Example sentences of "of [noun pl] for a [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There are a variety of reasons for a belief that structural adjustments to the EC budget are not over . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The bitterness of war put an end to the beautifying of houses for a time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The result was that the Statement of Accounts for a Health Authority became a Foreword , Statement of Income and Expenditure , Statement of Working Balances , Source and Application of Funds and the Notes . |
| 11 | ‘ Not the happiest of metaphors for a man of healing ! ’ |
| 12 | Write in a variety of forms for a range of purposes , showing some ability to present subject matter differently for different specified known audiences . |
| 13 | Mr de Klerk also told parliament of plans for a government crack-down on the Azanian Peoples ' Liberation Army ( APLA ) , the military wing of the radical black nationalist Pan Africanist Congress , and of the possibility that the death penalty would be reintroduced after a recent wave of political violence in which victims have included both white and black children . |
| 14 | In his notebooks of 1867 we find an extraordinary profusion of plans for a book : one or two are lists of wide-ranging topics arranged to form a more or less coherent whole ; most are variations on the theme of tragedy . |
| 15 | Opponents of plans for a £2m entertainment complex at Seaton Carew , near Hartlepool , have welcomed the news that Department of the Environment officials are taking a close look at the proposal . |
| 16 | Some boards had enthusiastic and confident training coordinators who went beyond being merely information providers and saw their role as facilitating the identification of needs and discussion of plans for a training programme . |
| 17 | ‘ And I 've had a couple of glasses of Scotch to celebrate finishing a course of antibiotics for a chest infection , ’ he finished wearily . |
| 18 | She thought it was Swimmer of Lakes for a moment , but her horse had already returned to open land and was quietly grazing to the east . |
| 19 | Evidence suggests a significant growth has occurred in the use of computers for a variety of planning purposes . |
| 20 | What are the main sources of funds for a bank ? |
| 21 | After the work of Moses was repressed , and he had been killed , the Prophets reasserted the tradition of his religion — the return of the repressed — in the form of demands for a return to a more ethical religion , away from the sensual worship of images . |
| 22 | Certain fields containing livestock will be out of bounds for a variety of reasons . |
| 23 | Prices had already quadrupled during the siege ; now a frenzy of economic activity took place in which more than one lady gave a handful of pearls for a bottle of honey or a box of dates . |
| 24 | VS Naipaul has asked that it be given to the Society of Authors for a writer under 40 working in either biography , cultural history or art history . |
| 25 | Lot of cars for a Monday ! |
| 26 | I went for a very short while to the Royal Academy of Arts for a leaving party being given for Mrs William Kerr , who firstly as Griselda Hamilton-Baillie then as Griselda Kerr , has worked so hard on the public relations staff of the Royal Academy , since 1972 . |
| 27 | She got out as soon as she could , and found work in the weaving sheds — " she was a good weaver ; six looms under her by the time she was sixteen " — marry , produce nine children , eight of whom emigrated to the cotton mills of Massachusetts before the First World War , managed , " never went before the Guardians " .1 It was much , much later that I learned from One Hand Tied Behind Us that four was the usual number of looms for a Lancashire weaver ; Burnley weavers were not well organised , and my great-grandmother had six not because she was a good weaver but because she was exploited . " |
| 28 | Modular Object-Oriented Notation : Examination and comparison of a number of methods for a range of application areas ; Identification of a set of ‘ criteria ’ for the assessment of methods . |
| 29 | The provost and council of St. Andrews , who were never slow to seek patronage of any type , had asked Scott to obtain the placement of a supervisor in the list of candidates for a collectorship . |
| 30 | Mr John MacGregor inherits Transport , which has proved a bed of nails for a succession of Secretaries of State . |