Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is also uplifting to find a course charted for a better world that combines environmental protection , civil liberties and economic development as three sides of a single strategy , rather than bolted together in disjointed and contradictory declarations . |
| 2 | As they peeled back the debris of centuries , complete houses and workshops emerged , still containing everyday tools , utensils and clothing from a civilisation buried for a thousand years . |
| 3 | The sign on the door tells the visitor he can have a tooth extracted for a trifling sum . |
| 4 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 5 | The Comoros are ruled by a President elected for a six-year term . |
| 6 | The Comoros are ruled by a President elected for a six-year term . |
| 7 | Under the provisions of the 1982 Constitution executive power is exercised by a President elected for a four-year term by a simple majority of votes . |
| 8 | A newcomer at the fair was Simon Lee of Gimpel Fils , who , while hesitant about sales at this early stage , had already accepted European exhibitions for two of the gallery 's younger artists , and had had a piece requested for a public exhibition in Potsdam . |
| 9 | His reactions to a challenge and his mode of speech , his capacity , are all those of a boy trained for a certain duty but not distracted from his natural instincts and responses . |
| 10 | Surely an aircraft bound on an important secret mission deep into enemy-held eastern France would not be used simply as a tug for a glider bound for a different , nearer destination — somewhere in Normandy , perhaps — when the lives of the highly-skilled parachute troops in that ‘ tug ’ , and the success of the ultimate S.A.S. operation itself , might be put in jeopardy . |
| 11 | The box was always somewhere on the floor by his bed , and was tied up with a bow , as if it was a precious parcel or a gift intended for a special person ; the bow was tied from a length of scarlet nylon ribbon which Boy had seen in the dustbin outside a florist 's , and had stolen , and taken home and ironed , having sensed at once that its splendid colour made it suitable for the tying up of this very special box . |
| 12 | Today , however , not only will they meet forty or less baying Athletico fans but also a team primed for a late surge up the League . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) " Kitchen-sink drama " is a name used for a particular group of plays written in Britain in the late 1950s and 1960s . |
| 14 | The place of the formal legal process — prosecution — is transformed in this compliance system from the public , occasionally dramatic , but quite conventional response in a sanctioning system to a rarity reserved for a small , highly selected number of cases . |
| 15 | In the case of a fixed date action to which Ord 17 , r 11 does not apply the return day must , unless the court otherwise directs , be a day fixed for a pre-trial review ( Ord 3 , r 3(3) ) . |
| 16 | But easily the best Lions ' movement of the match came when Tony Underwood and Gibbs made breaks to allow Clement to go on a weaving run for a converted try . |
| 17 | Now , with all Europe freed to unite ( or to fall apart ) , the time has come to devise a shorter , clearer replacement of all that has gone before — a constitution designed for a larger and more disparate union . |
| 18 | Second , the LEA must be informed if the head teacher has decided to exclude permanently a pupil excluded for a fixed or indefinite period . |
| 19 | In order to maintain the integrity of the offlined files , each file is verified at a rate determined for a particular installation . |
| 20 | She bought a dress made for a Peruvian bride , high-necked , tight-waisted , with big sleeves and a big floor-length skirt , white as a white rose , with white satin ribbons and white lace . |
| 21 | Doctor jailed : A doctor blamed for a botched abortion that resulted in a baby being born with a severed arm was jailed in New York . |
| 22 | It 's always in a working capacity , but the difference being that we note down the results of our work , document it very carefully so that we can provide some kind of a lesson learnt for a future operation . |
| 23 | However , it should be pointed out that not every coffin-maker or funeral furnisher knew this and one could end up with the horrendous mismatch of an elderly widower being given a plate intended for a young girl . |
| 24 | a system designed for a specific user and to work as an integrated unit . |
| 25 | For instance , if a couple opted for a full surrogacy arrangement , they could have a baby that bears the same genetic relationship to them as do children conceived in the normal way , while someone else copes with the inconvenience of pregnancy and birth . |
| 26 | His dark brows rose in astonishment at this attack and then he slid his arms round her and pulled her towards him , looking down at her with the sort of expression a grown-up reserved for a naughty child . |
| 27 | The make or buy decision approach described in Chapter 7 is an example of a structure designed for a specific purpose to ensure that a series of related questions are asked and answered in the same ordered sequence by everyone . |
| 28 | He had stayed up three nights researching south-east Asia for a speech planned for a big demonstration against the Vietnam War . |
| 29 | Balmain , a municipality named for a swashbuckling surgeon of convicts , had come again to the Grand Final and were heavily favoured . |
| 30 | If there is to be a time taken for a further hearing before me in relation to the question of interest and or a structured settlement , I regret that the parties will have to follow me , not purely from Chelmsford to London but thereafter to Maidstone . |