Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oddly shaped tanks may not hold as much water as you may think , which is important when you consider that the stocking level for a mixed fish/invest system is 1″ of fish per six gallons of water . |
| 2 | It would be expected that if there was no right field advantage for a stimulus then the RFA would be aproximately 0.5 as the values for the left and right visual field would be about the same . |
| 3 | As sweetners to gain planning permission they 've also proposed part funding for a sailing centre and to pay forimprovements to the area around the lake . |
| 4 | It has been developed in response to customer demand and requests from Branch Banking Division for a more streamlined system . |
| 5 | A Victor V486MX mini-tower has just arrived at Lyndhurst West for a long-term test . |
| 6 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 7 | We have already quoted part of the letter to Rohde , written in December , which gives the best testimony to Nietzsche 's state of mind : " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years … |
| 8 | His first novel , Another Roadside Attraction ( 1971 ) , sets up a ludicrous adventure plot in which two ‘ heroes ’ attempt to carry the mummified remains of Jesus ( seized from t base for a whole series of chronological divergences and a parallel plot in which a zoo and hot-dog joint , together , are established as the roadside attraction to the title . |
| 9 | VINNY Jones nailed his colours to the wall yesterday as he swapped his Chelsea shirt for a Wimbledon one . |
| 10 | ‘ The unedifying scramble for a free judge causes great embarrassment to solicitors vis-a-vis their clients . ’ |
| 11 | — producing , for example , an increase in income support for a couple with two children aged 10 and 12 from £104.55 to £111.85 , and for a pensioner couple aged under 75 from £83.15 to £88.95 . |
| 12 | When Matthew Parris and another Tory MP who has since lost his seat tried to live on income support for a week , they both found it virtually impossible . |
| 13 | That in France , about which most information is available , had at various times responsibility for a wide variety of technical services — couriers , diplomatic bags , codes and , much more significantly , personnel and appointments . |
| 14 | So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway . |
| 15 | And if skills associated with the new technology are specific to a particular occupation rather than to a firm , why should either employer or employee prefer a long-term contract with one employer rather than a consultancy contract for a particular piece of work ? |
| 16 | His father started as an accounts clerk for a road haulier ; his mother was a shop manager . |
| 17 | For instance , he 'll write a guitar part for a guitar strung with six E strings , just the same note all the way across the neck . |
| 18 | He also claimed that staff aides to the then Vice-President Bush had intervened with HUD in 1985 in order to win a $500,000 grant for a Kansas City developer , Hector Barreto , a longtime supporter of Bush . |
| 19 | I am thinking of swapping the 2.6 litre petrol engine in my 1969 IIa LWB Safari for a Perkins 4203 diesel . |
| 20 | The selection of a building contract for a particular project is unfortunately often left too late to allow proper consideration of matching the contract to the job . |
| 21 | just fancy taking Penny in the west park for a while , I do n't |
| 22 | Yesterday , Chief Insp Fordy said Mr Jackson was accused of not having a firearms certificate for a shotgun and a rifle . |
| 23 | The UK government has deferred funding support for a major road scheme through the rainforests of the Central African Republic , and is calling instead for a thorough environmental impact assessment . |
| 24 | More spending on fundamental research , which has stagnated in the defence budget for a number of years , was announced . |
| 25 | And King is seeking quality crosses as Tranmere bid for a Prenton victory that would take them third in the first division . |
| 26 | Charles Augustus Busby of the Busby and Wilds partnership that had already provided a number of distinguished buildings in Brighton laid out a plan on the west side for a new , almost self-contained , estate with its own church and markets , to be called Brunswick Square . |
| 27 | Always a man of action , he enrolled at Napier College for a self-learning course and , in his own words , ‘ respectfully departed from insurance and never regretted it . ’ |
| 28 | This was to prove of considerable value to the Palace , because there was a young lad there who benefited greatly from the nurturing that an experienced campaigner like Jimmy Wilde could provide , before being eventually transferred to a 1st Division club for a record fee — Arthur Hudgell . |
| 29 | For both double and single bed welts I prefer to mattress stitch for a perfect finish . |
| 30 | So I thought it no less than my duty to book us into somewhere special on the west coast for a week . |