Example sentences of "of for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether 33 countries approved a draft treaty , drawn up at Basel last March , which called for the toxic waste trade to be regulated instead of for a total ban . |
| 2 | ‘ But she was very late — which is almost unheard of for a second birth , ’ he recalls . |
| 3 | " It 's unheard of for a religious Order to dwell in a tent or wagon . |
| 4 | On Dec. 29 Cuba and the Soviet Union — with which Cuba conducted more than 70 per cent of its total trade — concluded a trade agreement for 1991 only , instead of for a five-year period as in the past . |
| 5 | She would be considered a slut if she did , and since it is almost unheard of for a Ugandan man to do without sex for a year , her husband would usually seek another woman . |
| 6 | These are the limestone arres , and as unwelcoming a site as you could think of for a new resort . |
| 7 | Definition of for a new settlement around York . |
| 8 | It had been the day he had gone to see about a job he had heard of for a general handyman who had some experience with animals . |
| 9 | of for a long time ) and this was a puzzle still to be solved , but at least there seemed to be some evidence that fusion was happening , proving their original hypothesis . |
| 10 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 11 | No one in the CRA delegation understood that it was unheard of for a non-Unionist procession to enter that area . |
| 12 | Usual anti-climax — old birds standing round a bit o' grass at t'back they 'd got lease of for a few hours , wi' a garden label saying Mrs Edna Morrison and a few bunches of chrysanths put in rows . |