Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chris Burton , a Featherstone substitute , was sent off after 32 minutes for a high tackle on Craig Izzard , and visitors Leeds went on to win 22-20 . |
| 2 | This two-track approach was seen by the press in member countries as reflecting continued manoeuvring over the role of the United States in the alliance , against a background of US troop reductions in Europe and Franco-German proposals for a European military force . |
| 3 | It is also a very helpful discipline if you are considering applying in due course for a Legal Aid Board franchise . |
| 4 | The airport duties made a pleasant change for a few of our lads , and one of them was offered a helicopter flight to the rigs one day . |
| 5 | NEW ATTEMPTS are underway to revive Wall Street 's most celebrated failed deal — the buyout of United Airlines which collapsed spreading chaos on the stock market two months ago — with little enthusiasm for a revised offer for the company before next year . |
| 6 | Having won in Bratislava on Monday with an impressive 17.18 metres , the Commonwealth silver medallist is laying strong foundations for a serious medal bid in Spain . |
| 7 | If the interim payment was specifically assigned to one head of damage ( eg on account of nursing services or the cost of a specially modified bungalow for a quadraplegic ) there is no difficulty , and the note at para 29/11/2 of the 1993 White Book encourages the court to assign the payment to special damages to simplify the calculation of interest at trial . |
| 8 | The Presidency and the leaders of the six republics agreed measures on Aug. 20-21 to keep the federation functioning at a minimum economic and political level for a further three months , with trade continuing between the republics and a monetary policy which would allow the country to pay its foreign creditors . |
| 9 | I do n't believe it , paid all that money for a digital said look at the about stuff , at the end of the day they , he is five a side football stuff like that , had I 've been thinking about joining again , but I do n't really know what I 'm gon na do after Christmas now even Karen said she would n't mind joining but I tried , I managed to put her off that idea . |
| 10 | Masked by the cold war , it has in practice fulfilled that function for a long time . |
| 11 | In its final statement the Council rejected United States and Israeli proposals for a regional peace conference and reiterated previous demands for a UN-supervised international conference on the Middle East , to be attended by , among others , the PLO and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council . |
| 12 | In one of their experiments they first find the region of the visual field that causes electrical activity to be recorded through an electrode placed in a particular patch of neocortex , and then they map the receptive field for a single cell , as illustrated for a retinal ganglion cell in Figure 4 . |
| 13 | Dr Brice Pitt comments in Making the Most of Middle Age : ‘ So much publicity is now given to the art of making love , what men and women need from each other , and how to please your partner , that there is little excuse for a dull , unimaginative sex life even in the supposedly stolid middle-aged . ’ |
| 14 | Welcome back : A stable owner has made an urgent appeal … to find a foster mum for a three-day-old foal . |
| 15 | True , with a firm the size of Stevenson 's , working on up to fifty contracts for a dozen or so companies , there could never be so dead a reckoning that the final moment could be named with certainty . |
| 16 | This would be the only possible course for a strict Benthamite . |
| 17 | Or eight hours for a full shift , sixteen hours for a double shift . |
| 18 | Until the northern route was made the only road link between Applecross and the world outside lay over the notorious Bealach na Ba , a high and difficult pass attaining an elevation of 2000 feet ; a sore trial for a timid car driver . |
| 19 | What had been the living style of a whole region , modified to suit all classes of people , became a piece of pleasant antiquarianism for a rich man . |
| 20 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 21 | Officially the Left Book Club did not favour any specific proposals for a Liberal-Labour alliance , but in effect its influence was directed towards this end . |
| 22 | It is that , according to the Department of Employment figures , if the Labour party 's economic proposals for a minimum wage were put into effect it would cost some 2 million jobs , of which 50,000 would be in Northern Ireland , where we have a large number of women workers in the clothing , textile and garment industries . |
| 23 | It is less susceptible to tinkering with individual unit costs in order to make the total budget for a particular service conform to externally imposed cash limits . |
| 24 | Differences on European defence policy [ see pp. 37931 ; 38022 ; 38155 ; 38216 ; 38295 ; 38313 ] emerged over Franco-German plans for a European force based in Strasbourg [ see p. 38554 ] , although responses were sufficiently guarded as to suggest a reluctance to revive transatlantic splits in NATO . |
| 25 | By the end of 1910 , complete plans for a standard ambulance train had been drawn up and sent to all the main companies , all of whom agreed to supply one or more in the event of war , to the Wolverton Works specification . |
| 26 | In 1985 Yndamiro Restano was dismissed from his job as an agricultural correspondent for a state-run radio station after giving interview about his political views to a US journalist . |
| 27 | Throughout England there are projects nationwide , they need practical support , counselling , and specialist treatment , but above all there are sixteen thousand children a year that hope for a better future . |
| 28 | Most simply give themselves up , and , in the case of those who have done no more than poach the odd buck for a little bushmeat , are often let off with a caution . |
| 29 | Activity : Some progress was recorded at the Djibouti summit on measures to improve food security and drought and famine early warning systems , but more work needed to be done before a second conference with donor countries could be convened , following that of March 1987 , to obtain funding and technical support for a further series of projects . |
| 30 | One effect of the early deadline was that some teachers claimed that their reports had to be rushed and that there was little opportunity for a considered appraisal : |