Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The Mackinnons hosted them here twice , the second time being at the end of September after the pair had crossed the island to catch a boat for islands south of Skye . ) |
| 2 | I decided to watch the television in my room , or listen to the radio , and get to sleep early so I could be up just after dawn to catch a wasp for the Factory . |
| 3 | Langley spared neither blood nor fortune — he would beggar a nobleman for taking a fawn or a hare wandering on the road . |
| 4 | Other market roles invariably involve a search for the best exchange opportunities for translating an initially owned asset into something more eagerly desired . |
| 5 | This causes a tendency for material to move abruptly forward during the passage of the crest , while the slight movement associated with the trough is insufficient to affect the material . |
| 6 | On the ground floor , Isozaki has designed a hall for ticket and information desks , a bookstore and four rectangular galleries . |
| 7 | Even Michael Jackson has designed a trainer for LA Gear , imaginatively called ‘ Billie Jean ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Along those basic instrument guidelines , I 've designed a bass for BC Rich called The Punisher , which I have on stage . |
| 9 | Moreover , the Labour Party does not seek a mandate for its policies from the Northern Ireland electorate . |
| 10 | If one girl now has more than 24 beads , she has won a hole for each four beads on the other player 's side . |
| 11 | An interesting point here is that certain organisations have won a reputation for attracting and retaining senior management talent . |
| 12 | He has won a day for himself and a companion at Doncaster Races on March 19 the opening meeting of the Flat by providing the first correct entry opened in our recent racing competition . |
| 13 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) on Nov. 4 narrowly won a by-election for a seat in the upper chamber of the Diet for the conservative Aichi prefecture , the home region of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu . |
| 14 | Comma Oil & Chemicals has won a Power for Efficiency and Productivity ( PEP ) award — part of Seeboard 's annual Business Energy Efficiency awards — following the installation of thermosafe induction heaters developed by LMK Engineering . |
| 15 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was asking too much of Oxford , who have not won a game for a month , to exercise the same shrewd control at half-back demonstrated by Farr-Jones and Porta . |
| 17 | I had once won a prize for French poetry composition at school , so I did n't feel too outclassed in this respect . |
| 18 | Perhaps she was attracted to Jacqui 's work because she had just won a prize for designing a new uniform . |
| 19 | One of them kisses me as if I had won a prize for the most amusing and far-fetched story of the evening . |
| 20 | PARAGON 'S Sunday concert in Glasgow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama provided a showcase for the Romanian composer Violeta Dinescu . |
| 21 | It facilitated Britain 's surprisingly rapid re-emergence as a major capital exporter , and it provided a framework for a major squeeze on the colonies . |
| 22 | The structure plans then provided a framework for local plans , which were to be more detailed strategies prepared at district level . |
| 23 | The King model of pediplanation provided a framework for an interpretation of the vegetation patterns of the savannas of the southern hemisphere and in a series of papers Cole ( e.g. 1963 ) reviewed the climatic , edaphic and morphologic controls upon the types of savanna vegetation and concluded that the broad vegetation patterns related to the age of landsurfaces as expected from the King pediplanation model . |
| 24 | The 45 articles of the accord provided a framework for dealing with questions of product standardization , and other matters relating to customs regulations . |
| 25 | Viner provided a framework for the analysis of changes in trade patterns which lead to welfare losses as a result of participating in a CU . |
| 26 | Balcon 's desire to avoid ‘ socially objectionable ’ subjects and ‘ to make pictures worthy of that name ’ ( whatever that was supposed to mean ) provided a cover for turning the studio 's face away from the world . |
| 27 | In a sense , therefore , his body provided a cover for the sharpness of his mind , and the cold balefulness of his stare a cover for his crusades . |
| 28 | The Foundation provided a grant for the installation of mobile shelving and the room was officially opened in 1989 . |
| 29 | However , it is because Leavis provided a purpose for English that most people regard him as the central figure . |
| 30 | In the decade up to 1982 employment in firms with over 1000 workers fell by over a quarter and the establishment of affiliated companies provided a vehicle for shedding labour . |