Example sentences of "for a [noun sg] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , the database community is looking for a standard means that 'll allow users to access and exchange data across different database schemas . |
| 2 | For this reason , the database community is looking for a standard means that 'll enable users to access and exchange data across different database schemas . |
| 3 | Clearly it is easier for a minister to accept this sort of legislation than to develop a policy that effectively changes the direction of a great deal of work going on within the department . |
| 4 | Keep fighting for a law to stop this glue sniffing |
| 5 | The need to make such a comment for a pedigree breed that is clearly stated to be all-black in colour is a powerful reminder that the little white patches and flashes are still persisting , even after a century of specialized , selective breeding . |
| 6 | Lewis is looking for a catalyst to recapture some of its original vigour and purpose . |
| 7 | Our aim so far has been to show that the " stylistic variant " view of style , which supports the dualist 's conviction that style can be distinguished from message , can lead to a more precise understanding of what it means for a writer to choose this rather than that way of putting things . |
| 8 | If you had to choose a place for a factory making some similar consumer goods , perhaps pop records , which city , on either side of the Pennines , do you think would be best , and why ? |
| 9 | It is clear that for a girl to have any chance of succeeding , she must play the Tour in some style . |
| 10 | But with half an hour gone the poor quality of United 's final ball had left Cantona stranded and still looking for a chance to put some flesh on Ferguson 's bold predictions . |
| 11 | Turn to page 11 for a chance to win some fabulous Adidas gear . |
| 12 | ( In European countries with industry-wide or regional agreements it is not uncommon for a union to represent less than a majority of workers within any given enterprise . ) |
| 13 | ‘ There was sufficient evidence for a magistrate to issue this . ’ |
| 14 | Nevertheless most of the popular document processing systems concentrate on appearance rather than structure , mainly because most users opt for a user interface that is interactive , simple and direct . |
| 15 | And we can recognise that this is true for a change involving any form of intermediation . |
| 16 | Later they will look for a pretext to create some kind of dispute and then utilise certain international organizations they control to carry out intervention against the Cuban people . |
| 17 | It stinks a bit , but I reckon it 's OK for a cat to do that , cos a cat 's an animal . |
| 18 | Her shoulders were hunched up high and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions . |
| 19 | My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and I will meet car manufacturers for a return match this Wednesday and there will be some plain speaking . |
| 20 | For a module involving several different forms of assessment and/or having more than one member of staff teaching and assessing it , double marking is not normally required . |
| 21 | She had innate sense of good movement and was searching for a system embodying those principles which fulfilled her concept of the art of movement and teaching its technique . |
| 22 | The actual burden on most preparers will be rather less than may appear from the disclosure requirements of the FRED , given that it is unusual for a company to have many different kinds of capital instruments in issue and , therefore , in many cases few of the specific disclosures will apply . |
| 23 | It is also to proclaim a message about Jesus — and therein for a feminist lie all the problems . |
| 24 | You have to be off for a while to receive that , or straight away . |
| 25 | True , this is on one of those detested and expensive 0898 numbers but I am assures that Directus keep the message as succinct as possible and that is rare for a call to last more than a minute . |
| 26 | It 's very hard and painful for a kid to face that . |
| 27 | I had been trying for a year to obtain some black Amazon wood for my Discus tank , but my local dealers did not stock it . |
| 28 | The medical faculty at Buenos Ayres would not accept me , and I had to work day and night for a year to learn enough science to be enrolled . |
| 29 | He stuck with his ideas , and for a year did all kinds of manual work as a casual labourer till he eventually had amassed enough money to start a grocery business with a friend . |
| 30 | True , Araminta had no idea of what a poached egg was , but what delight for a man to cook all his life for such an angel . |