Example sentences of "the [noun prp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An experienced speech therapist might find it useful to employ the EAT as an initial screening device , while reserving the Goldman-Fristoe for a more detailed assessment prior to devising a programme of therapy . |
| 2 | LET'S KNIFE ( Creation ) is the most bizarre thing you 'll hear all year : Nirvana meet the Shangri-Las for a dozen high energy throwaway thrash tunes with titles such as Flying Jelly Attack , Cycling Is Fun , I Am A Cat and Bear Up Bison . |
| 3 | In the evening , I meet friends at the Devonshire for a drink . |
| 4 | Euthanasia had been openly practised in the Netherlands for a number of years since a legal ruling that doctors would not be prosecuted provided an established set of guidelines were adhered to . |
| 5 | The newsreader mentioned a child who had gone to the States for a life-saving operation , a vital double transplant that had never been done in Britain . |
| 6 | Regent International Hotels , which was recently acquired by Four Seasons , has returned to London — where it owned the Dorchester for a short while — to open the 309-room , Regent Hotel , Marylebone . |
| 7 | Exchange the Mercedes for a BMW … ’ |
| 8 | CHATAM can become the first horse since the great Arkle 27 years ago to land the Hennessy for a second successive year . |
| 9 | HANGIN' WITH THE HOMEBOYS ( Columbia TriStar ) The four homeboys in question — two black , two hispanic — quit the Bronx for a night out of bonding and bravado in Manhattan . |
| 10 | you 'll also find a host of inviting bars and restaurants practically on the doorstep of your hotel ; try for example the Shangri-La for a Chinese meal , or Shere-Kahn for delicious Indian cuisine . |
| 11 | Under the logo ‘ The Happy Kids ’ , designed by the NSPCC for a range of consumer products , Proculture Plants are offering a range of indoor and outdoor ‘ Happy Kids ’ plants . |
| 12 | A call to implement an earlier proposal for a blacks-only society , amended by the leadership , was defeated by 3,363,000 to 2,715,000 Black activists were heartened by the support of the TGWU for a blacks-only body . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm off canoeing in the Rockies for a fortnight with Mr Robinson . |
| 14 | A major grant was awarded to staff in the SWRC for an evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of community care in Scotland . |
| 15 | And escalating repression by the Nazi State — according to one calculation , roughly one in every 1,200 Germans was arrested by the Gestapo for a political or religious ‘ offence ’ in 1944 — was a heavy deterrent to any ‘ deviant ’ activity . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , all in a day 's work , but I must add that after that little fiasco I decided to join a more conventional hotel group and enjoyed the civilized calm of the Savoy for a while . |
| 17 | The tentative search by the Wordsworths for a Somerset home brought the unexpected discovery , probably made by Tom Poole , that Alfoxden was both empty and available . |
| 18 | Ironically enough , the main reason for the collective 's buoyant humour ( they 're all Harry Enfield jokes and Kenneth Williams double entendres ) is a forthcoming trip across the Atlantic for a five week make-or-break binge , headlining a package bill with — get this , Pop Kids — Bleach and Kingmaker ! |
| 19 | He expected Mr Major to turn up at another party on Thursday night — even sneering : ‘ This is the vomit party , tomorrow 's is the cream ’ — but the Premier was flying across the Atlantic for a high-profile visit to Canadian leader Brian Mulroney . |
| 20 | After dashing off to Canada last November , the Duchess of York jumped into a jet bound for New York , before hopping over the Atlantic for a bit of shopping in Paris . |
| 21 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 22 | Agreement was announced on June 8 on funding from the World Bank and the IMF for a three-year structural adjustment programme to begin in mid-1990 . |
| 23 | Suspended from the Commons for a year following the interception of an incriminating letter , he secured his readmittance , according to the diarist , Sir Simonds D'Ewes [ q.v. ] , |
| 24 | Great Britain , for example , has two chambers — the House of Commons and the House of Lords , but the power of the House of Lords is restricted to the possibility of delaying legislation passed by the Commons for a short period and trying to make amendments to bills , if the government is prepared to accept them . |
| 25 | Opposition leaders had rejected a request from the then Government Leader in the House , Doug Lewis , to recall the Commons for an emergency session on April 26 . |
| 26 | Also during their first round of talks Li signalled that he would seriously consider a proposal by Kaifu jointly to submit a plan to the UN for a register to track the international arms trade . |
| 27 | This was in part a response to the demand of Western governments and the UN for a complete restructuring of the entire CILSS system . |
| 28 | In 1941 Lord Reith , as Minister of Works and Buildings , asked the LCC for a reconstruction plan for the County of London ; this was undertaken by the LCC architect , J.H. Forshaw , in conjunction with Patrick Abercrombie , then professor of Town Planning at University College , London . |
| 29 | Apparently Ray still could n't bring himself to sell it , and instead donated it to a pond built by the Norwich section of the BKKS for a local Cheshire Home . |
| 30 | Pausing long enough at Bingen to have a coffee and look at maps , I decide it is time to abandon the Rhine for a while and cut up the valley of the river Nahe towards Idar-Oberstein and the Palatinate Forest . |