Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boats sail regularly from Lendal Bridge to Bishopthorpe Palace , home to the Archbishop of York , and from King 's Staith for a City and Country Cruise . |
| 2 | Now that Essex Man has demonstrated his backing for one winning team , the Conservatives , the men of Essex will be keen to show that they , too , deserve the people 's support for a second term at the head of the Championship table . |
| 3 | In approaching the question of the primacy of Canterbury , we need once more to examine the roots of Anselm 's support for a local claim which ran counter to one of the most powerful principles of papal policy at this time . |
| 4 | A president 's support for a legislator 's pet bill may be vital to its passage . |
| 5 | Denktash 's position was rejected by Resolution 649 approved by the UN Security Council on March 13 , 1990 , which reaffirmed the Council 's support for a bicommunal federal republic excluding " any form of partition or secession " . |
| 6 | Khan emphasized Pakistan 's support for a proposed conference on nuclear non-proliferation in the region to be attended by China , India , Pakistan , Russia and the USA . |
| 7 | Yeah because he 's got to go on a month 's course for a start , for just general and then we 've got to try and find him a a week 's course somewhere as A L O , I do n't know where but er in that time . |
| 8 | Moreover , there were four years before the last National Serviceman would leave the Army , in which time world instabilities would , in the General Staff 's opinion , make the Army 's case for a higher manpower ceiling . |
| 9 | Others , like Clifford or J. B. Paton , were leaders in various reform movements : in Clifford 's case for a national health service and the abolition of capital punishment ; in Paton 's , for rural colonization . |
| 10 | BP 's case for a reduction in North Sea taxes to provide room for manoeuvre smacks of special pleading . |
| 11 | An interim deal with Seveso would also help the company 's case for a further postponement of the trial . |
| 12 | Gladstone 's case for a balanced budget was above all a moral not a technical one . |
| 13 | Private insurance policies against earning a low income per se are hard to find , because once you paid the premium the moral hazard problem central to Baumol 's case for a public enterprise ( see chapter 5 ) would then loom very large indeed . |
| 14 | A cheap lock is child 's play for a thief . |
| 15 | Such a government , Lawrence asserted , ‘ would be child 's play for a decent man to run , so long as he ran it like Cromer 's Egypt , not like the Egypt of the Protectorate . |
| 16 | She needed to get out of Rohan 's orbit for a while — to try and pull herself together , she thought almost frantically . |
| 17 | Mr Goldin 's enthusiasm for a smaller , cheaper station may have saved the project from outright cancellation ; if that is the case , he has staked his reputation ( as well as a lot of public money ) on the outcome . |
| 18 | MacArthur 's enthusiasm for a treaty had waned by June 1950 . |
| 19 | Joyce , frustrated , moved on to consideration of yesterday 's weather , complaints about the new trainee and an attempt to enlist Helen 's support in resisting the county librarian 's enthusiasm for a local history section at Spaxton . |
| 20 | However , I very much support and understand my hon. Friend 's enthusiasm for a national lottery . |
| 21 | But Churchill 's enthusiasm for a summit meeting was not yet fully shared by the Foreign Office and cabinet colleagues . |
| 22 | I do not overlook De Gourmont 's plea for a meeting of the nations but I do believe that when they meet Paris will be more than slightly abashed to find parodies of the middle ages , Dante and Langue D'Oc foisted upon it as the best in United States poetry . |
| 23 | The move , involving the resignation of Health Minister Gustavo Roux and 350 less senior officials , came after President Gaviria rejected M-19 's plea for a ceasefire with the guerrillas . |
| 24 | The Russians had taken Trebizond from the Turks , but had suffered bloodily in the Narocz marshes after a noble response to Joffre 's plea for a diversionary offensive to relieve Verdun . |
| 25 | A thank you letter received from St. Clare 's Hospice for a cheque given for two hundred and eighty pounds . |
| 26 | Marie McCusker 's view of the Philippines and Victor Amaya and Maria Black 's insights from El Salvador show the centrality of health in people 's struggle for a better collective and individual future . |
| 27 | Pauper 's Grave For A Forgotten Genius |
| 28 | Having never given a tinker 's cuss about The Pogues , I do n't share in the general mayhem that greets Shane MacGowan 's stumble-on for a mumble through a sickly ‘ Wonderful World ’ . |
| 29 | After we 'd sat and talked in Brian 's kitchen for a while , we were taken through to the falconry part of the house . |
| 30 | Six million of these families were estimated to earning less than £100 per annum — a very low figure indeed considering that the nation 's provision for a family of five in 1935 was 29s 3d ( £1 46p ) from the Unemployment Assistance Board and 36s ( £ 1 80p ) in 1936 — giving an annual income of between £74 and £90 per annum . |