Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An occasional treat or privilege for a child who has made a big effort to master a new skill or managed to give up a bad habit hardly comes into that category . |
| 2 | Land-agents are employed to act for the landowner in negotiating compensation for disturbance created by the working space needed for engineering operations , which may sterilize crucial areas of corn or pasture for a season or more . |
| 3 | A copyright owner can , of course , grant permission or issue a licence or contract for a work to be copied or reproduced in some way , either in part of whole . |
| 4 | He thought that a lot of residence was of high importance ; for he believed that the object of higher education was not just information , or preparation for a career , but a community of minds and personalities . |
| 5 | A long or short position can result in a profit or loss for a bank if the exchange rate alters from that quoted in the initial transaction . |
| 6 | During this time of subjective observing participation , the policeman/insider moves to the margins , to a point where analysis negates automatic approval or predisposition for a world of known categories and classifications . |
| 7 | The change in business leaves National Networks ' application to the Department of Trade & Industry for a UK public telecommunication operators licence in the balance . |
| 8 | Most people would laugh at either suggestion as they hunt in their pocket or purse for a copper or two , ‘ just for luck ’ . |
| 9 | If you are unable to work as a result of sickness or accident for a period of more than 14 consecutive days , then your monthly Home Improvement Loan repayments will be made for you , until you are fit enough to return to work . |
| 10 | These may of course in practice be confused or entangled with each other , as they are in Northern Ireland , or as they are in any state where the elections are largely or wholly a political ritual or a way of mobilizing mass support or approval for a regime in which party and state are indistinguishable , and electoral choice between contestants for office non-existent . |
| 11 | At a recent Labour national executive meeting the leader of the Labour group in the European Parliament failed to get a seconder from either left or right for a motion to have this whole issue discussed by the party conference . |
| 12 | Here it is important to know ( a ) whether male and female ideals diverge : whether , that is , the moral outlook people have depends in some causally related way on whether they are male or female , and ( b ) whether the ideals themselves are gender-relative : that is to say , whether what is good in a woman or right for a woman might not be bad in a man , or wrong for a man , and vice versa . |
| 13 | Other ideas include horseshoes , which are adaptations of the curve ( see pp. 72–3 ) and would be ideal if you wanted to make a card or picture for a wedding or twenty-first birthday . |
| 14 | ‘ The tough thing for me is not to have a particular voice or gait for a part , to have to play a guy like John , who is close to me physically and in age and so on . |
| 15 | ( ii ) where the specified event happens in respect of a beneficial owner of a share , a member may , notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the beneficial owner or , as the case may be , his trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance of this sub-paragraph . |
| 16 | As soon as you have had enough you wait until the plane arrives , going on to newer ground or back for a return flight to the bright lights of Reykjavik . |
| 17 | Usually , but perhaps not necessarily , this right was earned by the student through the performance of some service , far and away the commonest form of which was acting as or repetiteur for a muderris , though one occasionally also finds students becoming through acting as for a kazasker or for the Mufti . |
| 18 | that the debtor has made an offer to secure or compound for a debt in respect of which the petition is presented , |
| 19 | ‘ 7(1) In the course of an investigation into whether a person has committed an offence under section 4 or 5 of this Act a constable may , subject to the following provisions of this section and section 9 of this Act , require him — ( a ) to provide two specimens of breath for analysis by means of a device of a type approved by the Secretary of State , or ( b ) to provide a specimen of blood or urine for a laboratory test . |
| 20 | The size of a premium or discount for a currency depends on demand and supply in the forward market for it . |
| 21 | potential premium for a controlling interest or discount for a minority interest |
| 22 | Thus , where a husband leaves the matrimonial home while still owning it , the usual capital gains tax exemption or relief for a taxpayer 's only or main residence would be given on the subsequent transfer to the wife , provided she has continued to live in the house and the husband has not elected that some other house should be treated for capital gains tax purposes as his main residence for this period . |
| 23 | TYPE , PFND The Module type has not been specified for this module or is not S , F or M. Please specify a valid module type , S for a SOURCE module , F for a FOREIGN module , or M for a PMODEL module . |
| 24 | If you have HIV and are well , the only change which may be necessary is a regular visit to the clinic or hospital for a health check . |
| 25 | Section 1(2) of the Act states that the following are not inventions for the purposes of the Act : ( a ) a discovery , scientific theory or mathematical method ; ( b ) a literary , dramatic , musical or artistic work or any other aesthetic creation whatsoever ; ( c ) a scheme , rule or method for performing any mental act , playing a game or doing business , or a program for a computer ; ( d ) the presentation of information ; but the foregoing provision shall prevent anything from being treated as an invention for the purposes of this Act only to the extent that a patent or application for a patent relates to that thing as such ( emphasis added ) |
| 26 | A favourite but much over-worked vehicle for public relations is the information service or bureau for a manufacturer . |
| 27 | Whilst drawings , sketches and designs are all protected because they appear on paper or in some visual and tangible form , the concept or idea for a work is not in itself protected . |
| 28 | you can not protect the general theme or idea for a piece of sculpture , for example , but rather the fixed expression of it in stone or marble or , as mentioned , specific drawings in charcoal or some other medium worked on paper . |
| 29 | but bringing a group of works together , an exhibition , in itself , acts as a frame or structure for a set of ideas . |
| 30 | Banish all these items to a garage , shed , garden or balcony for a while . |