Example sentences of "a [adj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A definite buy for any budding simulation buff . |
| 2 | I 've got a bloody crave for that broccoli . |
| 3 | And how could she , always so proud , have come to ask a stranger to write for her a private letter , even if her sight was becoming bad ? |
| 4 | ‘ Andy Gregory has been a brilliant scrum-half , but he 's coming to the end of his career and can only be a short-term buy for Doug Laughton at Leeds . |
| 5 | A few come for Aphaia , one of the most beautiful of Greece 's classical temples . |
| 6 | You see , there are ladies … or women who smoke , but their choice is usually Woodbines ; a few ask for Gold Flake , but quite a number ask for shag for their pipes . ’ |
| 7 | Most full-time , qualified youth and community workers ( around 5000 of them in Britain in 1986 ) are employed by LEAs , although a few work for Social Services Departments . |
| 8 | Most counties carry a professional playing staff sufficient to fill two full elevens plus a few to cover for injuries . |
| 9 | He left Kathleen to strap the toes together with a gauze swab between them to maintain the alignment , and then sent them off with a few coproxamol for the pain . |
| 10 | The walks have been arranged to cater for all age groups , with a few designed for those with limited walking ability , and some have been planned to link with bus routes . |
| 11 | She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life . |
| 12 | They stress that the only farmers who can benefit from the immediate purchase of ewe premium rights are those who have submitted a 1993 claim for more sheep than they have quota and are buying or leasing retrospectively . |
| 13 | Although the now frequently-used concept of ‘ the right to resistance ’ was referred to in the older religion-based natural law theories , it is mainly the more recent , secularised version of natural law with its emphasis on human rights that seems to provide a theoretical underpinning for some of the assertions about the illegality of nuclear war and the justifiability of nuclear protest . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , supply-side doctrine provided a theoretical underpinning for the main thrust of his economic strategy . |
| 15 | In its more philosophical aspects such intellectual work was addressed to providing a theoretical underpinning for a collectivist social outlook which would be immune equally from the mechanical vulgarities of statism and the revolutionary demands of socialism . |
| 16 | Unfortunately the third sentence sends us reeling back to square one in terms of methodological confusion : we are now told that just because Keynes had tried to provide a theoretical underpinning for the concept of involuntary unemployment does not , ipso facto , oblige subsequent theorists to ‘ 'explain ’ the theoretical constructs of our predecessors ' . |
| 17 | A southbound express for Marylebone awaits departure time at Nottingham Victoria platform 4 headed by B17 No. 2855 ‘ Middlesborough ’ . |
| 18 | Puppy parties work this way : someone organises a weekly gettogether for pups and owners . |
| 19 | PC Jones was knifed in the thigh as he answered a 999 call for help . |
| 20 | This pretty island is only an hour away by ferry so you will have plenty of time to get a real feel for the island and begin to enjoy its special magic before it is time to leave . |
| 21 | Erm so we 've maybe got a dozen to do for the service , and I 'll have to look at that and and go from there . |
| 22 | He had a brief thought for Sergeant Evans now in Essex , collating cases of bloody murders connected with fantasy games . |
| 23 | She felt a brief pity for the police who would never pick their way through such a fen . |
| 24 | Though phrasing is sympathetic , and Masur allows a natural easing for the third theme in the first movement , this is not among warmer readings of this much recorded work . |
| 25 | The singing lines , the sense of momentum , of progression towards and relaxation from climaxes is gauged with a natural feel for the musical contours and the poetic expressiveness of both sonatas . |
| 26 | Collard has a natural feel for Fauré 's piano style and his playing is captivating . |
| 27 | Jane , who had a natural feel for mood and background which complemented the clothes , swam more than competently and her black and white images of windswept models against bleak moors or stark beaches created for many who saw them on the white shop walls their indelible image of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ . |
| 28 | Instead , those against whaling a likely to push for further discussion of the proposal . |
| 29 | Would I have to take a flexi-day to play for England ? … mmm , I wonder ? |
| 30 | That 's very good for a first — you have a great feel for it ! ’ |