Example sentences of "of [adj] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April of 1925 a vacancy for the post of superintendent nurse was advertised and the appointment went to Miss May W. Hall , who was 32 years old , and had been the assistant tutor and deputy superintendent nurse at St.James ' Hospital , Chester . |
| 2 | We will be paying you a fee of 100 a day for work on the production and one day 's preparation i.e. a total of 1200 . |
| 3 | Ecologists had been warning of the possibility of such a conflagration for some time . |
| 4 | Leaving aside the prospects for proportional representation , what would be the implications of such a system for the functioning of the British political system ? |
| 5 | The appeal of such a doctrine for the young Nietzsche was bound to be intensified by Schopenhauer 's conception of aesthetic , especially musical , experience as a main escape route from the domination of the will . |
| 6 | The desirability of ‘ tying up ’ a settlement in one parcel sometimes give rise to a problem for the parliamentary agent in drafting the legislation , the question being whether to put in a protective clause at the outset , or to omit it and negotiate a settlement of such a clause for insertion at a later stage . |
| 7 | The advantages to the Commission of programme financing arose from the long-term nature of such a plan for regional development , which required agreement on financing arrangements in advance from all the concerned parties down to the local government level . |
| 8 | We believe that the joint working party 's recommendations should include the routine use of such a device for people caring for patients who are known to be positive for HIV or hepatitis B virus and for high risk patients . |
| 9 | Their ideal of endogamy , which treats the marriage exchange as if it were non-existent , is an example of such a mechanism for achieving peace . |
| 10 | They have long been committed to the idea of such a conference for dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict ; they are now committed to the idea of such a conference for negotiating a Gulf peace ; there is no obvious way to keep the two ideas apart . |
| 11 | They have long been committed to the idea of such a conference for dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict ; they are now committed to the idea of such a conference for negotiating a Gulf peace ; there is no obvious way to keep the two ideas apart . |
| 12 | In a country in which education up to the age of 16 has become universal and compulsory , and education up to the age of 19 an option for everyone , we have to recognize that this education must be designed to meet pupils ' needs . |