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

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1 For each subject a stool form score was calculated by simple addition of their three gradings , giving a range from 3 ( consistently constipated ) to 18 ( consistently loose ) .
2 For each proposal a group was given the task assembling all the arguments in favour of the development , while another , the reasons against .
3 For each question a score 0 to 3 is possible and the depression scale has a range of 0 — 21 .
4 Moreover , all pupils were to be subject to annual tests in reading , writing and arithmetic , administered by HMI , and 2s. 8d. ( approximately 14p ) was to be deducted from the grant for each test a child failed .
5 Any of the following tests would be regarded as suitable proof : Passes in the JMB Test in English ( Overseas ) at grade 3 or better up to June 1989 , the JMB Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages from March 1990 ; the AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes at grade III or better in listening , reading and writing ; the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English at grade C or better ; the Oxford-Arels Examination ( Higher level ) at Credit or Distinction level ; the IELTS ( British Council/University of Cambridge ) , with an average score of 6 or better and for each component a score of 5 or better ; TOEFL with a score of 550 or better ; the London GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language at grade C or better or in an approved SCE or GCE syllabus in English are acceptable for this purpose .
6 All work within the group is assigned as projects , and for each project a project coordinator is appointed .
7 Mr Alan Milburn said new funding arrangements from April meant companies and training providers would be paid £28 a week for each trainee a drop of £3 on last year .
8 For each band a photodiode sends a signal proportional to the intensity of the incoming radiation to a dedicated pre-amplifier whose output is fed to a meter unit .
9 For that reason a divisor should be chosen that is not itself divisible by 2 , 3 , 5 , 10 or any of their simple multiples .
10 But if only I had been right , if only it were just Kinnock , or for that matter a couple of remediable policies or the voting system , that were the problem .
11 In the present case , there is no express or implied requirement in the Criminal Justice Act 1967 that a decision fixing the tariff period , or for that matter a decision to release a prisoner on licence , must be taken by the Secretary of State personally .
12 In particular , I studied for some while a figure chalked on a great blackboard which stood close to the bench bearing the sheeted body .
13 According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force .
14 If the crew are likely to be on site for some time a thought about refreshments will also be very welcome .
15 For some time a rumour had persisted that Horemheb , in his moves to clear up the corruption which had flourished like rampant weed during the years in which the city had fallen into neglect , had more than once attempted to close it ; but that the interests which protected it were still too powerful for him to dispense with .
16 PERHAPS it was the presence of TV cameras on the company 's Fleet Street trading floor , or perhaps it was a genuine surge of Conservative support , but for some reason a number of staff at Goldman Sachs were instructed to wear blue shirts , ties and braces for election day .
17 This is a general facility we might like to write in which we would allow us to work like that on any job there is n't for some reason a job , a good reason why a kick-in procedure ca n't be followed , that we deal with it by having em , in the master job file which states that , states the deliberate erm , position rather than an accident .
18 For some reason a copy has arrived here .
19 I have for some reason a picture of a rather youthful military historian .
20 Rick Fehr , who , like Kite , lost out in a play-off for this title a year ago , closed with a 67 to match the old tournament record of 331 .
21 For this purpose a test may be used to discriminate those pupils who have attained a higher level from those at a lower level .
22 For this purpose a hedge and dyke were built and kept in repair to make a large enclosure into which deer were driven by men with hounds and horns .
23 By s.21(1) of the 1968 Theft Act : [ a ] person is guilty of blackmail if , with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another , he makes any unwarranted demand with menaces ; and for this purpose a demand with menaces is unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the belief — ( a ) that he had reasonable grounds for making the demand ; and ( b ) that the use of the menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand .
24 For this purpose a group includes both holding companies and subsidiaries .
25 Gonorrhoea can not be excluded in the female unless the rectum has been examined , and for this purpose a proctoscope , somewhat smaller than the vaginal speculum , is passed into the rectum so that samples can be taken for microscopy and culture .
26 For this procedure a diagram was used which shows the relation between vitrinite reflectance and relative depth ( Fig. 2 ) and which is based on measurements of vitrinite reflectance in 45 deep boreholes of western Germany .
27 I had picked for this exercise a place that I had visited many years before. , but to which I had never returned .
28 For this test a parametrization of the metric is chosen which is general enough to include deviations from Newtonian mechanics which are wider than general relativistic effects ( this post-Newtonian parametrization has also been applied to analysing individual effects ) .
29 I was glad to be given for this talk a problem question — animals and the environment .
30 For this dog a trip to the vets could be a lifesaver .
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