Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These schemes , then , can be summarized under the following heads : we run residency and award schemes , we run grants to artists and craftsmen and photographers , we run an artists in school scheme , which involves placement of and artist for two weeks or so in a local secondary school , we offer payments to artists for exhibiting in certain galleries , something akin to the public lending right , we also provide assistance for the purchase and commissioning of contemporary work , and finally we run an artists ' register , which is a slide register of work of artists within the region , which is accessible to anyone who wants to come along and look at it , whether they are organizing an exhibition or thinking of commissioning a piece for their own living rooms , or perhaps a piece for their town hall or public library or whatever . |
| 2 | Rousseau as a theorist of democracy has attracted a great deal of hostile commentary , in particular from writers who see " totalitarian " implications in Du Contrat Social , or even a blueprint for what has been termed " totalitarian democracy " . |
| 3 | And erm you were very , or even a ha'penny for that matter , and you was glad of a ha'penny . |
| 4 | You can also make up a book of spells and write spells on a piece of paper , or even a menu for witches ' stew . |
| 5 | There may be a case for downward movement inside the ERM as the French achieved in the mid-1980s , or even a case for a one-off devaluation as the Swedes undertook in 1982 . |
| 6 | Another defeat , or even a draw for Taylor , will leave him with so much work to do to close the gap . |
| 7 | There are many reasons why we eat — and a number of them have nothing whatsoever to do with hunger or even a liking for a particular type of food . |
| 8 | To enjoy it , we do not need to be dry : just in need of a restorative or relaxant , or maybe a focus for a social moment or brief encounter . |
| 9 | A comfortable chair , or maybe a bean-bag for the salon . |
| 10 | If there is no other system of air-conditioning , and the window can not be open all the time because of draughts or security , it should at least be opened once or twice a day for a spell . |
| 11 | In the other three cases where direct support was given , the client was not thought to need extra help ; the development officer felt however that the informal carer needed support and she therefore visited once or twice a week for that purpose . |
| 12 | Look at the habitat once or twice a week for several weeks . |
| 13 | From now on , music could be no more than tone-painting or else a stimulant for jaded nerves , where the words hardly mattered ( as was already the case in Euripidean lyrics ) . |
| 14 | The Tories argue that only a vote for the SNP is a vote for change . |
| 15 | However , they also argue that only a vote for them is a vote for the Union . |
| 16 | More than just a facelift for BMW 's most important model , the new 3-series marks a fundamental change of direction |
| 17 | Your eurocheque card is much more than just a support for your eurocheques . |
| 18 | The haircut , however , evolved into far more than just a one-off for a TV series . |
| 19 | This is the pub as social institution , so much more than just a place for drinking . |
| 20 | But was it ever more than just a project for a project ? |
| 21 | This little rebellion annoyed the orthodox Communists , but maybe not the voters : the three rebels , all well known , provide voters with an assurance that the United Left is more than just a front for unreconstructed Communists . |
| 22 | However , I do accept that once an order for possession is made , the extent of his right as a statutory tenant can and will be curtailed . |
| 23 | In almost every other respect , certainly , the Celtic Church appears to have been something more than simply a repository for Nazarean thought — as Nestorian Christianity was , for example . |
| 24 | As a sociolinguist Stubbs sees reading , for instance , as more than simply a mechanism for decoding written into spoken words : he prefers to concern himself with understanding meaning , pointing out that ‘ we do not normally read meaningless material ’ ( ibid. p. 15 ) . |
| 25 | The point remains that twice a day for twenty minutes in your own time and in the location of your choice you can refresh the parts that Dr Ruth can only fantasize about . |
| 26 | The formative advantages of the record are considerable ; it provides an on-going record which can be used for evaluative purposes by student , teacher and parent , and thereby a basis for the consideration of future planning of learning and teaching . |
| 27 | Learning how to translate unfamiliar letter strings into phonological form is just like learning to read non-words aloud , of course : and so a procedure for reading non-words aloud may be a crucial aspect of learning to read . |
| 28 | The introduction , the build up to the introduction of care in the community with its formal launch in , in April erm , of last year , has in fact increased very significantly the expectations of joint collaboration because there you 're actually talking about major budgets , major planning agreements , erm , erm , and so a need for a review . |
| 29 | This is far from an argument that we should avoid such measures ( let alone empirical research itself ) but rather an argument for a continual critical assessment of them , and perhaps a call for better measures . |
| 30 | All he 's got is a set of scripts , if he 's lucky , some idea of who he wants in the cast , and perhaps a feel for how the show is going to be shot . |