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

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1 Company lawyers are not keen on this very good scheme because where damage or loss is suffered by a third party , as for instance where a brake failure results in damage to an airport building , the dissemination of details of the circumstances in which it happened outside the company could prejudice the defence they are going to put up for their airline when the airport puts in a claim for damages .
2 Those words apply , no doubt , to suspensions which are inflicted by way of punishment : as for instance when a member of the Bar is suspended from practice for six months , or when a solicitor is suspended from practice .
3 Again , the Zuwaya did not base their genealogy solely on brotherhood : some groups were written in , recruited for instance when a group had insufficient members by natural means ; some were brought in by marriage ; one major section ( Muftah ) was related as half-brothers ( through their mother ) to Shuaghr , who were related as half-brothers ( through their father ) to the other sections of the Zuwaya .
4 Orders for payment after a summons jumped by nearly half to 2,355,174 .
5 This policy should also include procedures for action when a neonate is discovered missing .
6 It is a novelist 's trick , useful for recognition when a character is used in a series of stones : it is also properly matched to the portrait of a youth who is intelligent but not physically impressive .
7 The death penalty was retained for repeated murders , while a new defence of diminished responsibility , imported from Scotland , allowed a charge of manslaughter to be substituted for murder if a defendant ‘ was suffering from such abnormality of mind … as substantially impaired his mental responsibility for his acts … ‘ .
8 You will also be required to see to the boiling of water for tea when a tea-meeting is held and the washing up of the delf , etc , afterwards . ’
9 And the Milton Keynes-based Motor Insurers ' Bureau , which is responsible for compensation when a driver 's uninsured , says that it wo n't pay up either because Gooch was n't wholly to blame .
10 It was held by Lords Hailsham , Cross and Fraser , with Lords Simon and Edmund-Davies dissenting , that there can be no conviction for rape where a man honestly believes that a woman consents to sexual intercourse and that his belief did not have to be reasonable .
11 The bank is also considering a rolling settlement period to replace the current fortnightly accounting system , as well as ‘ delivery versus payment ’ , the automatic exchange of shares for cash after a stock market transaction has taken place .
12 Those with previous convictions will be allowed to put their case for registration before a selection committee made up of police and licensed and brewing trade representatives .
13 The use of earplugs can simulate the effect , and help one to appreciate the implications for safety if a person does not hear the whistle of the boiling kettle , or the sound of a pot of food boiling over , or the noise of approaching traffic .
14 A minimum safe speed for most gliders is the minimum cruising speed , but this is only safe at height , where there is time for recovery if a stall occurs .
15 Working Together , para 5.15.3 states that an initial child protection conference should take place within eight days of referral unless there are special reasons for delay when a maximum of 15 days may elapse .
16 A Pipeslice cutter is designed for use where a pipe is close to a wall .
17 NOTTS SPORT ( ) produce four synthetic cricket pitches : the ‘ Envelope System ’ , the Notts base ‘ D ’ system ( which can be laid onto a prepared sand , soil or hard/porous base ) ; the ‘ W ’ system ( designed for use where a concrete or tarmac surface already exists ) , and the ‘ NCA Junior Pitch ’ , which has been jointly developed with the National Cricket Association to provide young cricketers with the opportunity to develop their skills safely .
18 The random switching pattern is ideal for use when a property is unoccupied .
19 The latter seem more of a pretext for trouble than a cause of it .
20 This could be on a regular basis , for example once a week , or could be available in an emergency .
21 For example where a hole appears in the wing of a car and a pedestrian is cut by the sharp rusty edges of the hole , then danger is caused .
22 For example where a field leading to a river could only be used according to a sign for ‘ Parking — Members of the Walton Angling Club only ’ , it would constitute a private field .
23 This is the problem that behaviour which is privately profitable will not be wealth maximising overall where an actor can ignore the costs that its activities impose on others , for example where a company without cost to itself can emit into the atmosphere the noxious by-products of its production processes .
24 There are some situations where the relationship between parent and daughter would make intimate care impossible to give , for example where a daughter had been abused by her father as a child .
25 Moreover , it is permissible to make objects multi-functional , for example where a speed-bump is designed also to attract children 's play .
26 Inevitably occasions will also arise when an initial valuation proves over-optimistic , for example where a plaintiff makes an unexpectedly good recovery .
27 Such agreements are likely to be unrestricted-use credit although this may not always be the case , for example where a financier who has no arrangement with the seller insists on paying the money directly to him ( s13 ( a ) ) .
28 Either there is no one else to step in , or doctors and social workers — themselves at their wits ' end to find facilities — conspire to bring it about by assuming that such care will be given , for example when a patient is discharged from hospital following a stroke .
29 purpose by helping to emphasize the start of a new episode or a change in dramatic pace ( for example when a recitative gives way to a brief air ) .
30 Length is stored as exact length ±1 , so for example if a word has 5 letters , then bits 4 , 5 and 6 will be set .
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