Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In this respect it is worth asking whether it is a mere coincidence that neo-colonialism produces for the bureaucracy a reversion to pre-bureaucratic ( e.g. medieval ) forms of compensation for service to the state .
2 For the prizegiving a platform had been built at the back of the stands where the Princess Royal , assisted by Jackie Stewart , presented the prizes to the teams and individuals .
3 The court has the power under section 214 of the Insolvency Act to impose personal liability on a director for the debts a company that has gone into liquidation where the director is guilty of ‘ wrongful trading ’ .
4 for the Innocent a rose is a rose trala
5 For the Profitboss a company 's marketing effort is a hundred times more than just what the marketing experts do .
6 To make life easier for the user a keyboard overlay is supplied which carries the various options .
7 It can not be the headquarters building of a normal fort and its association with a building which has all the appearances of a normal villa merely emphasizes the difficulties of interpretation ; but for the inscription a villa it would be .
8 Incidentally erm next Friday no the Friday after , so Friday the eleventh anyway , we 're gon na set the whole t erm Hall out for the banquet a day early so that people can come and see it .
9 For the purpose a comparison was made between plasminogen activator content of normal and carcinomatous biopsies of the oesophagus alighed with squamous epithelium , and of the distal oesophagus and different parts of the stomach aligned with columnar epithelium .
10 Indeed , for the CMHTs a group home which ‘ collapsed ’ was a success if the residents moved on to more appropriate environments .
11 First for the Law a Conscience ready sear 'd ;
12 In 1853 the English Congregational Chapel-building Society was founded to help local chapels and two years later the Rev. J. C. Gallaway published for the Society a tract on Practical Hints on the Erection of Places of Public Worship .
13 Based on the assumption that the child has been in contact with at least some of the usual and varied sources of instruction and indoctrination , an answer from the parent along the following lines might carry for the child a ring of truth sufficient for him to accept , and be reassured .
14 This economic lodestar was set to achieve for the UK a reduction in interest rates , a break in the long-ingrained inflationary tendencies that have afflicted the UK economy since the war , and to increase the momentum of developing trade links between the UK and the EC .
15 For the decade 1975–84 , the OECD ( Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ) reported for the UK a decrease in total manufacturing output of 4.3 per cent , while virtually all the other major industrial nations increased their output ( though at a lower rate than before 1975 ) — Japan by 61.4 per cent , the USA by 41.6 per cent , Italy by 22.1 per cent , and West Germany by 16.0 per cent .
16 For the competitions a number of new challenge trophies were presented including those for the men 's scratch championships which the club had not held in the past .
17 Bill for the tables a total of one hundred and eight pounds ten pence .
18 We stopped for the night a mile down the road just out of sight .
19 To compete for the award a partnership was formed representing all sectors in the town : Private sector : Teesside and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Teesside Tomorrow .
20 Many pioneers of women 's education made it quite clear that they did not accept Emily Davies ' view that girls might be trained in the same way as boys , and argued that they should be given an opportunity , by way of , for example , domestic science classes , to prepare for the lives a majority of them would lead as wives and mothers .
21 FINALLY REMEMBER There is only one criterion for the decisions a PROFITBOSS makes : will it make profit ?
22 For the purists a bag without a zip is going to be the most efficient at keeping warmth in and will always be lighter than the same bag with a zip .
23 pion fired on all cylinders to roar to a five under par 66 and a 36-hole total of 142 , just two strokes adrift of leader Tommy Horton , who was beaten by Brian Huggett in a play-off for the crown a year ago .
24 First , the arbitrator 's decision is for the disputants a reason for action .
25 PS I am so grateful for the £48 a week you let me have .
26 He said yesterday that he was approached by headhunters for the £150,000 a year stock exchange job in August .
27 Owen reached out his hand for the coffee a bearer had just brought in .
28 Swansea hit back with an equaliser from Colin West and so it is all back to the Manor for the replay a week on Tuesday .
29 These two vehicles were built at the turn of the century for the Zillertalbahn a line in the Austrian Tyrol , and were donated in 1968 .
30 The data revealed that few referrals , however flimsy they appeared , were malicious , reducing for the team a sense of a ‘ wasted journey ’ in such cases .
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