Example sentences of "way for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donald Davie 's Purity of Diction in English Verse ( 1952 ) , by contrast , is touched with the spirit of the manifesto : the first book of young poet and lecturer who , though still a Leavisite , was eager to prepare the way for a critical acceptance of his own verse . |
| 2 | The May 17 announcement that Egypt had signed a letter of intent with the IMF , securing it a US$372 million standby credit over the next 18 months , paved the way for a major concession on Egypt 's official debt ; 17 creditor countries meeting as members of the " Paris Club " in Paris on May 20-24 announced that Egypt was to benefit from a two-stage debt-reduction plan modelled on that offered to Poland in March [ see p. 38107 ] . |
| 3 | MOVES by the US to introduce an energy tax could clear the way for a similar measure by the European Community , according to Sir Leon Brittan , the external trade commissioner , writes Frank Frazer . |
| 4 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time . |
| 6 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |
| 7 | Lending money to someone who is unlikely to be able to pay back all their obligations is like betting on a probable loser : hardly a sensible way for a prudent lender to do business . |
| 8 | The Clerides camp said a Vassiliou victory would open the way for a communist takeover , while supporters of Mr Vassiliou accused Mr Clerides of ties to the extreme right that led the 1974 coup seeking union with Greece . |
| 9 | Given the propensity of many modern breweries and their designers to impose an overall , single-period ‘ look ’ , however , the Georgian fabric that does exist is often the first thing to be swept away — to make way for a sham-Victorian world of clumsy stained glass and ugly stained hardwood . |
| 10 | Ali himself has acknowledged this : ‘ I started boxing because I thought this was the fastest way for a black person to make it in this country ’ ( quoted by Torres , 1971 , p.83 ) . |
| 11 | Now I 'm suggesting that an evaluator might , instead of just concentrating on one set of values , deliberately try and look at several , so they might , for example , identify that there were a group of people who felt that history should be taught in a certain particular way for a certain purpose . |
| 12 | Erm , we need to be convincing in challenge , otherwise the challenge , erm , we should question whether there is a need for any change , erm , if things have been done in a certain way for a certain period of time , erm , just because we want to change them , does n't mean to say that it does n't |
| 13 | Fifty miles is a long way for a young child to go alone . ’ |
| 14 | As was found in Wales , dairying was often the only way for a young person to start on the ‘ farming ladder ’ but old poor buildings made things difficult . |
| 15 | Card 's appointment also appeared to open the way for a comprehensive reshuffle of White House staff following a management review implemented by Skinner . |
| 16 | Now that was not the way for a modern police officer to speak , Lane felt . |
| 17 | Will he now do something about it by calling a general election and making way for a Labour Government committed to ridding this country of the Tory scourge of homelessness ? |
| 18 | So Nixon sent Henry Kissinger secretly to China to open the way for a personal visit from the President and thus , for the first time since 1949 , to recognize the Communist government in that country . |
| 19 | The easiest way for a male rapper to make himself look big amongst his equally stupid male peers is to put women down . |
| 20 | Warsaw Pact deputy foreign ministers and military commanders meeting in Prague agreed on Oct. 27 to cut 490 tanks and 400 artillery pieces from their conventional arms holdings , clearing the way for a European arms treaty due to be signed in Paris in November . |
| 21 | The earlier chapters of this book have shown how events and a growing sense of disillusion with many old policies paved the way for a new approach . |
| 22 | ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’ |
| 23 | It may be that the only way for a new supplier to break through this impasse is to secure a small order which , in effect , permits the demonstration of his company 's capability to provide consistently high-quality products promptly . |
| 24 | At the time , part of the mill was demolished to make way for a new road , some of the remainder being converted to shops . |
| 25 | WITH TEARS and bitter accusations of government insensitivity , an Angus family were yesterday thrown out of their home to make way for a new road . |
| 26 | The old terraced houses are being demolished to make way for a new shopping centre . |
| 27 | The houses will be for people who have to move out of Bentham Drive to make way for a new rail link . |
| 28 | There wo n't be a referendum in this country … the wide-ranging Treaty , which paves the way for a new currency and a common defence policy , will be debated in Parliament . |
| 29 | The 1930 Act also opened the way for a new wave of river clearance . |
| 30 | The collapse of post-war attempts to reconstruct the world economy in 1929–31 opened the way for a new wave of economic nationalism in Britain . |