Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Progress continued towards the creation of a structure for a unified EC market in equities . |
| 2 | The very poor even sold the combings of their hair , to hawkers who came by crying for it , and passed it on to the dollmakers in Naples where it would stuff the turban of a king or tassel the tail of a donkey for a Nativity crib at Christmas . |
| 3 | In the absence of a rationale for a particular transformation ( or in the face of competing rationales ) the ladder of powers provides a useful guide . |
| 4 | The policeman 's note had promised action some time during the next two or three days , which could no doubt be split into a fraction of a second for a data check to establish that Sampson was a worthy and responsible citizen and neither a pervert nor a dangerous lefty , and then many hours of waiting in a paper tray to be shunted and shuffled and finally put into an envelope . |
| 5 | If something has been left for construction of a building for a town , the late emperor Marcus and Lucius Verus replied to Procula by rescript that each heir was liable for the whole . |
| 6 | The policy-making process is like the design of a building for a specific occupant by an architects the implementation process affects policy design quite early on and will continue to influence some details of it even after implementation has begun , just as modifications are made to buildings after occupancy . |
| 7 | In those circumstances , is he aware that his personal veto this morning on the urban plan to provide the shell of a building for a new studio to develop the industry in Caernarfon is seen as sabotage of prospects for that sector ? |
| 8 | In India , dowry deaths — the murder of a wife for a disappointing dowry — are not uncommon and almost invariably connived at by the legal system . |
| 9 | Plenty of guys in this racket have found themselves in front of a jury for a lot less than picking a dame up off the floor . |
| 10 | Yeah , have a bit of a kip for a bit ca n't I ? |
| 11 | This girl , this young woman , coming here and asking for the loan of a shilling for a cab fare . |
| 12 | But the taxidermy process would have been an expensive business and would have included soaking his skin in tan pits for 14 days , scraping and sandpapering his body , paying the barber for shaving him and cutting his toe nails and one final payment of a shilling for a strong cork . |
| 13 | This triumph could be due to the outcome of a fight for a mate , or over territory or for food , or over some other issue . |
| 14 | ‘ Chubby ’ Eliot and self had a bit of a dogfight for a while trying to get on each others ' tails as we were not certain the other was not a 109 until we saw the roundels . ’ |
| 15 | A report to regional health chiefs stresses the situation as part of a push for a significant increase in intensive care beds for Cleveland and the surrounding area . |
| 16 | It is a crusade to recapture Jerusalem , nothing short of a call for a new theocracy . |
| 17 | Now that 's a bit of a change for a recruiter to have to do that . |
| 18 | There was no attempt to revive the church of Paulinus at York and no further pursuit at this time of a pallium for a northern archbishop . |
| 19 | That 'll be more of a size for a I do n't know what . |
| 20 | Looking back now , I can see that our love was that of a boy for a girl . |
| 21 | Edward sent to Mrs Andrews ‘ a short note , fulfilling the two duties , of thanks for her past undoubted kindness , and of a request for a ‘ character ’ ( virtually ) when you leave . |
| 22 | The first meeting of the committee must take place within three months of its establishment and thereafter within twenty-one days of a request for a meeting by a member of the committee or on the date previously resolved by the committee for a further meeting ( r 6.153(2) ) . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's a hell of a name for a Taig . |
| 24 | While temporarily unloaded from any of the said vehicles in the course of a journey for a period of up to 72 hours ( not counting Sunday or any Public Holiday ) anywhere in England Scotland or Wales . |
| 25 | Normally , a ride in a car , even a police car , would be something of a treat for a child particularly now that a gratifying crowd was beginning to collect to witness his notoriety , drawn by the yards of white tape which sealed off the whole of the south part of the church and by the police cars and the unmistakable black and sinister mortuary van parked between the church wall and the canal . |
| 26 | That is , the GFF represents the frequency of a tag for a word relative to its most frequent tag . |
| 27 | That is , the GFF represents the frequency of a tag for a word relative to its most frequent tag . |
| 28 | Sparsity and the necessity to back off is less of a problem for a model based on part of speech transitions . |
| 29 | The story of Jacob and Rachel illustrates the love of a man for a woman , a love which is human and normal , but based on heavenly values , on giving rather than taking . |
| 30 | The ideal love of a man for a woman and of a woman for a man is for them to want to give something to each other , or to want to do something for each other . |