Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this is a misleading term , even when " myth " is understood in the technical sense of a " religious text designed to account for a custom , institution or other phenomenon " . |
| 2 | You 've all the enthusiasm needed to campaign for a cause or idea that 's near and dear to your heart . |
| 3 | This course is designed to give graduates a sound grasp of the core material of management together with the specific knowledge and skills needed to prepare for a managerial career in the clothing industry . |
| 4 | This innovative new programme is designed to help instil the abilities , competences and attitudes needed to prepare for a management role where understanding information systems and their integration into the business is an essential requirement . |
| 5 | The business-inclined Whigs believed that victory in Europe would automatically secure our overseas interests : the land-owning Tories , with their traditional dislike of the high taxation needed to pay for a standing army , sought to achieve the same ends with peripheral maritime operations , carried out by the Navy , which could largely pay for themselves by taking other powers ' colonies and trading posts . |
| 6 | This is especially the case where we have an instruction set defined for a compatible range of computers , since it will be difficult to implement economically at the lower ( and cheaper ) end of the range the complex facilities required at the upper end ( though microprogramming may be an answer ) . |
| 7 | Rather than all the rare qualities discussed , the person serving young people in the latter part of the century needs to be able to work in a no-nonsense way with young people , to be a good manager prepared to fight for a fair share of the funds , to ensure that staff are able to devote a generous amount of time to users of the services in groups and as individuals , and to ensure that there is a good stock of books and other materials to explore . |
| 8 | In 1897 Mona Caird vividly outlined the social dilemma of the woman forced to marry for a living : |
| 9 | Nevertheless it was with a great sense of relief that she found the patio deserted save for a handful of hotel guests drinking beer and enjoying the late afternoon sunshine . |
| 10 | Confronted with a murder charge , defence lawyers resolved to try for a verdict of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility . |
| 11 | The story of a man compelled to search for a pure virgin , read one evening while his mother was mending stockings , left him ‘ haunted by spectres ’ whenever he was in the dark ; other stories drew him out to the churchyard , where , with his imagination overflowing , he would race up and down through the great avenue of elm trees , and act out among the docks , nettles and rank grass whatever he had been reading . |
| 12 | The encouragement given made for a great rapport with the class and gave a stimulus to improve the lectures . |
| 13 | One calf saved pays for a lot of training , and this is particularly so in the case of a precious bloodline . |
| 14 | Here , unfortunately , no restaurant area is yet available to allow customers to eat what they buy where they buy it , but the time spent waiting for a takeaway sandwich will be an invaluable education in Italian food . |
| 15 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |