Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 12.15 I was due at a function to pose for a photocall to launch a twenty-four-hour helpline for a worthy and deserving charity . |
| 2 | This was a necessity to qualify for a later call to the Bar . |
| 3 | For example , a number of humanities courses allow the student to postpone a decision to opt for a single subject or interdisciplinary course , or a major , joint or minor programme until the beginning of the second year . |
| 4 | A few months later , he accepted a contract to play for a Canadian football team . |
| 5 | In the Paris of the 19th century , it was a pleasure to go for a stroll and to be delighted by the public buildings . |
| 6 | Maxim had an hour and a half to wait for a train to Osnabrück , and half changed his mind about hiring a car , but that meant lots of signatures , and might be difficult to hand back if he flew home on a trooping flight from RAF Gütersloh . |
| 7 | The tube workers had a whip-round to pay for a taxi to the railway station . |
| 8 | Students are admitted into a faculty to study for a particular degree . |
| 9 | Burrows and Hunter 's general conclusion is that " from the views given us by local authorities the 1988 Housing Act 's strengthening of the anti-harassment laws have made prosecutions slightly easier for local authorities but , in practice , there is often a failure to prosecute for a range of non-legal reasons " ( p. 41 ) . |
| 10 | With Birmingham needing just a point to qualify for a place in Europe , 32-year-old Thomas replaces Andy Gosney , who is out for a month because of damaged shoulder ligaments . |
| 11 | A constable has a right to search for a weapon if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the suspect might present a danger to himself or others , for example because he was acting violently or was drunk or suicidal . |
| 12 | For example , who should have a right to sue for a 10b-5 violation ? |
| 13 | Thus , on the facts of the Dodds case , where a landlord gave notice of termination of a tenancy of business premises under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 on the 30 September 1978 , the ‘ four month ’ period during which the tenant had a right to apply for a new tenancy expired at midnight on 30 January , and so his application made on 31 January 1979 was invalid as being out of time . |
| 14 | If you are dissatisfied with any disciplinary decision relating to you , you have a right to apply for a review of the decision to the next level of officer specified in the procedure referred to in paragraph 3 above . |
| 15 | So I think there is a need to plan for a location where this new settlement is going to be successful , recognizing that failure to attract appropriate er private sector interest will mean poor quality design and social provision which will obviously detract from the new settlement as a place to live and also undermine its role in terms of the Greater York area . |
| 16 | These powers are not fully comprehensive , and in the past the police could not , for example , obtain a warrant to search for a murder weapon or evidence of kidnapping . |
| 17 | As was said by the Royal Commission , the police should not , on a warrant to search for a stolen grand piano , look under the floorboards or in the water cistern . |
| 18 | But it 's tr it 's true in most , if you do clinical medicine erm er ophthalmic optics you do n't get to play with the patients until quite a way on , and most of them do n't even get a chance to observe for a lot of it . |
| 19 | Such flouting of values , such wanton disregard for respectable priority , had often been remarked upon ; Mrs Maugham was wont to enlarge upon the theme by describing situations in which a suddenly-paralysed Mrs Hanney , unable to reach a phone to ring for a doctor , would expire before the inane cacklings of her own television set . |
| 20 | gave a judgment to the like effect , although he limited his remarks to the ability of a corporation to sue for a libel reflecting on the management of its trade or business . |
| 21 | Whereas Dysart had the bearing and features of an accomplished thirty-year-old , Ockleton lacked only short trousers and a catapult to pass for a skylarking schoolboy . |
| 22 | With or without heart trouble , Shelby was n't a man to settle for a dull life . |
| 23 | With the right approach , globetrotting teenagers can have a journey to remember for a lifetime . |
| 24 | Donors will be sent a voucher to exchange for a birdtable , which must be collected from Speedwell House , Speedwell Street , Oxford . |
| 25 | All new members for 1991 will receive a voucher to exchange for a FREE rally ticket of their own choosing ; |
| 26 | Speaking before the ASEAN standing committee in September 1984 , the Malaysian Foreign Minister declared that it would be a mistake to wait for a solution to the Kampuchean problem before making attempts to implement the idea of the zone of peace , freedom and neutrality . |
| 27 | His point is that although ‘ rules of grammar ’ are arbitrary in the sense that it is a mistake to look for a justification of a language game ( 331 ) , they are not arbitrary in the sense that ‘ our language game only works , of course , when a certain agreement prevails ’ ( 430 ) . |
| 28 | There 's going to be a lot to do for a holiday . ’ |
| 29 | The exception is the competent and confident young reader like Sharon in Donald Fry 's study ( 1985 , p. 115 ) , who sums up The children of the New Forest with the words ‘ a lot to read for a little bit to happen ’ . |
| 30 | I mean clearly I I do n't think at the moment I 'm in a position to apply for a a taught course because I do n't have the money . |