Jeff Freeman . |
| 3 | Less than a week later , an opportunity to assuage her desire for knowledge presented itself . |
| 4 | I know that today is Saturday because already I am thirsty for a dry , hoppy pint of bitter at the end of the afternoon : an aperitif to sharpen my appetite for this evening 's Indian meal . |
| 5 | The disclosure came as the US secretary of state arrived in Egypt at the start of a tour of the Middle East and met President Mubarak and the foreign minister , Amr Moussa , in an attempt to win their support for an early resumption of the suspended peace talks |
| 6 | In cases where an employee sues his employer for breach of statutory duty , the court will be slow to find that the employer was guilty of contributory negligence . |
| 7 | However , despite an apparent dictum to the contrary , the Torquay Hotel principle does not , it is submitted , extend to imposing liability in a case where A has , without any unlawful act , done no more than persuade B to exercise an option open to him under his contract with C , for example , to terminate it by proper notice , for so to hold would be to draw an indefensible distinction between existing , but terminable , relationships and those which are merely prospective , and render it necessary to fall back on the defence of justification in order , for example , lawfully to persuade an employee to change his employment for higher pay . |
| 8 | He was glad that Henry had n't waived the charge altogether ; you would n't expect an electrician to rewire your house for free , just because you happened to be acquainted . |
| 9 | May the MEDAU SOCIETY continue to blossom , grow and stay alive — it is an example for us and at the same time an inspiration to continue our work for the benefit of people everyone . |
| 10 | An aunt lent her house for the occasion , my mother did most of the cooking helped by my sister , and my mother-in-law baked the cake . |
| 11 | An artificial log glowed in the manorial fireplace and I wondered whether she was admitting that it was n't really very nice now , and how often Syl felt it as an obligation to take his mother for drives around the countryside . |
| 12 | The country had entered a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) with the CARICOM countries on Oct. 27 , 1989 — in an effort to win their support for its accession to the Lomé Convention [ see p. 37133 ] — to refrain from exporting bananas to the European Communities in competition with other African , Caribbean and Pacific producers . |
| 13 | Lot nineteen sixty one , an option to purchase your honour for three hundred and eighty five which at that time was at a rate of nine hundred pounds a year and they went to this friend of the firm of solicitors and there of the document which doubly signed and was dated March twenty four nineteen sixty one but my consideration one pounds penny by thereby granted to for the purchasing of . |
| 14 | A similar clause in the 1991 Rugby World Cup TV deal provided ITV with an option to renew their contract for 1995 , which they have done forthwith . |