Example sentences of "[noun prp] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beltsville , Maryland-based Micros Systems Inc reports that it has bought a 15% equity interest in Fidelio Software GmbH of Munich , Germany for an undisclosed cash sum with the option to buy the company outright over six years ; it also took majority stakes in three Fidelio distribution and support units . |
| 2 | KEEP CLEAR : Ref Roger Dilkes ignores an angry Dave Beasant … . after giving a free-kick against Chelsea for an accidental back-pass … |
| 3 | GTE Corp 's GTE Telephone Operations in Irving , Texas has signed definitive agreements to sell its telephone service areas in North Dakota and South Dakota for an undisclosed sum : it will sell its 10,200 access lines in North Dakota to TPC Inc , owned by United Telephone Mutual Aid Corp , Dakota Central Telecommunications Cooperative and Polar Communications Mutual Aid Corp and its 8,000 access lines in South Dakota to Golden West Telecommunications Co-operative , GTE said . |
| 4 | Mr Paisley said he had taken up an invitation from Miss Boothroyd to raise his concerns after an unsuccessful request by Upper Bann MP David Trimble for an urgent debate in the Commons yesterday . |
| 5 | He awarded the trophy for the best exhibit in the show to Marian Cresswell for an orange clivia pot plant . |
| 6 | Shortly after this a number of the members of the YCCC bundled into a car and drove the several hundred miles from Bell County , Kentucky to Newmarket , Tennessee for an impromptu Sunday meeting with Highlander staff . |
| 7 | As there is every advantage to a team cheating , I thought it right that the sporting authorities had stomped on McLaren for an avoidable mistake , and I retain that view . |
| 8 | Lord Nelson sails out from Liverpool next Friday for an eight-day voyage to the Inner Hebrides . |
| 9 | he should ask Scott for an accurate estimate now , when he could still withdraw . |
| 10 | Thanks to teachers from Inner Surrey for an excellent tea . |
| 11 | Thanks to Outer Surrey for an excellent tea . |
| 12 | Mr Brown , whose hits include ‘ Do n't Be Cool ’ , is returning to the United States for an over-all specialist health check-up when he finishes his remaining dates in Japan and Hawaii . |
| 13 | Notts opener , Chris Broad in commanding form , striking Radford for an early boundary . |
| 14 | ‘ I was definitely not in my best shape because I had had major surgery in May for an ovarian cyst . |
| 15 | Take off early morning before the heat of the day , and back in England for an easy onward journey by 0800 . |
| 16 | Sainsbury 's has said it will pull out altogether if a forthcoming appeal by Safeway for an out-of-town development at Blands ' Corner is successful . |
| 17 | One such company took a finance director of a subsidiary out of the business for a whole year , sent him to Harvard for an abbreviated MBA and to work for a merchant bank in the City . |
| 18 | Background to this conundrum lies in Jim 's invitation on behalf of Scottish Nuclear 's Dry Store team to their opposite numbers in GEC/Alsthom for an 8-a-side golf match at North Berwick . |
| 19 | They moved north to Scotland for an intensive period of training , and he found himself in command of a section of young volunteers , many of whom were to serve with him later in the Middle East . |
| 20 | He had addressed such matters in Edinburgh , St Andrews , and would in Glasgow , with an awareness that he was reporting Scotland for an English audience as he might have reported Bavaria or Sweden . |
| 21 | Co-ordinated Land and Estates , which bought the Milngavie course from Stakis for an undisclosed sum last year , believe Dougalston , only minutes from Glasgow city centre and within easy reach of Glasgow Airport , is ideally placed to cash in on the golfing tourists . |
| 22 | Westborough , Massachusetts-based Arch Communications Group Inc has acquired a privately-owned paging company in New Hampshire for an undisclosed amount of cash , adding over 2,000 subscribers to its base . |
| 23 | Mr Michael Poynor , the adjudicator , commended director Harry Foy for an energetic production which kept the action moving along at a fast pace . |
| 24 | The campus boasts superb facilities , including indoor courts , and last winter the youngster travelled to Spain for an intensive training camp . |
| 25 | Thus , it is quite possible in Northern Ireland for an ethnic Catholic to be a non-believer , or conversely for an ( English ) outsider who is an adherent of the Catholic religion to be categorized as non-Catholic . |
| 26 | We brought them over from County Antrim in Northern Ireland for an expenses-paid trip to London and an image transformation by haircare experts from Wella . |
| 27 | He had married Audrey , and had been sent off to the Aleutian Islands for an anti-Jap campaign before being demobbed . |
| 28 | Marchers were due to congregate at Market Square for an open-air meeting . |
| 29 | Recently , local-government chiefs were invited to Downing Street for an amiable if unfocused chat . |
| 30 | The man they call Lurch was the villain of the piece after his uncharacteristic boob let in Oldham for an 85th minute equaliser . |