Example sentences of "for a [noun] of [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elitism has to mean more than this — even in its modern , broader sense — for it to be of analytical use , so modern elite theory has tended to argue for a plurality of elites which may interact or compete in a variety of ways . |
| 2 | Later on the same page he makes this challenging statement ‘ If any of us actually had the power to release souls from purgatory and refused to exercise that power except in return for a payment of money he would be considered cruel and unchristian — which indeed he would be . ’ |
| 3 | Most delegates instead called for stronger efforts towards integration in such areas as energy policy , environmental policy and protection of human rights , and for a concept of Europe which included neutral and reformist Eastern European countries . |
| 4 | By examining data which give the criminal record and other characteristics for a sample of subjects it is possible to develop a statistical equation which can be used for making predictions . |
| 5 | In 1747 , for example , Mrs. Mary Campbell of Boquhan sought the patronage of her kinsman , Lord Milton , for a resident of Stirling whose already precarious circumstances had been rendered still more unstable by an unexpectedly large addition to his family , his wife having been ‘ brought to bed of three children who are alive and well ’ . |
| 6 | We were not feeling at all holy when we went in , having decided that all men were rotters , and fancy leaving us at Christmas for a couple of dames they had only just met ! |
| 7 | For a couple of minutes they made sickbed small talk while Maxim tried to decide just how Blagg was . |
| 8 | For a couple of minutes she gave in to another uncharacteristic fit of temper . |
| 9 | The incident room was in darkness , except for a couple of desks whose reading lights had not been switched off , a glowing computer screen and the flashing red lights of some electrical equipment . |
| 10 | And for a couple of hours they had talked . |
| 11 | ‘ For a couple of hours I feel like a man again , ’ said one . |
| 12 | What about the last we did yesterday actually designers and training , it 's quite a , it 's quite a struggle that had a long day , been sitting here for a couple of hours I du n no it seems longer and there you are and you 're actually struggling |
| 13 | If he got his head down for a couple of hours he would be nice and fresh for the evening . |
| 14 | He started then with the money , because he had the giro , so I was getting into a mess again , was n't I. So for a couple of weeks we were paid separately . |
| 15 | Last weekend well for a couple of weeks she 's been on a downer . |
| 16 | When she woke up again , for a couple of seconds she could n't remember where she was . |
| 17 | For a couple of days we had rain |
| 18 | Then out on to an assignment or with somebody in the field for a couple of days whichever company you go into . |
| 19 | For a couple of days I was extremely nervous . |
| 20 | Terry and I were worst hit and for a couple of days I was left off the chain so that I could use the toilet whenever I needed . |
| 21 | For a couple of days I got on with life 's rich pageant without thinking any more of Jo or her bloody credit cards . |
| 22 | I 've got some bits in there for her a few kittens in there for a couple of days I , so they 'd go up , pick them up and they get left |
| 23 | Yeah I do n't say we do n't row , I do n't say we do n't argue and get on each other 's nerves , we do , but when he goes back to work now for a couple of days it 'll take me three or four days to settle down into not having him there . |
| 24 | you get thirty in a bag for about well just erm for a couple of quid I think , or you get twenty four in a bag , oh I do n't know , you get something like that anyway yeah |
| 25 | Against the black walls there were of course changes in fashion , changes of music , changes in drink ; for instance for a couple of years you could get little liqueur glasses of violently alcoholic black coffee with pyramids of whipped cream on top after one of the barstaff had come back from an affair with a real sailor ( or so he said anyway ) in some German port , Germany somewhere . |
| 26 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 27 | For a couple of years he worked in London with MI6 , mainly bugging diplomatic premises and illegally opening diplomatic mail . |
| 28 | Then for a couple of years she helped set up a women 's bookshop and café run on high but unmanageable collective principles . |
| 29 | For a couple of years she and I had knocked around the Mediterranean , then I had sailed her across the Atlantic . |
| 30 | But now she 's alright , she had a feather of pillow for a couple of years it 's like |