Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | PARAGON 'S Sunday concert in Glasgow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama provided a showcase for the Romanian composer Violeta Dinescu . |
| 2 | Viner provided a framework for the analysis of changes in trade patterns which lead to welfare losses as a result of participating in a CU . |
| 3 | In a sense , therefore , his body provided a cover for the sharpness of his mind , and the cold balefulness of his stare a cover for his crusades . |
| 4 | The Foundation provided a grant for the installation of mobile shelving and the room was officially opened in 1989 . |
| 5 | The victory was both immediate and absolute ; equally important , it provided a tonic for the Allied civilian population , who were becoming increasingly war-weary and despondent . |
| 6 | It provided a vocabulary for the mass marketing of hippies . |
| 7 | The society provided a way for the town 's art-lovers to assemble monthly for discussions , lectures , and demonstrations . |
| 8 | Indeed , the existence of a basic contractual relationship has in many situations provided a foundation for the erection of a fiduciary relationship . |
| 9 | Hennessy watched the Rover go , following it until it was lost behind a fold in the uneven green that provided a covering for the harsh crags underneath . |
| 10 | In this , the lord of Amboise 's armed forces provided a pattern for the future . |
| 11 | Between the wars it provided a market for the growing volume of Treasury bills issued by the government to meet its short-term financing needs . |
| 12 | However , the division of Germany , the decision to create a West German State , and the establishment of Nato provided a legitimation for the Soviet role in eastern Europe — and vice versa . |
| 13 | Its simplistic political viewpoint may have correctly reflected attitudes at the time it was set ; but it provided a target for the anti-war movement and provoked demonstrations in many cities world-wide when it was shown . |
| 14 | This revolutionised almost all aspects of the earth sciences , and provided a mechanism for the older concept of continental drift , which was , until the 1960s , an often-dismissed peripheral idea . |
| 15 | The two men maintained contact and Frank Francis-Francis often visited Henley and provided a seat for the Artisans which was given , in turn , to the Club in 1971 . |
| 16 | Sentence ( 10 ) tells us of a " weakness " of the " heart " , but not until ( 11 ) , where this matter is taken up again in the expression " the poor child was not robust " , do we learn that it provided a reason for the present interview : it was for this reason ( we surmise ) that the Moreens wished to engage a resident tutor . |
| 17 | It also provided a basis for the subsequent investigation , encouraging the analysts to approach the second phase in a structured and methodical manner . |
| 18 | Yet it also provided a basis for the dynamic interpretation of biological processes , leaving room for a high degree of psychosomatic interaction . |
| 19 | They developed a theory of the state which was a long way removed from the rational calculative tendencies of utilitarianism and provided a justification for the role of the state in the spheres of economic life and welfare which went beyond what has usually been countenanced within Liberalism , whether based on utilitarianism or Lockean theory . |
| 20 | Crucially , Realism provided a justification for the kind of foreign policy which the leaders of the USA felt that they had to undertake in the period immediately after the Second World War . |
| 21 | This gave the project a visible identity within the school and provided a focus for the curricular aspirations of a number of key departmental representatives ( particularly the heads of history and IS ) . |
| 22 | However , though they now understand the atomic organisation of the plates , Professor Mann said more work had to be done to find out how the cell provided a template for the exotic shapes to emerge . |
| 23 | At a purely practical level , the anarchist and socialist press provided a forum for the dissemination of information about the October revolution , where it was given an enthusiastic reception . |
| 24 | It also provided a forum for the latest research results . |
| 25 | The original version of the Gesta provided a model for the Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum , written about 1155 ; and it , in its turn , influenced later versions of the Gesta . |
| 26 | The growth of the embryo towards maturity provided a model for the whole evolutionary process . |
| 27 | This provided a model for the evolution of African landscapes that depended upon parallel slope retreat and the coalescence of pediplains , and it stimulated canons of landscape evolution ( King , 1953 ) and the extension of the model to many areas of the earth 's surface in The Morphology of the Earth ( King , 1962 ) . |
| 28 | He cast a bell for the newly rebuilt abbey church . |
| 29 | On Oct. 18 , at peace conference talks in The Hague [ for third session , on Sept. 19 , see p. 38421 ; the second session had taken place on Sept. 12 ] , the EC proposed a plan for the future structure of Yugoslavia , loosely based on its own structure . |
| 30 | A committee led by Karl Barth proposed a message for the Churches to adopt . |