Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But they are cowards at heart and hang back until they are sure they are safe , even then leaving themselves a route for escape . |
| 2 | Shortly after anaesthesia an intravenous infusion may be commenced to provide a route for fluid replacement . |
| 3 | Thus , these trends towards a greater stress on educational qualifications imply that intragenerational mobility within work caused through promotion becomes much less important as a route for advancement . |
| 4 | The management of these relationships is expected to be an important determinant of success in the use of new technology by customer firms and should provide a route for product innovations by suppliers . |
| 5 | No figures were given and no equity is involved , but MTI clearly sees the investment as a payment for partnership . |
| 6 | The HRD practitioner might want to cite examples from his or her own experience of the fact that ‘ quick-fix ’ changes tend to be just that — first-aid treatments that do not have a base for perpetuation . |
| 7 | Importantly , it will provide a base for education and health professionals to meet with parents . |
| 8 | As a base for exploration this resort is ideal . |
| 9 | Information derived from these is used in a variety of ways , but most frequently in contributing towards a base for decision-making in the areas of planning and marketing . |
| 10 | At the February 1990 meeting Ordóñez and Douglas Hurd , by then UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , also agreed to co-operate in preventing Gibraltar from becoming a base for drug trafficking and its burgeoning offshore finance companies from becoming a centre for money laundering . |
| 11 | This is an ideal hotel as a base for sightseeing as the ferry/hydrofoil jetty is right next to the hotel . |
| 12 | Catering is an obvious example of how this might work , with the school premises providing a base for wedding receptions and other functions during weekends and holidays , or the kitchens providing meals for other establishments during the working week . |
| 13 | US troops , who eventually will have 28,000 soldiers in the country leading the United Nations action , will also be securing other airstrips as a base for food distribution . |
| 14 | Sir George Calvert , a politician at the Stuart court , had already shown his interest in colonization by trying to found a settlement in the Avalon district of Newfoundland , though this had failed partly because of the climate and partly because of the opposition of the fishermen who came from England every summer to use it as a base for fishing on the Grand Banks . |
| 15 | He says financial institutions have recognised that little companies provide a base for industry and the seed corn for new ideas . |
| 16 | The Children Act provides a structure for working within them ; but it does not provide a base for practice . |
| 17 | It was used as a cheap substitute for pewter and as a base for electroplate finishes . |
| 18 | There seemed little if any concern for research into the description of linguistic interaction in the classroom — a particularly sad observation , as this is an area where teachers are well-equipped to find a base for research , and need to be able to monitor their own and others ' performance effectively . |
| 19 | A provision for division of profits after the firm 's annual accounts have been approved ( see below ) but with provision for appropriate amounts on account of anticipated liability to income tax to be withheld out of the undrawn balance of each partner 's share at the year 's end ( Clause 10.02 ) and for repayment of excessive drawings ( Clause 10.03 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Term of years absolute ’ means a term of years … either certain or liable to determination by notice , re-entry , operation of law , or by a provision for cesser on redemption , or in any other event ( other than the dropping of a life , or the determination of a determinable life interest ) ; … and in this definition the expression ‘ term of years ’ includes a term for less than a year , or for a year or years and a fraction of a year or from year to year ; … |
| 21 | 205(1) ( xxvii ) " Term of years absolute " means a term of years ( taking effect either in possession or in reversion whether or not at a rent ) with or without impeachment for waste , subject or not to another legal estate , and either certain or liable to determination by notice , re-entry , operation of law , or by a provision for cesser on redemption , or in any other event ( other than the dropping of a life , or the determination of a determinable life interest ) ; but does not include any term of years determinable with life or lives or with the cesser of a determinable life interest , nor , if created after the commencement of this Act , a term of years which is not expressed to take |
| 22 | ( d ) Independent determinationThree questions arise in drafting a provision for determination of the new rent by an independent person . |
| 23 | The most commonly used measure for assessing overall performance in the private sector is to divide profit before the deduction of interest and a provision for taxation by capital employed , defined as share capital plus long-term debt . |
| 24 | An eagerly awaited new tax law that includes a provision for tax relief on personal and corporate donations to cultural , educational , scientific , sporting , religious and humanitarian institutions and events was introduced in the Czech and Slovak Republics on 1 January , the first time that such provisions have been made in Czechoslovakia since 1938 . |
| 25 | They have n't got a provision for plastic bags |
| 26 | Hoffmann J. declared that in each case the beneficial interest in the property was owned by the bankrupt and his wife in equal shares and he made orders for possession and sale but , after considering the circumstances of the two wives and their children and , in particular , that the half shares to which they would be entitled would be insufficient for them to acquire other accommodation in the area and the educational problems of the children , imposed a provision for postponement until the youngest child in each case attained the age of sixteen . |
| 27 | Erm we 've made a provision for interest payable on the loan on the assumption that we may have to borrow money on an overdraft basis . |
| 28 | A provision for interest in the budgetary estimates indicated the government 's likely intention to block a 1991 court order outlawing interest , which was forbidden under Islamic law [ see also pp. 38683-84 ] . |
| 29 | The parser works in bottom-up , breadth-first manner and uses a chart for efficiency . |
| 30 | Now spend some time , if possible with a dictionary or a thesaurus , making out a chart for yourself-exploring some of the feelings you experience . |