Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | India 's royals get a taste for democracy : Once-mighty Maharajahs are still making their influence felt in an election battle for a pivotal seat , Tony Allen-Mills writes from Bharatpur |
| 2 | But an RUC spokesman warned : ‘ The motorist who is tempted to buy one of these will be discovered at some stage , whether it is presented at a police station in relation to an accident or submitted by a new owner to an MOT centre for a test . ’ |
| 3 | An exhaust pipe for a car will fall into this exception . |
| 4 | A firm that acts as an investment manager for a customer must send a report at suitable intervals stating the value of the portfolio or account at the beginning and end of the period , its composition at the end and , in the case of a discretionary portfolio or account , changes in its composition between those dates . |
| 5 | Monetary limits applicable for small bankruptcies , a reference to an insolvency practitioner for a report on a possible voluntary arrangement etc , are set out in the Insolvency Proceedings ( Monetary Limits ) Order 1986 . |
| 6 | At the age of eleven I became an errand boy for a working tailor , and every Saturday , and perhaps on an evening in the week , delivered the suits and costumes that he had made , though often the finished article was well behind the promised date , so the errand boy received critical comments rather than a small tip . |
| 7 | This was sold on the telephone to a private collector for £130,000 ( $234,000 ) against an estimate of £80–120,000 , an auction record for a Pahari miniature . |
| 8 | An ice raft for a snowbound fishbird to find her way to warm . ’ |
| 9 | We could try harder and do better by specifying certain electrical facts , an ignition temperature for a material , and so on-in general by giving conditions for the particular chemical reaction of combustion that occurred-but there is no need . |
| 10 | She says I did n't realise you had to plan an escape route for a fire . |
| 11 | In preparing An Evening Walk for a possible new edition , Wordsworth writes of |
| 12 | an aerial socket and an audio/video socket for a video recorder , camcorder or for a satellite link |
| 13 | Also does anyone have an instruction book for a Singer Magic Memory . |
| 14 | The Council was merely an umbrella organization for a large and expanding number of countryside and amenity organizations , but it became an invaluable integrator , particularly on the issue of National Parks when it set up its own Standing Committee . |
| 15 | Erm I 'm amazed now when I see him on television as to how big he is , because he was n't as a youngster , and he was fragile and er we ribbed him because , in those days , you had an attache case for a school bag , and your initials were put on it . |
| 16 | Mr , you and I have debated in the past er in this room er whether or not exceptional circumstances are necessary to define an inset boundary for a village which in the sketch plan of the greenbelt to have been shown as washed over . |
| 17 | An example timetable for a flexible timetable arrangement is set out in Section 1102.5 . |
| 18 | If cigarette smoke is unavoidable , you could consider hiring an air filter for a while ( see p 335 ) . |
| 19 | Restricted-use versus unrestricted-use : credit is either advanced for one particular restricted use which the lender can control ( anything from an HP agreement for a particular purpose ) . |
| 20 | If the assumption is that the rent is paid in advance then the entry would be to reduce cash and open an asset account for a prepayment . |
| 21 | A unique new ending to the original ‘ Blizzard ’ commercial includes an invitation for viewers to call an freephone line for a free product sample . |
| 22 | He was then given an application form for a job in another department where hopefully his asthma would n't be aggravated . |
| 23 | DAVID Sinclair made himself the ideal employee when he filled in an application form for a sales job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 24 | We will look at an information system for a hospital to illustrate this . |
| 25 | Figure 2.11 shows one iteration in the creation of an information model for a retail business . |
| 26 | Invariably the butt of the family joker , he leaves his wife clamouring for an image maker for a husband . |
| 27 | Foreign travel is restricted by the government , which has pursued an isolationist course for a generation . |
| 28 | Diane filled in an order form for a Jenner Clinic catalogue and took it over to be processed while Reynolds waited , arms folded and leaning against a pillar by the card files . |
| 29 | Sadly , the latest evidence suggests that , despite the delays , Philips may still not be ready with video at the launch and that the first CD-I consumer players will be sold with an expansion slot for a FMFFV cartridge upgrade , available at a later stage . |
| 30 | and an omnibus vote of , er , an omnibus welcome for a very large number of colleagues who are attending , er conference this year , Kevin , Birmingham regional president Jack , retired Lancashire regional secretary John , retired Liverpool regional secretary John , retired London regional secretary Cyril , retired Midland regional secretary , hang on , it goes on Andrew , retired Northern regional secretary Jim , Scottish retired regional secretary Derek , retired Southern regional secretary it 's a good job we 've got a good pension fund |