Example sentences of "of [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no place in Müller 's scale of values for a loser . |
| 2 | Modern audiences — I can hear Letterman saying this — wo n't go for the idea that Claudia , who is in some senses — although we ‘ re not spelling this out , okay — a new woman , would take part in the killing of lions for a documentary . |
| 3 | There was a lot of tooth-sucking for a while as he tried to get me to say more and that was almost funny , given that it was the tooth-sucking that made me think of it in the first place , suddenly thinking . |
| 4 | Alluding to this lack of support for a walkout , Gorbachev in his closing speech to the congress on July 13 insisted : " Those who hoped this congress would be the funeral of the Communist Party have been proved wrong . |
| 5 | My noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , at pp. 121–122 , also referred to the minister 's speech , although possibly only by way of support for a conclusion he had reached on other grounds . |
| 6 | They were among four Russian boys who travelled to Westonbirt school near Tetbury to meet two Russian girl orphans , who 'll be educated free of change for a year . |
| 7 | In R. W. Cairns Ltd. v. Busby East Church Kirk Session , 1985 S.L.T. 493 , it was held that proper specification is required in the statement of reasons for a decision . |
| 8 | To impute that Dr Runcie has been an unsuccessful archbishop by quoting falling numbers in that part of the Anglican Communion which is the Church of England is to ignore a whole complex of reasons for a reduction in church-going , including , no doubt , the encouragement of a highly competitive and success-orientated society . |
| 9 | There are a variety of reasons for a belief that structural adjustments to the EC budget are not over . |
| 10 | With all Scotland quiet as a flat calm under his hand , he wants us to be quiet too , and let be the Mackinnons and the Maclaines of Lochbuie for a year or three . ’ |
| 11 | Loss of self-control in cricket is on a par with evasion of payment for a television licence . |
| 12 | Overnight a highly suspect communist renegade was transformed into an eternally youthful dissident communist , a beacon of hope for a generation of young men and women rebelling against the anarchronistic irrelevance of an outmoded educational system and the serial alienation of a post-industrial society . |
| 13 | An attendance rate of 90% for a week means that out of the 1000 possible attendances over the week , 900 were recorded . |
| 14 | Inman was retired prematurely and his post abolished , and Hunt was given an annual salary of £1,000 for a minimum of one day a week at the Office , although according to the Secretary , he was usually there ‘ nearly half a week ’ . |
| 15 | The average duration of admission for a patient with anorexia nervosa at a specialist unit in Sydney is 62 days ( unpublished data ) , in the UK 96 days , and in New Zealand 64 days . |
| 16 | A whirl of oratory for a fortnight . |
| 17 | It is fine to stay at this kind of level for a while . |
| 18 | In 1631 Aylesbury encouraged Warner to edit and publish Harriot 's treatise on algebra , the Artis Analyticae Praxis , and wrote on his behalf to the ninth Earl of Northumberland for a reimbursal of expenses . |
| 19 | Adoption involves the legal transfer of responsibility for a child from its natural parents . |
| 20 | If a Member on one side of the House sought to simulate anger by crossing the floor , punching an opponent on the nose and destroying his paper , would it be a breach of privilege for a court of law to proceed against him ? |
| 21 | Caterers , hoteliers , innkeepers and restaurateurs may have recourse to any one of a number of courts for a multiplicity of reasons ; the following are those which they are most likely to use . |
| 22 | ‘ This is to certify that Color Serjeant William Nicholl served in the 8th ( or The King 's ) Regiment of Foot for a period of Twenty One Years , during which time he has invariably conducted himself as an honest , trustworthy , sober man — Given under my hand at Plymouth , This 4th day of August 1825 , J. Duffy Lf Col Commg 8th or King 's Reg . ’ |
| 23 | In any event , the judge awarded the whole of his estimate of the increased price which would have been obtained whereas the correct measure of damage for a failure to disclose the material facts was the loss to the plaintiff of the chance of negotiating an increased price if he had had the information . |
| 24 | However , these birds have particularly large nostrils , giving them an exceptionally good sense of smell for a bird , and their nests are often putrid . |
| 25 | These words sum up her intention and feelings , expressing the result of two years of preparation for a show that came to mean so much for the many artists participating in the event . |
| 26 | The bitterness of war put an end to the beautifying of houses for a time . |
| 27 | Well of course for a week . |
| 28 | Mounting criticism of the inadequacy of the 1959 Act led to a number of proposals for a tax on betterment , by way either of a capital gains tax or of a betterment levy . |
| 29 | This need was further highlighted in 1987 through the development of proposals for a Department of Trade and Industry FE pilot scheme for skills up-dating in the Glenrothes-based paper manufacture industry . |
| 30 | ‘ Probably had a funny kind of weakness for a sort of orphanage face , ’ said Joe . |