Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such restrictive terms will be upheld by the courts only if they are reasonable , such as when a computer programmer working for a bank agrees not to work for another similar bank within a five mile radius for the first year following the termination of his employment . |
| 2 | More realistic accounts of the budget constraint allow for a level of unearned income Y u and the presence of an overtime premium on the basic wage rate when the standard work week is exceeded . |
| 3 | Town had their chances against Barnsley , but their finishing looked somewhat second rate for a first division side pushing for a premier league place . |
| 4 | A rock journalist looking for a scoop ? |
| 5 | On Feb. 20 the House of Representatives judiciary committee voted for a six-month halt to repatriations , but on Feb. 24 the US Supreme Court rejected an appeal against the repatriation policy by eight to one and also rejected an emergency request to halt all repatriations . |
| 6 | AWI 's Movie Editor allows for a background to be scrolled automatically , at the rate you specify ( assuming you have the processor power to cope with the speed you have set ) . |
| 7 | In 1987 a Sotheby 's appraiser valued the seriously damaged panels at $1.25 million , reaching that figure by dividing the auction price paid for a celebrated Thomas Hart Benton mural by three . |
| 8 | When Lifshitz and Khalatnikov made their suggestion , I was a research student looking for a problem with which to complete my Ph.D . |
| 9 | For although the Home Rule movement did for a time grow apace , with an ever increasing number of SNP candidates being elected to Parliament and , under the Callaghan administration , the old High School building on Calton Hill being refurbished to accommodate a Scottish debating-chamber ( the old one had become incorporated in the Law Courts ) , the idea of Home Rule made many of my countrymen uneasy ; less , I think , about financial disadvantages ( for oil revenue would have compensated for that ) than at the prospect of feuding between east and west , north and south , and , for some , the prospect of a semi-permanent Labour administration ; and when in 1979 a referendum of the whole Scottish nation was held , the votes in favour of Home Rule did not attain the clear 40 per cent majority on which the House of Commons had insisted . |
| 10 | If such a combination leaves a golfing visitor groping for a starting point , he might try the Woodbridge area as an aperitif . |
| 11 | It is essential to provide places where the more sensitive species of marine fish can retire and a few pieces of rock to simulate their natural reef environment makes for a much more natural and stress-free environment . |
| 12 | Most of them are early , including two conventional religious pieces and a charming salon song written for a magazine . |
| 13 | Your rhythm style calls for a great deal of aggressive down-stroke picking … |
| 14 | The review clause provides for a hypothetical lease for a term of twenty-five years from the rent review date but otherwise on the terms of the actual lease . |
| 15 | By Ian Hargraves TRANMERE Rovers have won Football League backing for a resolution that would give the league power to order a match that has been abandoned , to be restarted at a later date at the point it was called off . |
| 16 | AN APPEAL from Down Under has set a North-East couple searching for a namesake . |
| 17 | Mr Dewar added : ‘ It is a simple revenue raid to compensate for a public sector borrowing requirement spiralling out of control to £50 billion . |
| 18 | an explanation of the accounting treatment adopted for a refund that is subject to the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 where a credit appears in the financial statements in relation to it |
| 19 | The national and regional survey figures indicate that the large companies are in a better position than small companies to expand their export activity to compensate for a recession in the home market . |
| 20 | The following is a briefing note prepared for a vendor by MAS which formed the basis of his address to the company 's staff . |
| 21 | The sound from the room made your average Pentecostal church sound like a tea party given for a group of Radio 3 announcers . |
| 22 | The budget proposal provided for a deficit of 108,310 million roubles and for expenditure of 555,600 million roubles in the second quarter , and a 245,340 million roubles deficit and 2,103,000 million roubles expenditure for the whole year . |
| 23 | One leading stockbroker cut estimates for a string of leaders . |
| 24 | In August 1988 both sides had agreed in principle to a UN peace plan calling for a ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and to a referendum designed to give the inhabitants of the territory ( administered as a Spanish colony until 1976 ) a choice between independence or integration into Morocco . |
| 25 | The peace plan provided for a UN-supervised ceasefire to be in force from Feb. 1 until Oct. 31 , 1992 , during which time all accords would be implemented and verified by the UN . |
| 26 | Following McNicol ( 1972 ) a nonparametric overall measure of recognition sensitivity for individual films was calculated from the collapsed data , this measure , P(A) , corresponds to the area beneath the ROC curve plotted for a film , aggregating the data from all subjects . |
| 27 | SEALINK has a new Ski Link package for £159 from December 1 to March 31 which includes a return ferry crossing for a car and two passengers , with a choice of three routes to France . |
| 28 | As we have said , if your let-down procedure calls for a final descent rate of 800 ft/min , there is no time for trial and error . |
| 29 | Thirdly , any expansion of the EC to embrace some Eastern European countries a strain would be placed upon an adjustment mechanism intended for a single country . |
| 30 | An operating lease lasts for a much shorter period of time than the economic life of the asset and the lessor retains the risks and rewards of ownership . |