Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | one or two on the island here who got a bit for the that er damage with the storm . |
| 2 | Jean Goodwin presented a £300 cheque to Dr. Bathall for Cardiac Support Group , and Heather Trimming presented a cheque for the same amount to Mrs. Todd for the Alton branch of Sight Concern Hampshire . |
| 3 | The same gallery had a pastel study of a hand by Degas for the painting ‘ Mademoiselle Fiocre ’ while Galerie Heim next door had a foot for the same work . |
| 4 | He wrote a Prologue and ‘ The Song of the Wreck ’ for Wilkie Collins 's The Lighthouse , 1855 , and a Prologue for the same author 's The Frozen Deep , 1856 . |
| 5 | And er Ivy got married and she stopped the teaching and died just that same year and then there was the a change for the both teachers . |
| 6 | Her slogan is : ‘ we aim to create the arts as a service for the many as opposed to a luxury for the few ’ . |
| 7 | Here 's a better attempt at a caption for the same picture . |
| 8 | The message from gays and lesbians living in rural Ireland was one of a sense of isolation which might aptly be tackled through the medium of film , which has the potential to act as a focus for the many people geographically isolated and thus tongue-tied by virtue of their isolation . |
| 9 | This show will be a revelation for the many Americans who are too young to have seen the major survey mounted by Wildenstein in New York in 1949 . |
| 10 | John Taylor , the Unionist MP for South Tyrone , also made representations and the Ulster Protestant Volunteers , a body led by Ian Paisley , announced a meeting for the same time and place as the civil rights rally . |
| 11 | According to the organisers , it hopes to ‘ provide a platform for the many hardworking and determined Dublin bands who find the process of demo recording both costly and ineffective as regards promotions and A&R contact ’ . |
| 12 | Her slogan is : ‘ we aim to create the arts as a service for the many as opposed to a luxury for the few ’ . |
| 13 | As I understand it , the ruling states that if a chick makes tea once a week for the same guy — she gets half his dough . |
| 14 | A mechanism for the latter possibility is suggested by the observation that NMDA receptor function can be increased by the activation of PKC . |
| 15 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 16 | Wyllie , who stood down as a candidate for the All Black job after a confidential letter from NZRFU Chairman Eddie Tonks criticising him was leaked to the press , returns to what he loves most , working with clubs to develop the skill and the knowledge of the average club player . |
| 17 | Like Mrs Secretan , Elizabeth had married off a daughter , like her she had lived in fear ( then unfounded ) of cancer , and had felt uncomfortably sure that she had offended someone ; like Elinor Pringle she had filled up time in odd places , during short periods of being alone ; like Meg , she knew the fascination of the Thames estuary ; with Patrick Barlow she shared the accidie of the writer , and a love for the same sort of painting . |
| 18 | Originally rivals , they have succeeded in identifying themselves with one another by means of a love for the same object . |
| 19 | Our discussions with Mr A have indicated that you have a preference for the latter . |
| 20 | You can fit drawer chests inside the units for easier storage of items like underwear and socks , or you could use sliding baskets in a rack for the same purpose . |
| 21 | Item nine , there 's a report for the half year ending on page forty-one , Tony ? |
| 22 | To give some flavour of the possibilities , we represent below a header for the same text[5] first using the minimal level of required encoding : |
| 23 | Next , the implication that full employment could be achieved by budget deficits encouraged the separation of decisions to spend from decisions to tax , and there has been a tendency for the former to grow faster than the latter . |
| 24 | The markets were not so much of a problem for the many part-time farmers who had a good non-farm income . |
| 25 | Eventually , tender of such a bill to the carrier became a prerequisite for the latter 's delivery of the goods to the bill 's holder . |
| 26 | Sir John reserved the right to become a partner at the end of the first three years term for a quarter share of all mines and ores , then opened , got , or sold , … or … at the end of six years also to commence as a partner for one quarter share … or … at the end of nine years to commence as a partner for the same … or … at the end of 12 years the same , and at 15 years ditto . |
| 27 | Asquith replied that the question of mandates was not so simple , but he was opposed to an election for the same reason as Unionists wanted one : — both knew that Home Rule was not a winning policy outside Ireland . |
| 28 | The statement says that where a member 's opinion is sought on the application of accounting standards or principles to specific circumstances or transactions of an entity of which he is not the auditor , he should ensure that he has access to all relevant information , he should contact the auditor to provide an opportunity for the latter to bring to his attention any relevant facts and , given his client 's permission , he should provide a copy of his opinion to the auditor . |
| 29 | Indeed , Britain 's forthcoming presidency of the European Commission might be used as an opportunity for the more dirigiste members of Mr Major 's staff to press for a move to the narrow band of the ERM , in which case interest rates must be locked into those of Germany . |
| 30 | In Reg. v. Miles ( 1890 ) 24 Q.B.D. 423 it was held that a person who had been convicted of an assault by a court of summary jurisdiction , but had been discharged , without any sentence of fine or imprisonment , on giving security to be of good behaviour , could not afterwards be convicted on an indictment for the same assault . |