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

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1 These can be full-height units giving extra storage space , or counter-style fittings , providing more work surfaces or space for a fitted hob .
2 Yesterday Mr David Trippier , the Environment Minister , announced in a Commons written reply to Mr Neil Hamilton ( C. Tatton ) that Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , had ‘ considered the question of the Three Graces very carefully following a request from the Office of Arts and Libraries for a view as to whether the statue was included in the listing of Woburn Abbey ’ .
3 Rather than degrading , why not upgrade brothers and sisters for a change .
4 The goals and objectives for a successful programme of library user education must be based on a synthesis of the needs of students , academic staff and library staff .
5 Seek out the company of cheery chums and forget your worries and woes for a wee while .
6 This is despite their repeated claims that the act , which tightens up rules on the safety inspection of large dams and calls for a national register of dams , was necessary .
7 The curriculum and school organisation — including examination results , careers education , health education , provision for children with special needs , provision for equal opportunities and education for a multicultural society .
8 It is extremely important to do your homework and to check the prices being asked in shops and stores for a similar cross-section of rugs before making a purchase .
9 But occasionally I will take the big pan and fill it with onions , carrots and potatoes for a grand stew .
10 The men and women whom they encountered showed neither hostility towards their new enemies nor enthusiasm for a great patriotic war :
11 Never reuse old remedy bottles or envelopes for a different remedy or potency .
12 In general , women develop higher blood alcohol levels and suffer greater ill effects than men for a given number of drinks
13 … the bilateralism inherent in the traditional structures and processes of international law is secured on the one hand , by a prohibition of intervention protecting not only a State 's internal but also its external affairs against third party interference and , on the other hand , by the pacta tertiis rule in the law of treaties , according to which an agreement can create neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent .
14 Article 34 restates the basic rule : a treaty creates neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent .
15 Alternatively , courses might be designed as unit-based programmes to reflect the character of particular subject areas and requirements for a flexible credit award system .
16 The Potential Energy Functions Consortium is committed to the derivation and validation of accurate ‘ second generation ’ potential energy functions and parameters for a broad range of chemical compounds .
17 Then cakes and sweets for a woman .
18 Last week the NRA brought together anglers , rowers , ramblers and canoeists for a meeting in Stockton to discuss the opportunities .
19 As part of the survey , open diagnostic workshops were held for women to share their experiences and ideas for a better future for women at the Bar .
20 Excluded from this group are persons who worked in fields , gardens and plantations for a cash wage , but who had no stake in land .
21 The CERAMIDE formula , developed exclusively by our laboratories , repairs and restores your skin 's moisture barrier , smoothing out fine lines and wrinkles for a firmer , younger looking skin .
22 The village children would come daily with their tins and dishes for a helping of sazda .
23 ( Texts which are typically chronological are narratives and reports ; texts which are typically non-chronological are descriptions and arguments for a point of view . )
24 accept the counter-examples and search for a supplement to the tripartite analysis which excludes them ;
25 The following data show the national income figures , price indices and population for a hypothetical country in 1988 and 1989 :
26 ‘ We are going to develop inducements and encouragements for a major expansion of research and development , because if we are going to rival our major competitors we have a long way to go in catching up with them .
27 This was a very different place to Gloucester , where the Empress 's ladies were virtually servants themselves , but in the flurry of introductions and orders for a place in the ladies ' chamber to be made ready for her Isabel forgot about comparisons .
28 There are also a number of cases where the Commission has held that the banning of meetings and procession for a restricted period because of fears for public safety , such bans being under the democratic laws of a State , were not in contravention of the Convention .
29 I once heard a couple making plans and counter-plans for a family outing ; after much discussion one of them said , ‘ As far as I can see , there are disadvantages in all those schemes . ’
30 More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course .
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