Example sentences of "the [noun pl] for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Starting with three 1½ × ¼in strips of ash for each I intended to steam the strips , clamp to the forms for a few days , and then glue and reclamp . |
| 2 | The rehearsals for a tour this size must be on a massive scale . |
| 3 | Turning , she searched the crowds for a glimpse of him . |
| 4 | However , since the mid-1970s for a variety of reasons the content of this ‘ citizenship of entitlement ’ has been reduced . |
| 5 | Although there are no higher-altitude ozone data from Cape Grim to confirm this directly , an eight-year record of ozone profiles presented by Pittock in the mid-1970s for a coastal site on the Australian continent located 300km north of Cape Grim shows mean monthly ozone concentrations for the 800-hPa level ( 2km altitude ) , which is consistent with our suggestion . |
| 6 | ‘ They can learn the ropes for a season or two — and they wo n't get the stick they have to take in other leagues . ’ |
| 7 | If ten funds are used but they are all consolidated into one operating statement and one balance sheet , then the results might well be the same as the accounts for a business . |
| 8 | I wandered round the galleries for a while for the dinner was both spoilt and finished . |
| 9 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Lear also put his energy into encouraging young people to enjoy the outdoors and was a commissioner for the scouts for a number of years . |
| 11 | He shall stay under the chains for a night and a day , and when he wakes he shall remember nothing else . ’ |
| 12 | I remember this time after school there was a fight between blacks and whites ; I went and stayed in the toilets for a half-hour thinking what I should do and that 's when I really took a look at myself and thought about the white kids calling me names and the black kids saying ‘ come on ’ so I said ‘ all right ’ . |
| 13 | She may also use it as a greeting when she has been away from the kittens for a while . |
| 14 | If you have your hair done once a week could you set it yourself and just visit the hairdressers for a cut every two months ? |
| 15 | Local authorities , educational establishments and other landowners will have to keep their public land clear of litter , and citizens will be able to apply to the courts for a ‘ litter abatement order ’ to ensure they do so . |
| 16 | It eventually capitulated days before the Panel was due to exercise its right to apply to the courts for a forced restatement of the accounts . |
| 17 | But an MP says he 'll be taking up the case , and demanding it go back to the courts for a stiffer sentence . |
| 18 | Lord Vansittart , a former Foreign Office official , had written a pamphlet entitled Black Record blaming the Germans for a record of barbarism going back to the era of the Roman Empire . |
| 19 | He has dumped down the notes for a greyhound , has given his heart to the beast , and is derided for this by his friends in the pub . |
| 20 | Because Save the Children want to lay the foundations for a better future . |
| 21 | In 1893 America was ready to see Columbus as the great discoverer , the man who laid the foundations for a nation of bold entrepreneurs . |
| 22 | ‘ It would be really great if we could lay the foundations for a novel . ’ |
| 23 | Or is it more like the foundations for a new party , more broadly based , more conscious of the feelings of the young , the green and the European ? |
| 24 | One study has used theoretical and empirical research to provide the foundations for a social work knowledge base assessing social risk ( Sheppard , 1990 ) . |
| 25 | But within the next few weeks labourers will start digging the foundations for a plant at Gwithian , on Cornwall 's northern shore , which will produce about 500 tonnes of tin per year . |
| 26 | After four weeks of aerobic workouts , you have built the foundations for a lifetime 's health and fitness . |
| 27 | He looked to ‘ a natural grouping of the more advanced Western powers ’ — Britain , France and Germany — to lay the foundations for a genuine Concert of Europe which would mediate the conflicts between the powers and , through the systematic regulation of its activities , turn the potentially disruptive operations of international finance into a force for peace and tranquillity . |
| 28 | On 22 January 1917 , President Wilson responded to the obduracy of the Allies with a passionate endorsement of the argument that only a peace without victory could lay the foundations for a world without war : |
| 29 | RYDAL toured Zimbabwe and , following some problems in recent years , feel , despite defeat in all five matches , that they have laid the foundations for a more successful season . |
| 30 | The euphoria of that summer gripped radicals of various persuasions : some sought merely to serve the peasantry , with no clear political goal ; some hoped to lay the foundations for a conscious peasant socialist movement ; others shared the hope of the veteran anarchist , M. A. Bakunin ( 1814–76 ) , that it would be possible to ignite immediate peasant rebellion . |