Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [verb] for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ( The directories are created by the system administrators , who run a UNIX shell script that takes the login name of each student registered for a course and prepares a directory accordingly . ) |
| 2 | Section 4 of the Land Tenure Reform ( Scotland ) Act , 1974. contains no such alternative and subsection 4 of that section provides for a receipt which , like its prototype in the 1914 Act , is not in its simplest form a recordable document . |
| 3 | Predictions from these tables will let you down once or twice a year when a session of light wind invades for a few days . |
| 4 | The federal government 's 75 per cent share in Usiminas was sold for US$1,170 million , mostly to Brazilian investors ; the share of foreign capital accounted for a disappointing 5.9 per cent of the total . |
| 5 | Nor , since he lacked the four generations of noble blood required for a commission in the French navy , was he offered the command of a French ship . |
| 6 | For example , a general election for the House of Commons must be held at least every 5 years but only certain people have access to the vote and not all votes for different parties are of equal power in the absence of proportional representation making for a close correspondence between votes cast and seats won ; the House of Lords ( once a very powerful state institution ) can now only delay bills passed by the House of Commons ; the Prime Minister " must " come from the Commons ; and it is " expected " that a government will resign and call a general election if it is defeated in a vote of confidence on the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 7 | Some have suggested that the expansion of higher education makes for a better-informed , more rational public more inclined to participate in politics . |
| 8 | The right hon. Gentleman seems to be saying that , as we would expect of the British police , when a serious allegation is made , the chief constable of one force arranges for a senior officer of another to investigate the allegations , and everything about that investigation is laid bare for the public to see . |
| 9 | The problem for the unassisted plaintiff is that the expert 's fee and the cost of any application makes for a very expensive gamble on liability . |