Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession . |
| 32 | Angry telephone calls followed and a strong case made for a review of Japanese regulations . |
| 33 | A feature of the Blackpool season for many years was the Daily Mirror Week in Blackpool , when a specially decorated tramcar operated for a week on the Promenade , with all the fares collected going to charity . |
| 34 | Comparing him to Demosthenes , in whom oratory compensated for a speech impediment , Storr juxtaposes two key scenes : young Winston being pelted with cricket balls and hiding behind a tree , and a slightly older Winston terrifying his friends ( and all but killing himself ) by jumping 30 ft off a bridge . |
| 35 | Now , with planning permission secured for a supermarket next to the ground , the site 's value has soared . |
| 36 | The bachelor stopped for a moment , while the children 's imaginations took in these wonderful pictures . |
| 37 | When spring had come , the village filled for a week or so with men from the Tibetan villages further north . |
| 38 | At the foot of the steps Lan stopped for a moment to turn and stare back at Joseph . |
| 39 | The child considered for a moment , then said , ‘ No . |
| 40 | Between the 1st day of July 1987 and the 15th day of October 1987 conspired together and with other persons fraudulently to induce persons to enter into agreements for acquiring or subscribing for securities , namely shares in Blue Arrow plc , by making statements which they knew to be misleading , false or deceptive or by dishonestly concealing material facts or by recklessly making statements which were misleading , false or deceptive namely : 1.1 By failing to notify the Company Announcements Office of the Quotations Department of the International Stock Exchange by way of a Class 2 announcement ( as provided for by Section 6 of the Council of the Stock Exchange 's admission of securities to listing ) following the purchase of shares in Manpower Incorporated for a consideration in excess of 5 per cent of the consolidated net assets of Blue Arrow ; 1.2 By concealing the fact that the level of Acceptances of provisionally allotted new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow was 38.04 per cent at the expiry of the offer by way of rights issue at 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.3 By concealing the fact that 54,625,000 new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow were taken up after 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.4 By falsely stating that , in connection with the rights issue of 504.4 million new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow , acceptances had been received in respect of 246.5 million shares which represented 48.9 per cent of the rights issue . |
| 41 | APPLE MAC DESTINED FOR A RANGE OF CPUs |
| 42 | Anton Ulrich Museum closed for a year |
| 43 | The plan called for a ban on political parties " which incite national or religious hatred " : in this context Jovic renewed his condemnation of the recent multiparty elections in Slovenia and Croatia , in particular making a veiled attack on the victorious Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ — see p. 37381 and below ) as a fascist organization . |
| 44 | As the carts came abreast of the Americans seated in their stationary rickshaws , the Annamese who had fallen opened his eyes , and his pain-clouded gaze locked for a moment with Joseph 's . |
| 45 | A party of saints danced colourless across a stained-glass window lit for a moment by lightning . |
| 46 | The NEP called for a rise to 18.4%by 1990 but this is unlikely and the actual figure will probably be about 13% . |
| 47 | A SENIOR English judge called for a review of the conduct of serious fraud cases yesterday after ordering that an American lawyer 's defence costs should be paid by the British taxpayer . |
| 48 | His proposal called for a total of $7,900 million to be spent on increased law enforcement , more prisons , border patrols , education programmes , treatment programmes , and aid to foreign countries . |
| 49 | In his address on Nov. 2 the FIS leader Abbasi Madani called for a jihad ( " holy war " ) if " there [ was ] any procrastination in holding these elections " . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | Clauses in the UN draft plan provided for a system of proportional representation , a method supported by the Khmers Rouges . |
| 52 | A song thrush opted for a life on the road when it set up home on a pick-up truck at Harwell , see below . |
| 53 | The Act provided for a route commencing at the top of Anerley Hill , descending past Crystal Palace ( Low Level ) Station to Thicket Road , a turning on the left , which led through to the top end of Beckenham Road , Penge . |
| 54 | Although such testimony is important , it is a little unfortunate that Dobson 's influence led for a time to an undervaluing of occasional spellings , rhymes and puns . |
| 55 | The tactic worked for a while but it was madness to remain obstinately wedded to it while his son 's frustration increased and while men pressed for an end to political uncertainty in order to permit the launching of the crusade . |
| 56 | In last year 's budget the Chancellor estimated for a deficit , or public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) , of £28 billion in the current year . |
| 57 | In last year 's budget the Chancellor estimated for a deficit , or public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) , of £28 billion in the current year . |
| 58 | Many such phenomena have arisen within my remembrance , at which all the world has wonder 'd for a season , and has then forgot them . |
| 59 | Burnside was given 12 months in a young offender 's institution and Sture jailed for a year . |
| 60 | ‘ I wis lost for a while , because I had went there every day . |