Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd swapped some toy cars for a set of poker dice in a red leather case . |
| 2 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 3 | We have already quoted part of the letter to Rohde , written in December , which gives the best testimony to Nietzsche 's state of mind : " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years … |
| 4 | We have agreed to take part along with member organisations and have a half hour slot for a ‘ Come and Try It ’ ( volunteer ‘ plants ’ welcome ) and short demonstration . |
| 5 | I 'd done some wedding stationery for a friend , and I 'd painted two hundred and twenty pieces , er erm , sheets of wedding stationery for her , with erm , bud roses and things , I think I might have shown you one , actually . |
| 6 | The opposition to Ershad remained fragmented and divided during 1989 , in spite of appeals by some opposition figures for a united front against him . |
| 7 | And that 's what it amounts to , this ‘ Boom Boom ’ , this monster soundtrack for a jeans ad — relayed across TV screens and cinemas — this dirty , snatch-and-go story of carnal heat . |
| 8 | There was some committee approval for a small selective membership because ‘ it facilitated decision making ’ , despite its exclusivity . |
| 9 | From the experiences described in this paper requirements for a new hypertext system arose . |
| 10 | This method call for a bit more work and commitment by those involved in the circle , though . |
| 11 | The call by some district societies for a director general for the Institute ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September , p 11 ) is a symptom of the difficulties facing the profession . |
| 12 | Attempting to capture the spirit of a period is another planning strategy for a survey , though this philosophical notion of a Zeitgeist is notoriously elusive . |
| 13 | The subsequent lengthy coalition negotiations had revealed the preference of some ÖVP members for a coalition with the right-wing Liberal Party ( FPÖ ) , which together had formed the government in 1983-87 . |
| 14 | Well you could buy yourself some golf stuff for a hundred could n't you ? |
| 15 | This gene codes for a protein molecule which later splits into the three proteins of the virus coat . |
| 16 | But Ember was saying with a quiet despair of his own , ‘ Or maybe chop a little off his brain to grow some cortex material for a rich man whose head 's on fire with cancer . |
| 17 | She glanced from her regular customers to the two new ones who seemed to be interested in the proceedings , and she said , ‘ Well , now , she wo n't get much chocolate toffee for a ha'penny . |
| 18 | She wo n't charge me with more than my due , nor will she let that lad pay for a death I 'm sure he does not owe . |
| 19 | GPs with their own budgets and District Health Authorities will be expected to place either block contracts for a defined range of services , or cost and volume contracts , for a certain number of cases , for most services . |
| 20 | A spokesman said : ‘ The insurance will cover all mortgage payments for a 12-month period ’ . |
| 21 | They said cautions were acceptable for all age groups for a wide range of unspecified offences . |
| 22 | by still preparing many school girls for a sheltered life with the emphasis upon ‘ suitable ’ female skills we may ‘ educate for incapability ’ — that is , for frustration , unemployment and second-class citizenship in a technological society . |
| 23 | If so , give up all animal milks for a while and try soya milk instead . |
| 24 | Trevor May , a Kent based contractor , ( ) , offers a variety of all weather surfaces for a variety of sports . |
| 25 | Now of course we 've got some experience in these things and we can put together some sort of picture of what that trade unionism for a new world might look like . |
| 26 | John was relieved when the executors of Ravel 's estate announced their objection to the use of that concert music for a ballet , so that no further performances could be given and , in consequence , the ballet was never shown in New York . |
| 27 | How would you feel if you were able to designate more life cover for a selected period of your choice , er , and then , maybe alter , er , the cover later on , so that you can have higher cover at certain points in your life , to cover these critical things , like your children 's education , while they 're growing up erm , at any point in the future . |
| 28 | Passive nonlinear resonator theory , described by equations ( 7.5 ) with C> 0 and thus y 0 , was originally developed in the context of optical bistability ( OB ) : I x in the state equation ( 7.6 ) can clearly be a multivalued function of y , which corresponds to an optical device that can have two or more transmission states for a single-input field , and can thus act as an optical memory device ( Fig. 7.2 ) . |
| 29 | However , many songwriters still choose to sign an exclusive publishing agreement with a music publisher , thereby giving up a portion of their royalties and fees , and assigning all rights in their songs to that music publisher for a set period of time . |
| 30 | And you end up writing guitar music which sometimes is okay , but after a couple of records I 'd written enough guitar music for a while . |