Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the insane , uncontrollable screaming of ‘ I 'm gon na be a pop star might be a bit much for some . |
| 2 | But , I think if we have further discussions with churches and districts that we might see that we can break that a bit further for that reason when we come to er , come to the resolutions I would advise you er er propose a minor amendment with the second thing . |
| 3 | This has been in part because the universities have a perfectly general responsibility for disseminating among schools up-to-date advances in knowledge and theoretical changes within disciplines , but also , more specifically , through the Local Examination Boards they have been in a position to determine the syllabuses for public examinations , and so to a large extent to dictate a curriculum even for those pupils at school who may never themselves enter the door of a university . |
| 4 | Erm yeah , the the the axe to grind is is yes , I pick up the the the political stick here er , that was you know , that that , you know from the other the other end to you and yeah , yes I also think we 're being beaten with a with a with a stick here for three R's er , if we 're forced into the corner of having to use an ignorant white hall idiots er |
| 5 | You and unemployed used to go and on a course there for unemployed do , and do that as well . |
| 6 | Ooh for goodness sake ca ca n't you write a cheque out for that David ! |
| 7 | They heard that in 1989 , when he was treasurer of the Oxford Polytechnic student union , he made a cheque out for five pounds to a fellow student . |
| 8 | Help prevent falls by wiping up spills immediately and keep a look out for loose carpet tiles , carpeting , rug corners or small toys left where they could be trodden or slipped on . |
| 9 | If you must walk alone at night keep a look out for potential ambush spots and cross the road to avoid them . |
| 10 | Keep a look out for any strange medication which has not been prescribed . |
| 11 | It was as if all that we had done … had been a school and a preparation both for that first day in which I suddenly knew how to make one-step dry photographic process and for the following three years in which we made the very vivid dream into a solid reality . |
| 12 | A suite here for one night would cost , she decided , a couple of weeks of her former salary . |
| 13 | A special analysis of the General Household Survey data for 1973–5 , relating to those who reported restricted activity or long-standing illness who went to a GP specifically for that illness , showed greater socio-economic inequalities among men . |
| 14 | Comparisons with other Western wage profiles also reveal a contrast particularly for blue-collar workers who in France and West Germany experience a slower growth in wages with a lower peak wage which is maintained from the age of 25 through to retirement ( Shirai 1983 p.31 ) . |
| 15 | They 're trying to make a dictionary up for everyday language , that everybody uses . |
| 16 | This should give warning to anyone in Britain preparing to cast a vote tomorrow for proportional representation . |
| 17 | ? This is a club exclusively for married bachelors. b . |
| 18 | This is a club exclusively for married men . |
| 19 | Though taking up an interest for its own sake may also lead to new friends and a good social life , it can be helpful or necessary to join a club purely for emotional support or to forge fresh contacts . |
| 20 | Can we have a break now for fifteen minutes ? |
| 21 | Alright , well I tell you what , we 'll have a break then for five minutes because er I forgot I need to phone the office |
| 22 | There might be a lot of traffic sort of nosing out there or there might be a congestion there for some reason . |
| 23 | This makes Britain in autumn a very special place as a staging post for birds flying further south to the Mediterranean and Africa and as a winter home for many others . |
| 24 | Once the fly has flown , the empty gall provides a winter home for two other reed specialists : a bee , Hylaeus pectoralis , and a wasp , Passaloecus corniger , whose eggs will hatch in the following spring . |
| 25 | Coney Island is about staring and he seemed to enjoy being a spectacle even for dirty children with candysmeared mouths . |
| 26 | This was a move forward for one young man , who on the first meeting called Philip ‘ The grey haired old GIT . ’ |
| 27 | Sainsbury 's champagne at £8.75 is also a fine example of decently mature fullness and ripeness yet freshness and fruit but scores a point more for greater elegance at no greater cost . |
| 28 | anti-hunt people , the League of Cruel Sports and all sorts of other organisations that have actually asked their members not to be here today , not to cause a problem , not to divert attention from the real issues in the debate er er and cause a crisis outside for all the press and the media to latch on to , that 's not what they were about . |
| 29 | First , because of membership of the EMS , wage-bargainers and price-setters in other countries may take particular notice of the DM exchange rate and inflationary trends ( if any ) in the Federal Republic ; second , over a period of time , wage and price responses in other countries might evolve towards the German norm ; third , it may simply be that in a period when for fundamental social and political reasons the control of inflation came to assume dominance in policy-making , policy-makers found it a useful discipline to conduct their fiscal and monetary affairs in such a way as to stabilise the exchange rate against the DM . |
| 30 | Where a multilateral treaty creates a right potentially for all non-parties , can that right be revoked without their consent ? |