Example sentences of "for [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process directly undermined the rule of law : ‘ such transference of authority saps the foundation of that rule of law which has been for generations a leading feature of the English constitution . ’ |
| 2 | This was for centuries a strong point and later a prison ; among its prisoners , during the time of the Revolutionary Wars , was Lord Elgin , he of the marbles , who was held hostage in Lourdes on his way back to England from Turkey . |
| 3 | For centuries a Royal Mile eating and drinking house has stood on this site . |
| 4 | the great bulk of community care is provided by friends , family and neighbours … it is right that they should be able to play their part in looking after those close to them … service providers should make practical support for carers a high priority . |
| 5 | To ensure that service providers make practical support for carers a high priority . |
| 6 | But , away from the materialism , it remains for Italians a true family occasion . |
| 7 | At least , he may have begun in a monastery , but in the event he took orders and was for years a junior pastor somewhere in Worcestershire . |
| 8 | For farmers a regular income of hundreds of pounds a week from a single field , makes a racing circuit a very attractive cash crop . |
| 9 | With the best will in the world a bassoon can not begin to express itself in the same terms as a viola da gamba and when two of the three melodic parts are conceived for strings a precious dimension is lost by substituting woodwind . |
| 10 | TAXING TIME FOR JOB-SEEKERS A few taxation jobs are available for those with the right specialist skills and knowledge |
| 11 | For liquids a hypodermic syringe is used to inject the liquid through a rubber cap into a gas syringe heated so as to vaporise the liquid . |
| 12 | For children a special menu is provided , with special mealtimes if required . |
| 13 | He turns up the Holloway Road , with its rows of pubs for men a long way from home . |
| 14 | It was an opportunity to place Save The Children Fund 's current and future aim into historical context and for volunteers a valuable lesson in preparation for the seventy fifth . |
| 15 | Society still needs a large number of its adult citizens to give caring for others a higher priority than a conventional career . |
| 16 | Clothes can make a difference — for women a loose skirt and loose elastic in the waist of slacks or knickers are easier and quicker to manage . |
| 17 | Marxism has recently become for anthropologists a new source of obscurity as a result of recent work which is difficult and barbarously phrased . |