Example sentences of "an [noun sg] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 2 | THE Duchy of Cornwall will continue to provide an income for the Prince and Princess of Wales . |
| 3 | And they paid me sixteen and six an hour for the tractor and a mower and myself . |
| 4 | Hope 's greatest power lay in his writings , which were prolific and varied , although an enthusiasm for the high-church and Gothic Revival architecture predominated in his works . |
| 5 | These provide an opportunity for the tutor and the students to respond to each other and to discuss problems in a way which is not possible with the normal marking of test papers at a distance . |
| 6 | A third role of sleep is that it provides an opportunity for the growth and repair of tissues . |
| 7 | The author 's credentials as an advocate for the popularity as well as the excellence of publicly-sponsored theatre are beyond question . |
| 8 | It should also , she urged , be an advocate for the book as well as conducting campaigns such as the fight against VAT : ‘ Celebrating what is good is as important as campaigning ’ . |
| 9 | The most recent sustained attempt to resolve it , made by a Newcastle doctor , M. H. Armstrong Davison , is also the most recent example of the inexplicable difficulty of avoiding the temptation to become an advocate for the prosecution or defence of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 10 | This , then , was the basis by which Marx and Engels could argue that the state in capitalist society was but an instrument for the exploitation and repression of the working class . |
| 11 | After the expiry of the one-year period , the plaintiff carriers brought an action for the freight and the defendants raised a counterclaim and set-off based on the short delivery . |
| 12 | These elections concluded the business of the first day of the Leeds Congress , on which , in the words of the preamble to the constitution of the BDDA : The Deaf and Dumb of Great Britain and Ireland agree[d] to form themselves into an Association for the advancement and protection of their interests in every possible way ( in such a manner as will not interfere with the work of the existing societies ) . |
| 13 | no , what I 'm say is they might of had an interview for the university as well |
| 14 | We are struggling for a terminal at which trains can come in from all parts of the country , at which there can be an interchange for the continent and at which people can move on relatively quickly . |
| 15 | In 1643 , parliament gave retrospective official approval to this iconoclasm by passing an ordinance for the dismantling and destruction of ‘ all crucifixes , crosses and all images and pictures of any one or more persons of the Trinity , or of the Virgin Mary , and all other images and pictures of saints or superstitious inscriptions ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a great personal honour but I regard it as an honour for the club and the city of Leeds as well . ’ |
| 17 | The docks , the University of London , the theatre in the age of Kean , the London art world , Rudolph Ackermann and British commerce are all examined in the marvellous introductory essays by Simon Jervis , Ian Jenkins , Celina Fox and others which combine detailed research with an eye for the smell and feel of the city . |
| 18 | That is to say , he was prepared to commission an article for The Criterion and to pay for it in advance . |
| 19 | The tax , intended to provide an incentive for the use and development of recycling , covers both commercial and industrial waste and will amount to an average of about £2 a tonne . |
| 20 | The programmer writes programs to unleash the powers of the machine ; the designer writes an interface for the program that fits the personal needs of tailor , musician , secretary or — dare we hope — journalist . |
| 21 | This remedy has an affinity for the blood and circulation . |
| 22 | ‘ Your orders , Colonel , are to prepare an ambush for the man and the American . |
| 23 | One thing is certain : this is not an area for the amateur and it will pay to take professional advice . |
| 24 | Soon after the war started Helliwells Aircrafters , it was known , started an operation for the repair and rebuilding of aircraft for the RAF . |
| 25 | Having said that , each and every Rottweiler who is taken out into the public 's glare is an ambassador for the breed and we must do the best we can . |
| 26 | So we 'll have a coffee break and then what I want you to do when you come back is I 'll give you an objective for the talk that you 're going to give based on that you 've just done and then I want you to select three themes and three sub-themes that will support the objective that you 'll then be able to use . |
| 27 | Far from being on the shelf , the school library is playing a central role in the delivery of the national curriculum in secondary schools — actively used by teachers , an asset for the school and a haven of pastoral support for students . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) Where by virtue of a decision of a licensing board under the proviso to subsection ( 1 ) above only alcoholic liquor other than spirits may be sold , it shall be an offence for the licence-holder or his employee or agent to sell spirits . |
| 29 | Provided that at a meeting of a licensing board the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote on an application for the grant or provisional grant of a new licence , and such an application shall be granted by the board only by a majority of the members thereof present and voting . |
| 30 | ( 5 ) In the case of an application for the grant or provisional grant of a new licence , the applicant shall , not later than three weeks before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , give notice in writing of the application to every occupier of premises situated in the same building as the premises to which the application relates . |