Example sentences of "and a [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iris has a raw style that ancestral artists The Carter Family would recognise instantly , and a facility for a great story song that never makes you feel insulted or nauseous . |
| 2 | A pat on the nose for a four-legged competitor ( middle ) and a blanket for a two-legged one ( bottom ) |
| 3 | However , he was not selected and a request for a box-off against Matthew Turner , the Welsh ABA 's choice , was rejected . |
| 4 | All that money , and the fine clothes on her , and a gentleman for a husband . |
| 5 | Whether in television , theatre , cinema , fine art or charity advertising , the tragedy principle uses the impairment as a metaphor and a symbol for a socially unacceptable person and it is this tragedy principle which is the bone-cage surrounding historical and current disability representation . |
| 6 | But British particularism too often meant an unwillingness to experiment and a yearning for a quiet life . |
| 7 | Lucy 's glowing descriptions of swaying palms and white beaches had disgracefully tipped the balance between a sense of duty , and a yearning for a spot of sheer , unadulterated pampering . |
| 8 | The internal bulkheads were quite ornate , with a mirror in the top left-hand corner and a hole for a red ‘ bull's-eye ’ lens to act as a tail lamp in the right-hand corner . |
| 9 | And the old foundries cut a face and a size for a specific use . |
| 10 | Although there is no rule requiring them to do so , many district judges scrutinize the defences in small claims matters to see : ( 1 ) if they are viable and if not to make appropriate directions including a striking-out order and a requirement for a " full and proper " defence to be filed ; ( 2 ) if the matter can immediately be set down for arbitration with appropriate directions ; ( 3 ) if a PTR is necessary or can be dispensed with . |
| 11 | If today 's brinkmanship backfires on Mr Yeltsin , he will almost certainly put to the popular vote the future of his reforms and a proposal for a constitution that would weaken parliament 's powers . |
| 12 | Meetings of the Working Group in Prague in August 1990 and Athens in October 1990 were attended , and a proposal for a research project to evaluate the usefulness of floodplain sediments as a low-density geochemical sampling medium was drawn up . |
| 13 | Anxious to improve the appearance of the women entrants , they issued all 316 competitors with a set of thermal underwear and a voucher for a free hair-do . |
| 14 | As the sea level rose in Post-glacial times two conflicting physical processes took place : a tendency for the sea to invade the area and to leave behind extensive deposits of marine silt and a tendency for a large-scale development of peat in the districts furthest away from the sea . |
| 15 | Included in the fair is a ‘ video box ’ with twelve monitors and a competition for a large-scale sculpture or installation . |
| 16 | It provides all the necessary information relating to actual depth , maximum depth time , no-stop time , decompression time , ascent rate warnings , surface interval , nitrogen clearance time , safe flying time and a recall for a scroll read out of the last nine dives . |
| 17 | Private Eye was flourishing , and even advertising in It its discreet ‘ God Is Love ’ , ‘ Karl Marx ’ , and ‘ Marquis de Sade ’ T-shirts under the slogan ‘ Plug in turn on freak out with Private Eye ’ , but this was little more than a wobble in that paper 's progress — and a chance for a satirical quick buck . |
| 18 | If you want to make more of the networking , there are two rows of sockets on the motherboard for an optional Token Ring adaptor , and a socket for a network boot ROM . |
| 19 | The ongoing vigorous policy of offering paddock admission ( £7 per head ) at £10 per couple and Club enclosure facilities ( £12 individually , but £20 for couples ) , plus various theme days and a draw for a gallon of whisky at each fixture , will help to continue the success story . |
| 20 | My brother Ifor gave me a beautiful bicycle — hub-braked and dynamoed , a thing of beauty and a joy for a couple or three years . |
| 21 | There was the same mission to conquer land with gold replacing milk and honey , a wagon-train exodus , a plethora of heroes with a policy of taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth . |
| 22 | However , in the Old Testament , it states ‘ an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ’ . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) A Crues player was clearly fouled outside the area — this resulted in a free kick against the fouled player and a booking for a colleague who protested . |
| 24 | Consultation will then be false and a facade for a ‘ sells ’ style of leadership whereby the manager hopes to win acceptance of his decisions by subordinates by pretending to listen to their advice . |
| 25 | Certainly it is a property of life and a need for a balance of reciprocating flows is observable throughout the arts and sciences . |
| 26 | And a need for a more structured set of relationships was not recognized . |
| 27 | The various participants in the workshop identified a wide range of constraints which can broadly be categorised under five main headings — political and administrative constraints , ethnocentrism and its effects , inadequate resources , and a need for a purpose-designed methodology : |
| 28 | Oxfordshire teachers are generally moderately negative in their attitudes towards the collegiality and openness of SSE , associating them with attitudes towards career prospects and a need for a better understanding of the process . |
| 29 | And a need for a power . |
| 30 | Handcuffs , harnesses , ankle-holsters , studded chokers , and a mask with no eyes and a zip for a mouth . |