Example sentences of "[noun] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The range consists of 17 items with prices starting from £1 for a guest soap up to £9.95 for a pair of luxury coathangers . |
| 2 | Prices range from £9.95 for a three-metre black , blue or red cable up to £13.95 for a 5 metre orange or green version , £15.95 for a 5m translucent pink jobbie and £17.95 for a 5m toaster-type . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 4 | Pool midfielder David McCreery is fit after precautionary X-rays for a chest infection and could return to the side . |
| 5 | Britain 's IT firms , in company with any others that use electronic equipment , rely on universities and other institutions for a supply of skilled people . |
| 6 | An attendance rate of 90% for a week means that out of the 1000 possible attendances over the week , 900 were recorded . |
| 7 | Round was signed from St Helens for a club record of £65,000 in the summer of 1987 but he damaged a knee in his only game this season — at Carlisle in October — and needed a cartilage operation . |
| 8 | A businessman and a man who puts up ramps for a living ? |
| 9 | Two people are awaiting trial in connection with the attack , but 5 others , including Howard Banton , chief clerk for a firm of solicitors in the town , have appeared in court at Cheltenham , accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by plotting to persuade a witness to withdraw a statement . |
| 10 | His father started as an accounts clerk for a road haulier ; his mother was a shop manager . |
| 11 | They live in Langford Village , two miles from Bicester in Oxfordshire Barbara works as a clerk for a removal company , Joelle is a care assisstant at a home for the disabled , while Bobby is still at school . |
| 12 | Sidney Lee in his life of Shakespeare , 1908 edition , attributes his accurate use of legal terms to observation of his father 's legal battles and early association with members of the Inns of Court and there is also a suggestion that on his arrival in London he may have been employed as a clerk for a lawyer . |
| 13 | Erm , resolution that Synod appoints Jo , John as Synod clerk for a period of up to three years to commence at a date mutually convenient to him and the present Synod clerk . |
| 14 | ‘ I talked to a couple from Stirling for a while — Mr and Mrs Maclean . |
| 15 | And with Christmas coming , they 're asking anyone who 's thinking of giving a bike for a present , to think of giving the right clothing as well . |
| 16 | When I first came to the region I had thoughts of using a bike for a lot of short travelling . |
| 17 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 18 | The same method using netting would make effective protection for a bed of a dozen or more high-yielding strawberry plants . |
| 19 | In GEC 's Patent , the employer had obtained patent protection for a cockpit display unit which had been invented by an employee for use in military aircraft . |
| 20 | Dage has introduced an improved version of its disposable user comfort and increased protective coverall , offering enhanced protection for a variety of industrial and commercial applications . |
| 21 | ‘ Designer ’ black became the epitome of good taste : a defence against true style and protection for a multitude of sins . |
| 22 | They seem likely to continue to do so even after the reserve policy has been replaced by an interim policy of providing maintained protection for a list of specific products with the potential to compete with foreign products . |
| 23 | Until the 1988 Act , all a person had to do to gain copyright protection for a design was to make a drawing of the design in such a way that the design could be recognized from the drawing ( as long as the design did not relate to a spare part ) . |
| 24 | Damon was a nineteen-year-old student from California who was staying with Bodo and Liese for a month . |
| 25 | ‘ When we had n't seen her at the grave for a while we thought she must have gone away and so when we had any flowers left over we put them on Brian 's grave , ’ said Mary . |
| 26 | The old lady clutched at her chest for a moment , and Lina took a step forward , but Mrs Richards waved her away . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's ridiculous , ’ he says , ‘ this system of giving writers a grant for a year . |
| 28 | A six thousand pound grant for a proggie mat |
| 29 | If you do close then it will pretty conclusively solve my dilemma about whether or not I could have afforded to tap 50 quid out of my grant for a subscription next term . |
| 30 | The New Era Housing Association has won a 100 per cent grant for a £245,000 six unit development at Derwent Park , Loftus . |