Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite much ‘ hype ’ that there was considerable Japanese interest and the Museum suddenly a centre for former Imperial Japanese airframes ( see page 22 ) , the A6M Zeke restoration package failed to attract interest . |
| 2 | A damp warm world inhabited by insects and turtles was suddenly a disguise for horrible terrors with huge teeth . |
| 3 | The 433/L is very much a machine for ‘ 90 ‘ s . |
| 4 | It was very much a day for getting back to basics and also for sharing knowledge , skills and experience to help each other . |
| 5 | It is as much a benefit for the father to have the child looked after by the mother as by a neighbour . |
| 6 | International exposure is as much a requirement for cultural development as it is for sport ’ . |
| 7 | If we could say ‘ I know ’ only when we could also say exhaustively how it is that we know , it would create just as much a problem for the sophisticated philosopher as for those of us who are simpler . |
| 8 | If it is any consolation , the whole question of arrangement seems just as much a problem for people with enviably rare and valuable collections as it is for those with hardly enough to call a collection of anything . |
| 9 | His extraordinary achievement is just as much a triumph for his mother . |
| 10 | Golf on the Continent in the 1920s was very much a pastime for the rich , whereas in Britain professionals were employed by clubs as low-paid servants : across the Channel they were regarded as the social equals of the members they served , by virtue of their skill at the game . |
| 11 | Getting used to an all-female environment must have been just as much a shock for Eva . |
| 12 | She 'd had no chance even to tell David that her family would be at OBEX the following day , so it could be as much a shock for him seeing Jennifer as it would be for her sister . |
| 13 | Yet the consequences of any significant changes are a matter of the utmost concern to planners and to politicians at all levels , the quantification of the costs and benefits of alternative policy strategies is very much a matter for economists , and the adaptation of societies to massive change is a particular interest to sociologists and others . |
| 14 | To avoid this second and ultimately much more fundamental tragedy , the relationship between GCSE , records of achievement and other assessment initiatives needs to become as much a matter for urgent discussion and evaluation as the initiatives themselves . |
| 15 | But what was put on the plinth was very much a matter for the taste of the occupier of the house for the time being … |
| 16 | Until the Bolshevik revolution the question of whether Marxists should be inside or outside the Labour Party was very much a matter for themselves , as for all other radical and socialist groups . |
| 17 | The ten-year programme represents not so much a strategy for growth ; it is more a guess at the government 's ability to rein in the booming provinces of the southern coast and the Yangtze delta . |
| 18 | Easy to play , fast-moving , athletic , it is very much a game for the modern world . |
| 19 | The finale of Unforgiven is as much a tragedy for the survivors as for those who bite the dust . |
| 20 | Rosaline is very much a match for Berowne ; this is her last challenge to him , at a moment in the play when death has blown all comedy away . |
| 21 | This is very much a book for specialists . |
| 22 | It is not so much a book for reading as a book to which reference can confidently be made both on general matters and on points of detail . |
| 23 | In fact , " pluralism " was as much a term for describing institutional arrangements as for emphasizing varieties of approach or methodology . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's very much a future for DOS . ’ |
| 25 | The product range includes equipment for medical uses : eg a vehicle for children with spina bifida and portable kidney machines . |
| 26 | The work they 've put in , erm , and obviously , if you give your support to erm , make them a grant , it 's basically a grant for adults . |
| 27 | Thus Quality Control is basically a system for setting quality standards , measuring performance against those standards and taking appropriate action to deal with deviations outside permitted tolerances . |
| 28 | What happened in Panama was that when the other 50 photographers showed up the Americans went on some mock patrols in some neighbourhoods where there was nothing ; it was basically a photo-op for the press . |
| 29 | It is basically a hobby for , as he has no interest in clubs or competitions , although he would now like to try some ‘ stacking ’ This involves , as the name suggests , attaching extra kites to the same line , considerably increasing the pull of the kite . |
| 30 | Like all disc grinders , the body shell is basically a cover for a powerful motor which drives the disc at high speed . |