Example sentences of "was a [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did much for the Red Cross , Girl Guides and the Royal Society for the Blind , and was a magistrate for many years . |
| 2 | One of the main features of the budget was a plan for stimulating recovery in the agricultural sector , at a cost of B$63.4 million , following the recommendations of the 1989 Landell Mills study . |
| 3 | Colleague solidarity counted for little when there was a chance for one of the few organizational carrots — that of promotion . |
| 4 | For the members of Britian 's first Tall Persons ' Club , this inaugural gathering was a chance for some to have to look up to other people for a change . |
| 5 | On their last visit four years ago the Aussies were soundly beaten in two days , so this was a chance for some sweet revenge . |
| 6 | Not that he was a stickler for such things ; he thought courtesy titles rather silly , in fact ; but she always used to call him ‘ Esquire ’ . |
| 7 | Before the days of good roads and motor cars , a nearby railway station was a necessity for landed gentlemen , but not too close however , lest the view be spoilt or the ‘ hoi polloi ’ approach too closely to the stately mansion ! |
| 8 | The accession of Gerald Ford to the presidency in 1974 was a relief for many Americans . |
| 9 | I had a satellite mirror found in a quarry , and took i used this It was a mould for this to get it a perfect parabolic shape . |
| 10 | In Price v.Jenkins(1877)5Ch.D. 619 , C.A. ( followed in Johnsey Estates Ltd. v. Lewis & Manley ( Engineering ) Ltd. ( 1987 ) 54 P. & C.R. 296 , it was held that a settlement of leasehold property was a conveyance for valuable consideration because the donee would have to undertake payment of the rent and performance of the covenants . |
| 11 | He did n't think having been a member of Big Flame was a qualification for either post . |
| 12 | Anyway , standard one was a breaking-in for this er other discipline and not quite so easy and learning how to spell . |
| 13 | Clearly many heads of department saw the appraisal as an opportunity to stress many of their needs in terms of resources and in many reports there was a plea for improved resources , accommodation , staffing or capitation . |
| 14 | He was a member of syndicates involved in leveraged buy-outs , he was a prominent Lloyd 's underwriter , he was a consultant for this corporation and an adviser to that emirate . |
| 15 | That shop was a springboard for many people : Janet Osborn of CBS and Chandos ; Quita Chavez of Gramophone ; Ted Perry , founder of Hyperion , and many others . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There was a message for one of you boys . ’ |
| 17 | The introduction of league representative teams at U-14 level this year also was a plus for junior football in Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | ‘ One of the people I talked to was a salesman for Allied Dunbar and said they 'd do a great job . |
| 19 | This arrangement was partly to help overcome a technical problem since Laura Ashley machinery was not capable of producing sheeting to the required width , and coordinated bed linen was a must for American designers . |
| 20 | ‘ I think the war must have been hard on her … particularly while Italy was still part of the Axis ; not least because there was a camp for Italian prisoners of war just beyond our gates in Scotland . |
| 21 | Terrible ! and you make a heaps of the field and then that 's the first handling , and then these heaps had to be loaded on to a trailer and then they were all dumped in a big heap at the bottom of the drive , and then we wait till there was a truck for each Stow station and load it all up again , and do you know there 's those forks with big Cumberland Cross on the end , and we 'd load those up , take them to Stow station , and unload it into the waggon . |
| 22 | It was a triumph for all that was best and most enlightened in British life ; a triumph for those who had preached equal justice between peoples ; a triumph for those who had courageously denounced the harshness and short-sightedness of Versailles . |
| 23 | A " The settlement at Munich was a triumph for British policy , which had worked precisely to this end ; not a triumph for Hitler , who had started with no such clear intention . |
| 24 | The result was a triumph for Keynesian economics : a vigorous and expanding universe , filled with material objects . |
| 25 | Cimetidine was the first H2 blocker to reach the clinic , which was a triumph for synthetic organic chemistry . |
| 26 | Although there was a facility for central storage of information , localised filing systems were also in operation , and there appeared to be a large amount of duplication . |
| 27 | Adam and Mrs Macmillan , and Mr and Mrs Michael Rapinet were among others enjoying this excellent dance , which , Lord Craigmyle said , was ‘ Fun for everyone and funds for pilgrims ’ ! the Slaughter House Seven played during dinner ; and after the auction , which was most efficiently conducted by the Chairman of the OMV Mr Stephen Macklow-Smith , Mr Dick Ritchie of Continental Airlines , who had donated the top prize which was a trip for two to Houston , Texas for a week , said a few words . |
| 28 | He was a bogeyman for all the family . |
| 29 | The affliction was a subject for after-dinner conversation whenever he felt like talking about it , which was almost every time he ever had a conversation . |
| 30 | Much of his prose and verse , light-hearted in nature but containing some good pieces on rowing , appeared in Punch , of whose Table he was a member for thirty years from 1890 . |