Example sentences of "[noun] for a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one or two boys every year venture into Greek in preparation for a Classics degree . ’ |
| 2 | He took part in a television series starring Billie Whitelaw called Time Out For Peggy , playing a verse writer for a greetings card manufacturer , and in a Margaret Rutherford TV play , The Noble Spaniard He also had two more demanding projects — pantomime and a second Carry On film . |
| 3 | If we paid cash , we might have had to go to shareholders for a rights issue . ’ |
| 4 | the Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) worked with the Head of Additional Studies Faculty to produce a framework for a study-skills course which would link with the work of all other departments ; |
| 5 | Andrew , 38 , a buyer for a sports equipment company , said they were very surprised when they learned they had been entered . |
| 6 | In fact , in 1945 , foreign secretary Ernest Bevin was interested in economic , military and political ties to Western Europe , took a keen interest in proposals for a customs union during 1946–8 and encouraged European co-operation in January 1948 by calling for a ‘ Western Union ’ through which Europe , backed by America and the Empire-Commonwealth , would match the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | GCC Interior Ministers met in Kuwait on Nov. 21 and 22 , and Finance Ministers met on Nov. 22 but apparently failed to make progress on proposals for a customs union — a step towards creation of a common market by the year 2000 which had been set as an objective earlier in the year [ see p. 38985 ] . |
| 8 | The South African , once ranked in the world 's top 300 , decided to enter when she found herself in the north west for a three-months summer stay with her boyfriend 's family in Bolton , but was never seriously tested as Benmnett fell to her second consecutive defeat in the final . |
| 9 | If that 's the case , WAGWIN would make a decent present for a Windows fanatic . |
| 10 | It took three minutes for a plain-clothes policeman to reach the booths , but all were empty . |
| 11 | A shaky victory , and a massive disappointment for a Lions player , followed the pattern of 1980 and 1989 . |
| 12 | It was this and the suspiciously silent room that initiated Jane Holt 's search for a police officer . |
| 13 | The Castle Eden Walkway Country Park was the setting for a woodcrafts weekend . |
| 14 | Iron Agers : Castle Eden Walkway Country Park is the setting for a woodcrafts weekend today and tomorrow . |
| 15 | The Cleveland firm which installed the panelling for a drugs trial could not take it down until today at the earliest . |
| 16 | But the equities salesman who goes to work for a futures dealer may find the going hard . |
| 17 | Turkey 's application for full membership of the European Communities ( EC ) remained deferred for consideration in 1993. Özal 's proposal for a customs union with the EC by 1995 received EC endorsement in a formal communication issued in Brussels on June 6 , 1990 . |
| 18 | DIXONS , the electrical retailing giant , looks certain to launch a vigorous campaign for a Monopolies Commission investigation of the £461million bid for the company by Kingfisher . |
| 19 | DIXONS , the electrical retailing giant , looks certain to launch a vigorous campaign for a Monopolies Commission investigation of the £461million bid for the company by Kingfisher . |
| 20 | It seems clear , however , that it would be possible in other similar circumstances for a police officer to detain such a person for what he or she did after the offence rather than for the crime itself . |
| 21 | This was never likely to offer a basis for a wages agreement and the employers issued notices giving the reduced wage rates on 30 April and 1 May 1926 , when the subsidy ran out . |
| 22 | Ours is slang for a police cell . |
| 23 | So the company 's SunSelect subsidiary has launched its Wabi software package , which allows Unix-based computers to run Windows applications software without the need for a Windows operating system . |
| 24 | This election campaign was , apart from anything else , a good advertisement for the need for a positive-images policy to dispel , maybe not the hatred , but certainly the fear and the ignorance about homosexuality . |
| 25 | More recently George ( 1989 ) has re-examined this approach , pointed out its drawbacks and concluded that the balance of theory and evidence does suggest that there is a need for a mergers policy . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's no need for a police station in a built-up area like this , when there 's a huge security force base just half a mile away , ’ he said . |
| 27 | He also suggests that the Japanese dominate the market partly because of their domestic need for a communications system which could accommodate an alphabet of some 2,000 characters . |
| 28 | A disused RAF station has been put forward as a site for a travellers camp . |
| 29 | The man , serving four years for a firearms offence , was on home leave and had failed to return . |
| 30 | One of the quandaries for a CHS owner is how to get top performing sails without incurring a CHS penalty . |