Example sentences of "[adj] of [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were among four Russian boys who travelled to Westonbirt school near Tetbury to meet two Russian girl orphans , who 'll be educated free of change for a year . |
| 2 | The net effect of these changes is , of course , that women are relatively free of child-rearing for a much longer period of their active lives and are , therefore , more likely to seek paid employment . |
| 3 | 4.33 Similarly , when lost earnings have meant that on return to work the plaintiff is free of tax for a period , having fallen below the level of earnings on which tax is payable , the tax that he has escaped during that period is a compensatory gain that must be taken into account in the assessment of his lost earnings ( Brayson v Wilmot-Breedon [ 1976 ] CLY 682 ) . |
| 4 | For any chartered accountant interested in the package , Aldercare is offering the package free of charge for a 30-day trial . |
| 5 | The UK Queen 's Awards for Industry system has been extended this year to include an environmental category , with twelve companies being judged worthy of recognition for a " significant advance " offering " major benefits in environmental terms compared to existing products , technology or processes " . |
| 6 | So Yardie sold 10,000 copies in a few months — an unheard of amount for a small press publication — and has now been picked up by Pan Books which will be putting out a mass-market edition in the new year . |
| 7 | The pity is that the world we actually live in is so full of evidence for a misanthropic principle . |
| 8 | But Bankside is nevertheless a sound structure which , like the best mills of the Industrial Revolution , is well worth preserving and is perfectly capable of adaptation for a new commercial use . |
| 9 | ‘ The first feeling is one of relief for a minute or two . |
| 10 | He will be incapable of erection for a time which varies between men and with increasing age from about half an hour to 24 hours ; the circumstantial stimulation , too , will have some effect . |
| 11 | " Susannah is much too young of course for a big journey like this . |
| 12 | I unfolded to Martha my design of starting at dead of night for a walk round the north of the island . |