Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He craves success the way an alcoholic longs for another drink . |
| 2 | But they 're all the same so that if you are er with which is the medical side and an opportunity arose for some other reason for you to transfer to another group we have n't got to retrain you . |
| 3 | In an attempt to account for some of the peculiarities of the sternopleural region , Ferris ( 1940 , etc. ) has argued that the greater part of the ventral side of the thorax of some insects is derived from pleural structures , but further critical study of his theory is necessary . |
| 4 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 5 | In fact , in an attempt to compensate for this , the nurses would paint nail varnish on her toe-nails and put bows in her hair . |
| 6 | In the Easter Island Gully area , George Smith free climbed the start of Wandering Wall and continued up the wall above to give The Ragged Runnel , E5 6a , quoted as ‘ not superseding Wandering Wall … merely an alternative exploit for those without fishing rods ! ’ |
| 7 | As with the Glasgow Road junction , the projected heavy traffic flows through this junction and also the requirement for traffic movement on to and off the bypass in both north and south directions pointed to the need for an intersection catering for all traffic movements . |
| 8 | With the reduction of the general level of infant mortality , the difference between the two under 20 and over 40 years maternal age groups increased , so that , recently the risk of dying as an infant became for those born to the oldest maternal age group higher relative to that for infants of mothers in the youngest maternal age groups . |
| 9 | And that 's where engineering you know , knowledge , comes er to bear because an engineer looks for that , he looks for the easy , simplest you know er method of production er which gives him an effective er machining operation throughout the whole job . |
| 10 | When an offer came for another ‘ Carry On ’ film , he grabbed it . |
| 11 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 12 | However , an explanation follows for those who are interested . |
| 13 | An explanation advanced for this is that industrial innovations generate expansion . |
| 14 | Outside public sector employment , which offers transferable pension rights , occupational pension benefits are maximised by minimal job changing or by an ability to compensate for any loss of pension rights on job change through a better remunerated new job . |
| 15 | Yeah , well I got an essay to write for this work now . |