Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Struck me as a dangerous thing for him to be doing . |
| 2 | Certainly , given that in the words of one critic , the implementation of Model B , for example , would result in ‘ a massive realignment of powers and institutions , raising profound questions of identity for the universities as well as the polytechnics ’ the Green Paper says little or nothing about a national policy for higher education . |
| 3 | Who should we not embrace them as a general strategy for legislation whenever the community is divided over some issue of principle ? |
| 4 | In addressing this task we combined local , national and international action , distinguishing ourselves as a strategic force for conservation . |
| 5 | Someone with a genuine concern for the wounded of World War One , the miners of South Wales , the unemployed , for , and homeless in general . |
| 6 | And getting to it can mean one man hauling himself through a two-foot tunnel for half an hour in six inches of water . |
| 7 | The manner of Biggs 's defeat was to say the least surprising and on this evidence Mason has still a long way to go before he can think of himself as a genuine contender for the world championship . |
| 8 | ‘ When Estwick passed on the fact that Jones had mentioned you as a possible candidate for this job and your previous experience confirmed that you were amply qualified to do it , I thought — what the hell ! |
| 9 | However , he planned you as a unique person for a unique purpose . |
| 10 | The Initiative wants OSF to contribute to the Unix specification for ACE , and sees itself as a possible vehicle for knitting the discordant elements of the establishment together . |
| 11 | This particular project began in Liverpool in 1976 and has established itself as a national model for radical working-class adult education . |
| 12 | From its first issue it identified itself as a coordinating centre for research in English studies , and indeed , the development of an identity based upon research for the discipline can be seen to have been one of its major functions . |
| 13 | It has continued to grow and expand and has since established itself as a permanent base for experimentation with education in health based on Primary Health Care principles . |
| 14 | This may seem an unorthodox way of assuring management succession but then MB Group has been rearranging itself into a new structure for the future . |
| 15 | It will also provide you with a helpful forum for explaining your particular needs , and your views on the process and content of education . |
| 16 | They will also try to inculcate you with a spurious respect for a ‘ culture ’ which not only fails to distinguish between what is good and what is profitable but which can not distinguish between substance and insubstantiality . |
| 17 | we will provide you with a new schedule for your guidance but you do not have to complete it unless you want to . |
| 18 | Come on , let's turn you into a human being for wee while again . |
| 19 | You should surround yourself with close friends — it will put you in a good mood for dealing with a financial matter . |
| 20 | Devotion to the throne also manifested itself in a popular demand for the king 's third son , William Augustus , Duke of Cumberland , to be made Commander-in-Chief of the anti-invasion forces . |
| 21 | The zeitgeist expressed itself in a lively concern for the Christian faith and its implications for a modus vivendi . |
| 22 | Once a lady aid a daughter , remote cousins or friends of friends , came , and the girl left me with a yearning heart for some days and a curiosity for years like my curiosity about the lost childish books . |
| 23 | I quickly found one who agreed to supply me with a dozen apples for threepence as long as I could guarantee the same order every day for the next month . |
| 24 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 25 | Their campaigns for legal enforcement were backed by a powerful language which identified whole new technologies of sex and forged them into a popular crusade for reform . |
| 26 | Welding them into a single resource for classroom teaching was a difficult task for the teachers and a confusing , unsatisfactory experience for pupils . |
| 27 | Mindful of the quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family which had marred his uncle 's coronation , Napoleon III may have felt it unwise to provide them with a similar occasion for bad manners . |
| 28 | But it seems that , I mean , redressing a paper that you know what it says is one thing erm so something like Hillman 's Guardian , he knows what words they are going to use in those headlines and he provides them with a new look for saying those words in , but in many ways his redesign of that paper was erm it was an undynamic one in the sense that he was still providing them with elements which they could bolt together to make a page in a classic broadsheet newspaper way . |
| 29 | Plenty of steps , most of them with a rich reward for the climber , such as those that lead to the Lindenhof . |
| 30 | Many bodies have stated that the grant aid procedures and the application form provide them with a ready basis for an effective budgeting system . |