Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for a [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Where the degree course and the HNC/HND course have not been designed to be integral with each other , students seeking entry to the degree course on the basis of the HNC/HND will normally need to take two further academic years of full-time study for a Degree and three further academic years of full-time study for an Honours Degree ( or the part-time equivalents ) .
2 Where the degree course and the HNC/HND course are designed to form a continuous integrated programme and where students by the end of the second year or the equivalent stage have not only achieved the SCOTVEC award but also satisfied the objectives and reached the standard required by CNAA for that stage of a degree course , students may take one further academic year of full-time study for a Degree and two further academic years of full-time study for an Honours Degree ( or the part-time equivalents ) .
3 Why is the Department pussyfooting around , extending the role of the Economic and Social Research Council — which does an entirely different job — instead of accepting the original recommendation of the British Academy for a humanities research council ?
4 It seems clear , however , that it would be possible in other similar circumstances for a police officer to detain such a person for what he or she did after the offence rather than for the crime itself .
5 In the mid eighties , Jacques Delors swept away years of Labour Europhobia with his seductive prospectus for a workers ' Europe that would outflank national governments — especially the one in Whitehall .
6 The Board is also considering reducing the required numbers for a governors meeting .
7 This is most clearly the case with NATO policy , which relies on possible first use of nuclear weapons and thus opposes one of the most obvious candidates for a laws-of-war rule on nuclear weaponry — namely , no first use .
8 It has 256Kb of secondary cache to hurry things along , a cached IDE host adaptor with 2Mb of RAM and local bus video ; the ideal ingredients for a Windows workhorse .
9 He also suggests that the Japanese dominate the market partly because of their domestic need for a communications system which could accommodate an alphabet of some 2,000 characters .
10 They are the ideal tasters for a drinks party or guests who are just arriving .
11 ‘ You have a previous conviction for a drugs offence involving cannabis .
12 But there are parties round this table who have nostalgic hankering for a projections .
13 If that 's the case , WAGWIN would make a decent present for a Windows fanatic .
14 A new telephone hotline will be established by York City Council to deal with parking problems in the Barbican area under new revised proposals for a residents ' parking scheme .
15 Liverpool and Man Utd have both had good games for a seasons start .
16 Although there has been considerable support for a Teachers ' Council , the proposal has made little headway .
17 Yet , being in a largely residential area , it 's an unlikely setting for an arts centre .
18 DIXONS , the electrical retailing giant , looks certain to launch a vigorous campaign for a Monopolies Commission investigation of the £461million bid for the company by Kingfisher .
19 DIXONS , the electrical retailing giant , looks certain to launch a vigorous campaign for a Monopolies Commission investigation of the £461million bid for the company by Kingfisher .
20 This could be an important consideration for a personnel manager when putting together a cost justification for a system .
21 Independent fieldwork for an honours thesis is carried out between the third and fourth years of study .
22 Fortunately I had a space on a half-occupied two-tier stand for a 48″ × 18″ × 15″ tank , so that was the first item on the shopping list .
23 The view of Keynes ( 1930 ) , Hicks ( 1946 ) and Houthakker ( 1968 ) is that the usual situation for a futures market is one of normal backwardation , that is , F t < E ( S T ) .
24 He was an East Ender , near as possible a Cockney , and , with his mother , shopped the markets of Walthamstow and Leytonstone insisting that chips with this and chips with that was a triumphant diet for a sports crazy kid .
25 He was an East Ender , near as possible a Cockney , and , with his mother , shopped the markets of Walthamstow and Leytonstone insisting that chips with this and chips with that was a triumphant diet for a sports crazy kid .
26 Dealing with incidents like this is an all too common occurence for a police officer .
27 Dealing with incidents like this is an all too common occurence for a police officer .
28 ROHITA looked special after blasting clear in the final furlong for a three-lengths win in the Payne and Gunter Fillies Stakes at Goodwood and it may take a good one to stop her in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot .
29 Top Texas exiles The Rolling Stones parked up their private jet for a hands across the water-style ambassadorial piss-stop at Davy Crockett 's old gaff The Alamo on their '75 US tour .
30 A shaky victory , and a massive disappointment for a Lions player , followed the pattern of 1980 and 1989 .
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