Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul A. Bilzerian , 38 , chairman of Singer Co. and a stock speculator , was on Sept. 27 , 1989 , fined $1,500,000 and sentenced to four years in prison — the longest prison sentence given for a Wall Street criminal . |
| 2 | The clerk stopped for a moment and whispered to Mr Albert , who , realizing that instead of selling a pair of jeans he really had a customer with money to spend , hurried towards Hank . |
| 3 | The amount of money received for a service rendered is not dependent upon who you are , but upon the abstract relations within which the service is performed , for example as wage labour . |
| 4 | One peasant walked 15 versts to get Yakovlev to act on a building designated for a school that was still occupied by an influential peasant . |
| 5 | Along with output power the amplifier also requires the usual low distortion levels , low noise and wide frequency response expected for a piece of hi-fi gear . |
| 6 | Blazer offered his workforce a piece of waste ground behind the mattress shed for a pitch and it soon became affectionately known as the ‘ Football Ground ’ . |
| 7 | A narrow majority voted for a ban in parks and open spaces … but moves to make tenants conform to the ban as well were defeated by three votes . |
| 8 | 1 THE AUTHORS enter into this Agreement in consideration of the Publisher at their request entering today into an agreement ( ‘ the Publishing Agreement ’ ) with their Company THREE VEE LIMITED for a publication ( ‘ the Work ’ ) provisionally entitled Grapevine Video Level II and Grapevine Activity Book II . |
| 9 | Thompson is the 4/9 favourite with William Hill to win the best actress Oscar , the shortest odds they have ever given for a British actress nominated for a prize . |
| 10 | But they 'll have one man with the nerve needed for a D-day showdown . |
| 11 | Non-recourse lending is the term used for a loan where the project itself rather than the company 's assets as a whole is the security offered to the lender . |
| 12 | ‘ Quality assurance ’ is the term used for a programme of activities instigated by service managers to ensure that certain standards are met . |
| 13 | While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory . |
| 14 | The script called for a pistol shot , the thump of Williams falling to the ground and Paddick left with the last line . |
| 15 | When , at its first meeting in 1831 , the British Association called for a report on the state of mathematics it elicited only three sections , on algebra , trigonometry and the arithmetic of sines , which almost completely ignored the major developments of the previous century and a half . |
| 16 | Rebel supporters from the Barnet Supporters ' Association called for a boycott of all matches . |
| 17 | Rebel supporters from the Barnet Supporters ' Association called for a boycott of all matches . |
| 18 | ‘ The last time I went to Confession the priest called for a packet of green Rizlas and an ounce of Lebanese Gold . ’ |
| 19 | But with the album scheduled for a summer launch , Kylie signalled that she was already preparing to leave . |
| 20 | These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race . |
| 21 | These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race . |
| 22 | carriage hired for a journey from one ‘ stage ’ to another . |
| 23 | The deal allowed for a wage increase for employees of 7 per cent , with a further increase to be negotiated . |
| 24 | This does not mean that they are eminent all scholars ( a term reserved for a handful of rare spirits — like Albert Einstein , Bertrand Russell and others — who have shattered the frontiers of human knowledge , earning world-wide distinction by their intellectual endeavours ) . |
| 25 | And what is the minimum fault required for a conviction of manslaughter . |
| 26 | The aging houngan 's grim facade held for a moment , then dissolved into a spray of laughter lines as he smiled . |
| 27 | Nor , since he lacked the four generations of noble blood required for a commission in the French navy , was he offered the command of a French ship . |
| 28 | There is provision made for a rudder assembly on the Seayak but my version came without one so I can not vouch for its effectiveness in steering . |
| 29 | The camera can be preset or remotely controlled to cover the subject or area to be photographed , and provision made for a sequence of pictures or a single exposure , according to the camera type and its shutter release . |
| 30 | In Dunton v. Dunton ( 1892 ) 18 V.L.R. 114 ( Supreme Court of Victoria ) , the Court ( Higinbotham and Williams JJ. , Hood J. dissenting ) held that an agreement between ex-spouses whereby the former husband undertook to pay the former wife £6 per month , ‘ so long as she … shall conduct herself with sobriety , and in a respectable , orderly , and virtuous manner ’ was a valid contract made for a consideration . |