Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To verify this the remedy is stopped for a week or two . |
| 2 | The reverse turning kick 1 : more speed is required for an air break because the boards are unsupported . |
| 3 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Moi was returned for a third five-year term in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by KANU . |
| 4 | The President is elected for a five-year term by popular vote . |
| 5 | The President is elected for a five-year term by a 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat ) , described in the Constitution as the embodiment of the whole Indonesian people . |
| 6 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Daniel arap Moi was returned for a third five-year term as President in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by the Kenya African National Union ( KANU ) , the sole legal party . |
| 7 | Under the 1983 Constitution an executive President is elected for a five-year term , as is a unicameral Legislative Assembly , which was expanded from 60 to 84 members in March 1991 . |
| 8 | An executive President is elected for a five-year term . |
| 9 | Under the 1979 Constitution , an executive President is elected for a single four-year term . |
| 10 | The President is elected for a five-year term by the 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat — MPR ) . |
| 11 | If the problem is to be resolved now , the only option open to the Killinchy Club is to try for a date outside of the month of May 1994 , which would leave all the options open for any North West date . |
| 12 | Usually the programme is intended for a certain age group . |
| 13 | The estate agent is selling for a third party and it would be totally wrong that his client should suffer because of the false window-dressing of his agent . |
| 14 | A search is made for a number of special tag patterns and parse fragments and the parse structure suitably modified . |
| 15 | A number of further points should be noted : ( 1 ) If the financial adviser is acting for a newly-formed bidder ( eg an " off-the-shelf " company ) , the standard of care required of it has a special dimension . |
| 16 | A synthesis of my two strands of research is attempted for an illustrative ‘ typical ’ case in figure 10.6 . |
| 17 | The mayor is preparing for a charity penalty shoot-out competition at the Leicester City-Middlesbrough game next Wednesday . |
| 18 | We stop on the verge beyond the clearing , the car is murmuring for a decision . |
| 19 | Yet a sizeable turnover is required for a successful market : given the concern with the structure of the London capital market , and increasing international competition between markets , analysis of what determines turnover has an immediate relevance . |
| 20 | The study of some group of tendencies is isolated by the assumption other things being equal : the existence of other tendencies is not denied , but their disturbing effect is neglected for a time . |
| 21 | Russian industry is going for a song . |
| 22 | His solution to the problem of scholarship is to call for a closer alliance between literary criticism and the historical study of language , to be achieved through the kind of emphasis on literary language which he himself had favoured since the 1930s . |
| 23 | Substitution : In the reaction between methane and chlorine , an atom of chlorine is substituted for a hydrogen atom in the methane molecule to form chloromethane . |
| 24 | A similar figure is quoted for a large landscape with a castle by Hubert Robert , while the portrait of Countess Maria-Theresa Kinsy , painted by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun in circa 1793 , is estimated to bring FFr1.2-1.5m ( £120–150,000 ; $210–265,000 ) . |
| 25 | If the money plus the bonus is left for a further two years , an additional bonus of another 14 months ' interest is paid , boosting the tax-free return to 8.62 per cent ( worth 11.49 per cent to the basic rate taxpayer , or 14.37 per cent to a higher rate taxpayer ) . |
| 26 | When government delegates meet every two years to decide which species to add to or delete from the appendices , the scene is set for a battle between non-governmental conservation organisations , such as the World Wildlife Fund , and representatives of the pet industry and the fur trade , with both factions desperately trying to sell their points of view . |
| 27 | But the two crews are likely to meet again at Henley and the scene is set for a classic confrontation . |
| 28 | The scene is set for a Courage League National Division Two showdown West on March 14 Newcastle victory moved them to within two points of their North-East rivals . |
| 29 | THE scene is set for a Courage League National Division Two showdown West on March 14 Newcastle victory moved them to within two points of their North-East rivals . |
| 30 | Privately police officers have told us , decisions on cautioning can depend on how much or how little faith they have in the courts to pass adequate sentences , and on how much paper work is required for a prosecution . |