Example sentences of "the [noun prp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the evening , I meet friends at the Devonshire for a drink . |
| 2 | Euthanasia had been openly practised in the Netherlands for a number of years since a legal ruling that doctors would not be prosecuted provided an established set of guidelines were adhered to . |
| 3 | Exchange the Mercedes for a BMW … ’ |
| 4 | HANGIN' WITH THE HOMEBOYS ( Columbia TriStar ) The four homeboys in question — two black , two hispanic — quit the Bronx for a night out of bonding and bravado in Manhattan . |
| 5 | Under the logo ‘ The Happy Kids ’ , designed by the NSPCC for a range of consumer products , Proculture Plants are offering a range of indoor and outdoor ‘ Happy Kids ’ plants . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm off canoeing in the Rockies for a fortnight with Mr Robinson . |
| 7 | A major grant was awarded to staff in the SWRC for an evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of community care in Scotland . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , all in a day 's work , but I must add that after that little fiasco I decided to join a more conventional hotel group and enjoyed the civilized calm of the Savoy for a while . |
| 9 | The tentative search by the Wordsworths for a Somerset home brought the unexpected discovery , probably made by Tom Poole , that Alfoxden was both empty and available . |
| 10 | After dashing off to Canada last November , the Duchess of York jumped into a jet bound for New York , before hopping over the Atlantic for a bit of shopping in Paris . |
| 11 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 12 | Suspended from the Commons for a year following the interception of an incriminating letter , he secured his readmittance , according to the diarist , Sir Simonds D'Ewes [ q.v. ] , |
| 13 | Opposition leaders had rejected a request from the then Government Leader in the House , Doug Lewis , to recall the Commons for an emergency session on April 26 . |
| 14 | Also during their first round of talks Li signalled that he would seriously consider a proposal by Kaifu jointly to submit a plan to the UN for a register to track the international arms trade . |
| 15 | In 1941 Lord Reith , as Minister of Works and Buildings , asked the LCC for a reconstruction plan for the County of London ; this was undertaken by the LCC architect , J.H. Forshaw , in conjunction with Patrick Abercrombie , then professor of Town Planning at University College , London . |
| 16 | Pausing long enough at Bingen to have a coffee and look at maps , I decide it is time to abandon the Rhine for a while and cut up the valley of the river Nahe towards Idar-Oberstein and the Palatinate Forest . |
| 17 | Nicholson approached the Perkins for a licence to manufacture the new mauve dyestuff at Newington . |
| 18 | Wedgwood 's involvement in the NVQ programme has lead the Group to be filmed by the BBC for a BBC Select service programme . |
| 19 | Wyllie came under closer scrutiny by the NZRFU for a variety of reasons — his unwillingness to have John Hart as an influential coaching partner , his inability to keep to selection announcement timetables and then his rather desperate efforts to have Mike Brewer , the one on-field forward whom Wyllie could rely on for solid advice , put into the team even while suffering a painful foot injury . |
| 20 | Trevor was unable to take up his post because , through circumstances beyond the law , he was forced to lie low in the Bahamas for a couple of years . |
| 21 | If I disappear to the Bahamas for a holiday . |
| 22 | Den and Astrid flew off to the Bahamas for a week . |
| 23 | Now he is in a world where it 's nothing to fly to the Bahamas for a conference — and for a conference that 's probably not even going to be in the Bahamas ; a world where very high-class girls ring up uninvited and try to make you feel at home . |
| 24 | Two days off for them , then back to the UK for a change of laundry , before beginning their European tour which hits Britain in December . |
| 25 | This will not be the case , however , if the non-UK office deals only with customers outside the UK , or executes transactions only outside the UK for a customer in the UK unless it gives advice to the customer . |
| 26 | General Public : An EC survey in 1987 showed 74% support in the UK for a ban on tobacco advertising . |
| 27 | He did hurt his back and lost a fair chuck of elbow on the side instruments which kept him in hospital in the UK for a couple of weeks . |
| 28 | MANIFESTO , Washington DC 's medium-fierce guitar outfit , whose ‘ Pattern 26 ’ 45 was an NME Single Of The Week in April , return to the UK for a string of London dates at , supporting Skyscraper . |
| 29 | He claimed he was in the UK for a conference . |
| 30 | Police Registration for non EC students is £30 ( All Non Commonwealth students — other than EC Nationals — over the age of 16 who have been admitted to the UK for a period longer than 6 months are required to register with the police . ) |