Example sentences of "and [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , the critics assert that there is significant inequality between men and women , and that for a woman to be married to a man does not mean that she gains all the privileges that he has access to . |
| 2 | Only music persisted — and that for a winding-sheet . |
| 3 | All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured . |
| 4 | In High Javanese the word for a man means " half a woman " and that for a woman means " half a man " ; when a couple are separated , the individuals can be possessed by the energies of their mate . |
| 5 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 6 | This suggests , for example , that a new two-year bond issued at par would have to have a coupon of 10.25 per cent and that for a three-year bond ( with annual coupons ) trading at par the following equality holds ( see ( 5.10 ) ) : demonstrating that the YTM and the coupon are identical when a bond is trading at par . |
| 7 | you see I go on fruit and that for a day and all I do the next day is get a terrible cramp in the stomach |
| 8 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |
| 9 | This applies between the ages of 65 and 70 for a man and from 60 to 65 for a woman . |
| 10 | Some of the locks were ready long before the canal which serves them , and were literally high and dry for a time . |
| 11 | Cambridge were left high and dry for a time this afternoon as Oxford followed in the footsteps of many a champion boxer and left the opposition waiting at the official weigh-in . |
| 12 | Clough wrote : ‘ I felt angry , frustrated , disappointed , useless and unused for a whole week . |
| 13 | But she was too warm and lazy for a proper argument . |
| 14 | At the death , Mike Procter , the South African coach , stood ashen-faced and speechless for a full 10 minutes on the pavilion steps , unable to take in what had just transpired . |
| 15 | After that I searched high and low for a new teacher , and when I found one I had to start from scratch . |
| 16 | And Nan would be twenty next month and due for a rise , and she was hoping her father would stretch a point and make it ten shillings , for no matter what he said , Nan was a good assistant . |
| 17 | A clearer red , blue and green are found in the traces of painting on architectural members , and were no doubt in the wall-painter 's palette , but there is no evidence for much mixing of colours and some for a deliberate restriction of choice . |
| 18 | It already seems obvious that Mr Kinnock will be the earliest beneficiary , and this for a simple reason . |
| 19 | I no longer believe — nor do I desire — that Semiology should be a simple science , a positive science , and this for a primordial reason : it is the responsibility of semiology … to question its own discourse … finally , science knows no site of security , and in this it must acknowledge itself as writing . |
| 20 | ‘ These are films made by black people first and foremost for a specific black audience , and everyone else who 's interested will come to it . |
| 21 | It is thought , for example , that the long and feathery antennae of male mosquitoes pick up the specific sound wave patterns generated by a female mosquito who is ready and willing for a sexual encounter . |
| 22 | The flavour should be almost viscous for a white wine , rich and succulent for a supposedly dry wine . |
| 23 | Today , the French judiciary is prey to the criticism that there is one law for a German and another for a Frenchman . |
| 24 | The French judiciary is prey to the criticism that there is one law for a German and another for a Frenchman |
| 25 | I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man . |
| 26 | He had taken far more interest in their efforts than his father had thought was right and proper for a boy and when Leonie , his eldest sister , had been apprenticed to a dressmaker his fascination had grown . |
| 27 | It 's very hard and painful for a kid to face that . |
| 28 | He knew that by-and-by , when they were ripe , they would drop down into the ground ; there they would keep soft and warm for a while , then they would grow into more plants , with seeds , so there would always be plants on the earth … |
| 29 | This is the best bit of all it 's dry and warm for a start . |
| 30 | Both Hayman 's suggestions were too loose and half-baked for a man of his devious cunning to consider seriously for a moment . |