Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Better for a horse than for a man , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee with relish . |
| 2 | His body bore no sign of violence except for a weal around his neck . |
| 3 | It is very difficult to give any precise figures to illustrate or establish this ; but a rough count of the twelfth-century marriages noted in three volumes of the Complete Peerage reveals that among the English upper classes of the twelfth century it was much commoner for a lady to have two or more husbands than for a man to have two or more wives ; in the cases noted , almost twice as common ( 36 to 19 ) . |
| 4 | There were problems about being the carrier of bills , final demands , and offensive advertising material , but as far as Caro knew Bryony overcame her scruples sufficiently to deliver all mail except for a succession of very obvious plain brown envelopes , which were frequently sent to one particular address on her route . |
| 5 | Then a silence began to fall on every living thing around the Cages except for a Man running , not towards Woil but to the visitor caught by the hand in the talons of Creggan . |
| 6 | All records are for coastal grasslands except for a party of 27 on Glynde Levels on 26 February 1956 . |
| 7 | A charge of manslaughter can still result in a custodial sentence although for a child as young as ten it could be reduced to a supervision order . |
| 8 | However , this is more surely an argument for adequate preparation than for a refusal to appear . |
| 9 | In fact , even in the lower key , the tessitura of the part is much more comfortable for a countertenor than for a soprano . |
| 10 | Well it ai n't going to work because for a part that have slammed V A T on domestic fuels and in fact if all of the cuts of the conservative government , all the tax increases you have quoted cuts . |
| 11 | Taxation On an off-market purchase the company is treated in the same way in tax matters as for a market purchase : it will have to pay ACT on the distribution element of the purchase price . |
| 12 | And then I could put it all back in a ponytail except for a bit at the front dripping down . |
| 13 | There was no sound except for a pigeon burbling to itself in the road , pecking at horse-dung . |
| 14 | The research showed there to be virtually no knowledge among arts projects personnel of available strategies for guiding schools in staff development except for a recognition of criteria by which to identify schools ready for development ( Shipman 's concept of a ‘ healthy school ’ in Slater 1985 ; viz. a recognition of the need for change by the school staff , a supportive headteacher , the active involvement of a senior member of staff , and a professionally interactive staff ) . |
| 15 | you know like Freddy Kruger three fingers that looked like blades and every night she would go to erm the fields and erm she would go into sheep fields and cow fields and she would kill three sheep and a cow every night except for a Sunday night ! |
| 16 | Sheila called her GP because for a week Mark had not been feeding properly , had become increasingly drowsy and was vomiting . |
| 17 | Reaching 50 caused Claire Gallois to turn against this way of conducting things and against the world in which ageing is much more cruel for a woman than for a man . |
| 18 | The two men have different versions of the meeting which followed , and there were no witnesses except for a waiter who interrupted them in the middle of the shouting match and asked if they wanted any sandwiches . |
| 19 | Certain formalities have to be observed ; for instance , the lease must be in the form of a deed if for a term of more than three years . |
| 20 | This might not seem small in petrol engine terms but for a diesel it is quite dinky . |
| 21 | Wilkinson , who might have been sporting a more cheerful expression this morning but for a number of glaring misses by Eric Cantona , said : ‘ Whipping the people responsible is not the answer . |
| 22 | Apart from Gatting , who is seen as a near-certainty for England 's winder tour of India , others who may come back into the international reckoning are Chris Broad , Alan Wells , Matthew Maynard and John Emburey , while Neil Foster ( another South African tourist ) might have been considered for the winter tour but for a knee injury which kept him out of the Essex side for the last part of the season . |
| 23 | I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed . |
| 24 | With 20 minutes gone , his debut might have entered the dream category but for a fingertip save from Andy Goram . |
| 25 | They are jawless , blind and without fins except for a fringe around the tail . |
| 26 | It is important that you guess the range without measuring , in exactly the same way as for a stone thrower . |
| 27 | The polytechnics led the way when for a period they had the advantage of the professionalism of graphic designers within their institutions , sometimes even within their libraries . |
| 28 | Who not be hung for a sheep as for a lamb . |
| 29 | Then , perhaps a little frightened by his own rhetoric but thinking that he might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb , he increased the figure to 1 million . |
| 30 | Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud . |