Example sentences of "be [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were all thin people — there 'd almost have been room for a fourth person in the double his parents had bought him as a wedding present , so getting three people in it was certainly not an impossibility . |
| 2 | It 's not been Bump for a week or two . |
| 3 | Now I do n't know if you remember English Whites but Danny Baker once had a caller to 606 who claimed to have been setup for a blind date a few years ago , and when he met the girl in question , one of his mates says ‘ Bloody hell she does n't half look like that player ( Kenny ) who 's in the Blues ’ ( Brum City where he built his stout reputation ) . |
| 4 | These highly alcoholic , elephant-sized olives are occasion for a drunken orgy of pachydermic proportions . |
| 5 | There would however be opportunity for a general ASMT discussion at an appropriate point . |
| 6 | Sometimes the fee he paid for joining was expressed to be payment for a consignment of the goods which the scheme was supposed to be marketing . |
| 7 | Of course , there will always be room for a reassuring and reliable M&S , Boots or WHSmith as a shop of last resort . |
| 8 | First , there always has been and always will be room for a small shopkeeper with a bright idea . |
| 9 | The frame of reference for all this ferment in the official mind remained the idea of the Commonwealth , which during the war received an impetus from the need to show the Americans , in words if not in deeds , that there would be room for a British empire in the brave new post-war world , and also from the genuine idealism stimulated in some British imperialists — as it had been stimulated in the previous war — by a desire to distinguish themselves from the Germans and their imperial ambitions . |
| 10 | He argued that since there was evidence of market failure ( Chapter 2 ) and public sector failure ( Chapter 3 ) it was logical to expect there to be room for a third kind of organisation that served purposes which public and market institutions failed to do . |
| 11 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 12 | There always seems to be room for a new maker of jeans . |
| 13 | Cook believed that there might be evidence for a ‘ young Earth ’ in the fundamentalist sense of literal biblical interpretation , due to the presence of helium-3 in the atmosphere in quantities whose origins are hard to understand unless they are from fusion . |
| 14 | This may be evidence for a previously unrecognized phase of humid climate in Kenya . |
| 15 | For example , there may be evidence for a sequence of buildings being constructed and going out of use over a long period of time . |
| 16 | I could get him watched , and that would be evidence for a divorce . ’ |
| 17 | In a moderately seasonal environment , in which several species produce lleshy fruits , there might be expected to be selection for a particular species to fruit out of step with the others , and thereby avoid competition with other species for dispersers . |
| 18 | If they still wanted to expand their original business there are other ways of doing so : there might be scope for a small hotel at L'Auberge , for instance , or for outside catering around Chelmslow , or they might even capitalize on George 's knowledge of French wines by setting up an off-licence and specialist wine importation business . |
| 19 | Williams argues in this issue that there should be scope for a third verdict ( in addition to ‘ guilty ’ or ‘ not guilty ’ of abusing market power ) , where the market situation , though not the firms ' conduct , is not conducive to competition or economic efficiency , and on this basis is to be declared to be against the public interest . |
| 20 | There may , for instance , be scope for a ‘ green VAT ’ as part of the harmonisation of indirect taxes . |
| 21 | Fun Fortnight had claimed another victim and I was forced to be game for a laugh and work in a joke shop . |
| 22 | Fun Fortnight had claimed another victim and I was forced to be game for a laugh and work in a joke shop . |
| 23 | There was a feeling in the air that it might be time for a change . |
| 24 | He had hoped there would be time for a quick cup of tea but it was n't to be . |
| 25 | She merely suggested there 'd be time for a game of spillikins before supper . |
| 26 | Even if you are in a rush there should still be time for a glass of skimmed milk and a piece of fruit or fruit juice . |
| 27 | Should you say , ‘ Unless you stop quarrelling with your sister I wo n't be able to finish my work and there wo n't be time for a story ’ , you must be prepared to see through the planned , but logical , consequences . |
| 28 | She calculated that there would be time for a quick dip before afternoon tea , which Juliette normally served at a quarter to four . |
| 29 | But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’ |
| 30 | There would just be time for a quick shower if she hurried . |