Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For each subject a stool form score was calculated by simple addition of their three gradings , giving a range from 3 ( consistently constipated ) to 18 ( consistently loose ) . |
| 2 | Leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front so that you can pull up safely if it slows down or stops suddenly , the safe rule is never to get closer than the overall stopping distance shown below , but on the open road in good conditions leave a gap of one metre for each mile an hour of your speed or a two second time gap may be enough , they will also leave space for an overtaking vehicle pulling or wet or icy or the gap should be at least double that , drop back if you know that taking vehicle closing gap in front of you make way for ambulance , fire engines , police or van emergency vehicles when their blue lamps are flashing or their bells , two tone cones or sirens or . |
| 3 | For each proposal a group was given the task assembling all the arguments in favour of the development , while another , the reasons against . |
| 4 | For each question a score 0 to 3 is possible and the depression scale has a range of 0 — 21 . |
| 5 | Moreover , all pupils were to be subject to annual tests in reading , writing and arithmetic , administered by HMI , and 2s. 8d. ( approximately 14p ) was to be deducted from the grant for each test a child failed . |
| 6 | Any of the following tests would be regarded as suitable proof : Passes in the JMB Test in English ( Overseas ) at grade 3 or better up to June 1989 , the JMB Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages from March 1990 ; the AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes at grade III or better in listening , reading and writing ; the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English at grade C or better ; the Oxford-Arels Examination ( Higher level ) at Credit or Distinction level ; the IELTS ( British Council/University of Cambridge ) , with an average score of 6 or better and for each component a score of 5 or better ; TOEFL with a score of 550 or better ; the London GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language at grade C or better or in an approved SCE or GCE syllabus in English are acceptable for this purpose . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ Originally we went for an American-style back-end load or exit charge which was tapered to reduce by a percentage point for each year an investment was held . |
| 8 | A simple ( yet still surprisingly efficient ) method requires that the number of land-cover classes is known , and that for each class an estimate of the average reflectance in each Landsat MSS or TM band is available . |
| 9 | All work within the group is assigned as projects , and for each project a project coordinator is appointed . |
| 10 | Mr Alan Milburn said new funding arrangements from April meant companies and training providers would be paid £28 a week for each trainee a drop of £3 on last year . |
| 11 | For each band a photodiode sends a signal proportional to the intensity of the incoming radiation to a dedicated pre-amplifier whose output is fed to a meter unit . |
| 12 | First , it was not sensible to launch an application for inspection of the liquidator 's report or to seek for that purpose an adjournment of the examination being conducted under section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 . |
| 13 | For that reason a divisor should be chosen that is not itself divisible by 2 , 3 , 5 , 10 or any of their simple multiples . |
| 14 | But if only I had been right , if only it were just Kinnock , or for that matter a couple of remediable policies or the voting system , that were the problem . |
| 15 | In the present case , there is no express or implied requirement in the Criminal Justice Act 1967 that a decision fixing the tariff period , or for that matter a decision to release a prisoner on licence , must be taken by the Secretary of State personally . |
| 16 | They could be applied to anything regardless of whether it was an Oxford College , or for that matter an oak tree or my dog . |
| 17 | A great mimic , he had developed for English society an accent which outclassed the Brits around him . |
| 18 | These words might have had Philip Grey of Warwick University Bookshop strung up for high treason a decade or so ago , but such are the realities of recession that far from stringing him up , CUBs gave him a whole session in which to address the question of Who Needs Books ? |
| 19 | Chairman I have an amendment to that motion , because , because I believe it 's important that we start to identify a lot of councils publish at the end of the year for public consumption a list of the allowances drawn by members , and I think that would be very useful and I would make , as an amendment , I would , would add to the proposal put by Mr that we call for a report to be pu er , to be presented to us of the amounts of allowances drawn by members , each member |
| 20 | The agencies will have to have available for public scrutiny a register giving details of consents granted and results of effluent samples . |
| 21 | In March 1991 , the Regional Council 's Planning and Development Committee cleared for public consultation a range of Discussion Papers which would help to describe the issues and establish an agenda for consultation . |
| 22 | IUPAC has recently made available for public review a draft document on nomenclature and terminology of graphite intercalation compounds . |
| 23 | Can I just ask you , this restrictions is it for forty mile an hour and above , or is it just in the forty mile an hour ? |
| 24 | I said you 're not working for forty pound a week |
| 25 | In particular , I studied for some while a figure chalked on a great blackboard which stood close to the bench bearing the sheeted body . |
| 26 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 27 | If the crew are likely to be on site for some time a thought about refreshments will also be very welcome . |
| 28 | For some time a rumour had persisted that Horemheb , in his moves to clear up the corruption which had flourished like rampant weed during the years in which the city had fallen into neglect , had more than once attempted to close it ; but that the interests which protected it were still too powerful for him to dispense with . |
| 29 | All three were aware that the King and Queen had , after four years of war , come to represent to their subjects all that was best in the domestic and public virtues , and that there had been current for some time an idea of presenting to them a gift as a mark of national respect , thanks and loyalty . |
| 30 | Even without insisting on the strict claim that inference from fact to value is logically inadmissible , a claim which since Hume has been a commonplace , and after G. E. Moore 's analysis of the Naturalistic Fallacy was for some time an orthodoxy , it has been convenient to stay out of range of standard criticisms by showing that we can get along well enough without resorting to this kind of inference . |