Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Bridging precariously above the protruding spike concentrates your mind wonderfully on the old cliche — ‘ not a route for the married man ’ !
2 Ranald , do you find a rock the size of these two , and we 'll use them as a base for the first skep .
3 Stockings that were past repair were used as a base for the new victory roll hairstyle .
4 The main focus of the statement was on the need to guarantee peace through enhanced regional economic integration in order to achieve " a process at the national and regional level which permits an accelerated reconstruction and transformation of production and technology of the Central American countries as a base for the efficient and dynamic insertion of the region into the world market " .
5 The Reef is built up from the hard skeletons of dead polyps , and forms a base for the living coral .
6 Often local pubs serve as a base for the local community : as Neil Richardson pointed out in CAMRA 's Pub Preservation report of 1980 , ‘ The pub is first and foremost a social centre , the best ever invented …
7 Plymouth is a base for the Royal Navy , making , repairing and servicing warships and training their crews .
8 The Convention also includes , in Article 14 , a provision for the compulsory settlement of disputes by arbitration , at the request of either of the parties in dispute .
9 Richardson , Texas-based Micrografx Inc warns that it has uncovered corporate funds mismanagement in its Japanese subsidiary Micrografx , KK which may result in a loss of $500,000 , and it will likely take a provision for the non-recurring loss in the fourth quarter ; the company further realigned its worldwide operations to respond to changes in software purchasing trends and the costs of marketing products and services and expects to report a loss for the fiscal .
10 Chief among the reforms was a provision for the direct election of Assembly delegates .
11 Just as the greater includes the less , so a provision for the marginal case must include the central case .
12 The last leg of the expedition was proving more than a trial for the young naturalist .
13 It was to have been another Scarborough , a resort for the wealthy of Middlesbrough .
14 The pupil 's classroom and working groups ( how an individual 's behaviour may have a function for the whole group who may then try and prevent him from changing it ; how groups may be handled so as not to ‘ need ’ one child 's particular behaviour and instead support his progress )
15 The ‘ intellect ’ is seen as a function for the direct apprehension of images — to illumine the products of sensory and mental activity , to distinguish , and this is aligned to the thought processes which offer seemingly fragmented views of reality , being centred on objectivity .
16 Was it not his father who had resolutely argued a case for the necessary acquisition of bourgeois culture in order to succeed ?
17 Was it not his father who had implicitly argued a case for the moral uprightness of bourgeois culture and bourgeois education ?
18 Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost .
19 We believe ultimately that there is a case for the further development of budget in this case , and for the schools themselves to decide the levels of erm special needs advisers that they will want .
20 If ever there was a case for the old adage ‘ horses for courses ’ , ‘ Strip Search ’ was it !
21 There 's not a trace of bitterness about Peter Shilton , Trevor Francis and Kenny Dalglish , who walked into top jobs , but he states a case for the unknown soldiers of football .
22 The council also set aside an initial budget of£250,000 to employ a legal team and prepare a case for the public inquiry .
23 one or two on the island here who got a bit for the that er damage with the storm .
24 I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days .
25 Go down go down a level for the first
26 His easy success often led him into precarious adventures ; in 1917 the French intercepted a cable from the German Ambassador in Madrid reporting to Berlin that he had found a mistress for the new Commander-in-Chief , for the modest fee of 12,000 pesetas a month .
27 They are DEVOTED to each other — she 's seeing a toy boy and he 's had a mistress for the last fourteen years
28 Membership of the ILP had been largely a formality for the remaining four-fifths of the original group , though some active ILP members like Dr Alfred Salter and Emanuel Shinwell were among those severing their connections with the party .
29 Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team-mate Rene Arnoux third .
30 A winner for the authentic big match atmosphere every time .
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