Example sentences of "a [n mass] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , unexpectedly , he invited Brian and me to stay in Northumberland where he had taken a grouse moor for the summer ; thereafter we went each year until he died , first to Otterburn and then to Wark . |
| 2 | The company is also taking a $415m hit for faster depreciation of software , which again underlines the deterioration in the company 's perception of its mainframe business . |
| 3 | The principal objective has been to provide a data resource for research on a wide range of aspects of 19th century society . |
| 4 | A critical first step in the process of establishing a data resource for research and teaching is the location and acquisition of relevant data . |
| 5 | Sometimes you heard a soft splash as a fish jumped for one of the swarming insects . |
| 6 | When pan is very hot , press lamb down with a fish slice for five minutes on each side or until golden outside and pink inside . |
| 7 | A trout jumped for a sparkling irridescent fly . |
| 8 | She came up in front of my parents and said : ‘ Would you like to take this home , put a sample in it and we 'll do a sperm count for you ? ’ |
| 9 | A petunia bred for its pendulous habit , and a good choice for hanging baskets . |
| 10 | So we come to the definition given by Woodrow Wilson : ‘ A state is a people organized for law within a definite territory . ’ |
| 11 | Other historians have seen the Restoration as a counter-revolution ; a palace coup d'éat in which power passed from one part of the élite to another ; and a transfer of power which was an integral part of the growth of national , and nationalist , awareness among a people faced for the first time in centuries by real threats from the outside world . |
| 12 | Harsh treatment by the Romans over the next two years transformed the refugees into a people fighting for survival , and in 378 they defeated and killed the Roman Emperor , Valens , at the battle of Adrianople . |
| 13 | The story starts one cold night in January when I was asked to attend a staff meeting for members of the Chelmsford Local Duke of Edinburgh award leadership team . |
| 14 | The essence , or form , of a species accounts for the properties of that species , and a definition of it provides the means of demonstrating that the species does have those properties , and why it has them . |
| 15 | This book is the first in a series designed for secondary students in the Caribbean area . |