Example sentences of "for a [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an unusual task for a Gazelle helicopter which is normally used in reconnaissance duties |
| 2 | While we had n't asked for a film sample it 's worth knowing that all bureau should be able to offer this service — it can save time and money at the printing end . |
| 3 | So , for a card magic party you could have ‘ pick a card ’ , for a football party you could have ‘ score a goal ’ or ‘ touchdown ’ , and for a cowboy party you could have ‘ home on the range ’ . |
| 4 | The agency wants to keep them as collateral for a securitisation package it plans to sell later this year . |
| 5 | If they did not and Harris had been free to work for a GUS company which was not in the mail order business he could still have passed Littlewoods ' business secrets back to the mail order companies because of the structure of the GUS group . |
| 6 | As Lester Korn — never at a loss for a quote — told Fortune , ‘ Business has become too complicated , and the stakes have become too high , for a board chairman who needs executive talent to rely on his friends or his friends ’ recommendations . |
| 7 | Young musicians have been auditioning for a music academy which plans to become a new centre of excellence for the arts . |
| 8 | And there were fears too that even if the armchair fans fork out the £250 for a satellite dish they may then have to pay extra to enjoy the privilege of watching the best games live . |
| 9 | Because I work for a Water Authority which is active in the farming of coarse fish , I have access to some interesting books . |
| 10 | In a close-knit community of students the video camera is sometimes used for a video club which produces a video magazine about the affairs of the college . |
| 11 | The special analyst they got for Italia 90 was Docherty , and he was , on the whole , pretty pathetic ( although I was amazed when , during England- Cameroun , he stated that England was playing terribly ; did n't expect this from someone commenting for a TV audience which was solidly pro-England ) . |
| 12 | I was just gon na say , some sometimes , I have n't been for a bit mind you , oh , well the last time I went , sometimes I go to Wales to Blaenau Ffestiniog or to congregation |
| 13 | They have pointed out that the existence of other remedies for wives in this situation is no reason for disentitling a wife to the protection of the criminal law and that the possibility of bringing charges for assault or wounding is an inadequate substitute for a rape prosecution which focuses upon the denial of another 's sexual autonomy and integrity . |
| 14 | For a romance title there is no necessity for ‘ a long pitch to convince outsiders from book-clubs to print houses and the movies ’ , those networks are part of the same corporation . |
| 15 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 16 | When he applied to one college for a teaching job he was told bluntly they would have nothing to do with blind people . |
| 17 | What is your best excuse for a motorway policeman who has just caught you speeding ? |
| 18 | Roxburgh 's licence to live it up could be a matchwinner for a Scotland side who have lost in Switzerland and scraped a lucky home draw with Portugal in their opening Group One matches . |
| 19 | One and a half million people are going without treatment for a bone disease which can cause severe pain and deformity . |
| 20 | ‘ Would you mind , ’ asks the knocker at his most oleaginous , ‘ if Her Majesty borrowed some of these paintings for a charity exhibition we are holding locally ? ’ |
| 21 | AN UNEMPLOYED man was jailed for two years yesterday for a knife attack which left his victim 's life hanging in the balance . |
| 22 | it 's like that argument , that , when you look for a marriage partner you 're either looking for somebody to re if you 're a woman , to replicate your father , or to be |
| 23 | Caesars Hotel Casino in Atlantic City was fined $250,000 on Wednesday for removing black women from a dice table for a high-stakes gambler who wanted to gamble only with white , male dealers . |
| 24 | Caesars Hotel Casino in Atlantic City was fined $250,000 on Wednesday for removing black women from a dice table for a high-stakes gambler who wanted to gamble only with white , male dealers . |
| 25 | Petsos received a 10-month suspended sentence for corruptly facilitating planning permission for a press complex which Koskotas had built near Athens . |
| 26 | There was only , in one inner pocket , a receipt for a watch repair which I replaced where I found it . |
| 27 | You have specified a value for a DC identifier which is outside the permitted range . |
| 28 | When I go for a night session I make sure to arrive well before darkness , usually around 7.30 p.m. or 8 p.m. in summer , when dusk does not fall until 10 p.m. or so . |
| 29 | And at three or four a.m. that morning , as O and Boy kissed for the second time , the blade of a Stanley knife sliced for the second time across the cheek of a man ( I do n't remember his name , it was n't anyone I knew ) who was at that time on his own , not with anyone , just waiting , on his own , at a bus stop , waiting for a night bus which was due at any minute . |
| 30 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |