Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why is the Department pussyfooting around , extending the role of the Economic and Social Research Council — which does an entirely different job — instead of accepting the original recommendation of the British Academy for a humanities research council ? |
| 2 | I like the way I dress , though , I 've always had this thing for a sports look , that 's what I 'm aiming for . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the mid eighties , Jacques Delors swept away years of Labour Europhobia with his seductive prospectus for a workers ' Europe that would outflank national governments — especially the one in Whitehall . |
| 5 | The Board is also considering reducing the required numbers for a governors meeting . |
| 6 | It took three minutes for a plain-clothes policeman to reach the booths , but all were empty . |
| 7 | This is most clearly the case with NATO policy , which relies on possible first use of nuclear weapons and thus opposes one of the most obvious candidates for a laws-of-war rule on nuclear weaponry — namely , no first use . |
| 8 | It has 256Kb of secondary cache to hurry things along , a cached IDE host adaptor with 2Mb of RAM and local bus video ; the ideal ingredients for a Windows workhorse . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They are the ideal tasters for a drinks party or guests who are just arriving . |
| 11 | ‘ You have a previous conviction for a drugs offence involving cannabis . |
| 12 | But there are parties round this table who have nostalgic hankering for a projections . |
| 13 | If that 's the case , WAGWIN would make a decent present for a Windows fanatic . |
| 14 | A new telephone hotline will be established by York City Council to deal with parking problems in the Barbican area under new revised proposals for a residents ' parking scheme . |
| 15 | Liverpool and Man Utd have both had good games for a seasons start . |
| 16 | Although there has been considerable support for a Teachers ' Council , the proposal has made little headway . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 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 | There may be more scope for a GIS approach in the latter than in the former situations . |
| 20 | This could be an important consideration for a personnel manager when putting together a cost justification for a system . |
| 21 | Fortunately I had a space on a half-occupied two-tier stand for a 48″ × 18″ × 15″ tank , so that was the first item on the shopping list . |
| 22 | Anchor 's first application for a drinks licence was refused in December . |
| 23 | The view of Keynes ( 1930 ) , Hicks ( 1946 ) and Houthakker ( 1968 ) is that the usual situation for a futures market is one of normal backwardation , that is , F t < E ( S T ) . |
| 24 | He was an East Ender , near as possible a Cockney , and , with his mother , shopped the markets of Walthamstow and Leytonstone insisting that chips with this and chips with that was a triumphant diet for a sports crazy kid . |
| 25 | He was an East Ender , near as possible a Cockney , and , with his mother , shopped the markets of Walthamstow and Leytonstone insisting that chips with this and chips with that was a triumphant diet for a sports crazy kid . |
| 26 | Dealing with incidents like this is an all too common occurence for a police officer . |
| 27 | Dealing with incidents like this is an all too common occurence for a police officer . |
| 28 | ROHITA looked special after blasting clear in the final furlong for a three-lengths win in the Payne and Gunter Fillies Stakes at Goodwood and it may take a good one to stop her in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot . |
| 29 | The man , serving four years for a firearms offence , was on home leave and had failed to return . |
| 30 | Top Texas exiles The Rolling Stones parked up their private jet for a hands across the water-style ambassadorial piss-stop at Davy Crockett 's old gaff The Alamo on their '75 US tour . |