Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should give warning to anyone in Britain preparing to cast a vote tomorrow for proportional representation . |
| 2 | Though taking up an interest for its own sake may also lead to new friends and a good social life , it can be helpful or necessary to join a club purely for emotional support or to forge fresh contacts . |
| 3 | Brinsworth House in Twickenham was opened as a retirement home for old variety artists in 1907 . |
| 4 | Since 1953 , when Watson and Crick had solved the structure of DNA and recognized that embedded in its famous double helix lay a mechanism both for genetic transmission of information and the directed synthesis of proteins , the detailed mechanisms of protein and nucleic acid synthesis had been unravelled and more and more aspects of its exquisitely precise cellular controls were becoming clear . |
| 5 | You 'd get a lot more for outright murder , even if you had n't meant to do it . |
| 6 | We never did have a proper wash house at our place like some people , with a big boiler and a fire underneath for hot water . |