Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surgical drains are placed by the surgeon into the wound and provide a route for the exit of blood or body fluids which would otherwise prevent healing . |
| 2 | At stake are not only the interests of potential motorway users and of persons whose land might be compulsorily acquired to provide a route for the motorway ; also involved are the inhabitants of villages and towns which will be relieved of through-traffic by the motorway ; British Rail may have an interest in inhibiting the development of alternative means for the transport of goods ; improved transport and communications facilities provided by the motorway may benefit some businesses at the expense of others ; and motorways have , of course , serious environmental effects which lovers of the countryside and people who live near the proposed route will be anxious to avoid . |
| 3 | For example , we might suggest a route for the mains , and specify carriageway , verge or footpath , based on the results of our own surveys . |
| 4 | If in the judgment of the police authorities , formed reasonably and in good faith , the garrison was necessary for the protection of life and property , then they were not entitled to make a charge for it , for that would be to exact a payment for the performance of a duty which they clearly owed to the appellants and their servants ; but if they thought the garrison a superfluity and only acceded to Mr. James 's request with a view to meeting his wishes , then in my opinion they were entitled to treat the garrison duty as special duty and to charge for it … … . |
| 5 | The Soviet Military Encyclopedia in 1978 defined a neutral or neutralised zone as a defined geographical region in which by international agreement ( or the unilateral decision of a state to which this region belongs ) ‘ the preparation of military operations ’ is prohibited , and which ‘ can not be used as a theatre of military operations or a base for the conduct of war ’ . |
| 6 | It was also a base for the campaigns first in Gallipoli and later in Palestine . |
| 7 | In 1983 the company purchased the Palace Theatre in London for £12.3 million , both as a commercial theatre , and as a base for the organisation although a new company headquarters in the West End has recently been purchased for £3.3 million . |
| 8 | They give nothing away , and it 's Jensen in his rock-solid role as ball-winner and organiser who is providing a base for the ones in front of him to play . |
| 9 | The 4GL runs on top of multiple databases , including Oracle , Informix , Ingres and Sybase , as well as the Cobol-based flat file systems that still act as a base for the majority of installations out there . |
| 10 | Such is the case : Ullapool was designed by a Fisheries Association in 1788 as a base for the herring industry and today the centre of activity is still the splendid harbour , a place of boats and bustle and screaming seagulls . |
| 11 | Doug Mills , 49 , landlord of The Golden Ball — used as a base for the police operation — said : ‘ Customers told me he had done several tours of Northern Ireland during his service . |
| 12 | Next wind some tape through the slots and around the core to provide a base for the pickup windings . |
| 13 | Since the working class is the largest group and the group which concerned the educational reformers of 1944 , it is the natural choice of a base for the class variable . |
| 14 | But going back to the 1944 triptych , you called it a base for the Crucifixion . |
| 15 | In and near Moscow are a number of other monasteries and churches built between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries , all of Byzantine character but displaying individually Russian features particularly in the domes and the stepped ogee , triangular and rounded shell formations ( called kokoshniki ) which topped the main building and acted as a base for the tower or cupola drums . |
| 16 | The landlord may wish to have some control over the external colour scheme , but the tenant should resist a provision for the landlord 's consent to the internal colour scheme , except perhaps in the last year of the term where the tenant does not propose to seek a renewal . |
| 17 | The completion balance sheet will include a provision for the audit of the completion accounts . |
| 18 | The completion balance sheet will include a provision for the audit of the completion accounts . |
| 19 | making a provision for the managers of tomorrow ; and |
| 20 | A provision for the payment of a salary to a partner , effectively as a preferential share of profits . |
| 21 | Accordingly , the tenant should be required to supply regular certificates of his turnover , and there might also be a provision for the payment of interest on rent in case of delay in supplying them . |
| 22 | The Uthwatt Committee noted that there were only three cases in which betterment had actually been paid under the Planning Acts , and all these were before the 1932 Act introduced a provision for the deferment of payment until the increased value had actually been realised either by sale or lease or by change of use . |
| 23 | It was agreed that it would be impossible to draft the title of the Bill in such a way as to exclude an amendment to abolish capital punishment , and that it would be unconvincing to argue that the inclusion in the Bill of a provision for the abolition of capital punishment would be inappropriate . |
| 24 | Some Planning Act covenants also include a provision for the tenant to provide security for compliance with planning permission conditions , which should be resisted wherever possible . |
| 25 | In the latter case , if there is a provision for the tenant to provide a substitute guarantor on the bankruptcy or liquidation of the original guarantor the landlord should not be too disadvantaged and it would seem reasonable to resist the stringent forfeiture provision . |
| 26 | A provision for the partners to draw in advance of final ascertainment of their profit sharethe limits of which might conveniently be defined by reference to some proportion of the previous year 's profits ( Clause 10.03 ) making sufficient allowance for the possibility that that year 's profit levels may not be repeated let alone exceeded . |
| 27 | A provision for the partners to bring in to the firm 's account their fees and other remuneration derived from offices and appointments held by them ( see below ) ( Clause 10.06 ) . |
| 28 | For nearly six months now he had gone to Father Michael at St Cunegonde 's for long , thrilling discussions about whether he had a vocation for the priesthood . |
| 29 | A fifteen year old girl , who was a lookout for the car theft and who was a passenger during the hit and run , appeared before Magistrates today . |
| 30 | Another who will always be remembered for his all round ability was " Punch " Burgess , who it was said had a trial for the county but could n't contain his impatience . |