Example sentences of "[det] of a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another discovery he claimed was that of a cure for glanders : one horse had remained ‘ cured ’ for four years after treatment with what was popularly known as ‘ Sewell 's Blue Broth ’ — three ounces of copper sulphate in a quart of water . |
| 2 | What we were faced with was an enormous puzzle — a cryptic crossword with the clues in Latin , unnumbered , and not much of a grid for guide . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's never been much of a man for dancing , not unless he 's drunk and then he 'll dance with the best of them . ’ |
| 4 | Too much of a coincidence for Sir Thomas to feel ill and then to be poisoned after that . |
| 5 | Even if we get him to comb his hair , it 'll be too much of a shock for Professor Thornton . ’ |
| 6 | They appeared twenty-four hours after the event , but then no one back in England seemed in much of a hurry for results . |
| 7 | He is right , though his play does not leave his audiences with much of a zest for battle . |
| 8 | Flowered percale is n't much of a substitute for love , but that 's all we can offer . " |
| 9 | The 839 succession-plan was too recent and contentious to provide much of a guide for action in the summer of 840 . |
| 10 | The constant changes are too much of a risk for publishers . ’ |
| 11 | He had never been much of a fellow for breasts . |
| 12 | In the latter case , if the wife or husband dies without issue the tenant is said to be tenant in tail , ‘ after possibility of issue extinct ’ , and his rights are substantially no greater than those of a tenant for life . |
| 13 | This concentration is made more of a problem for suppliers where large scale organisations centralise their buying function . |
| 14 | erm I find I 'm not sure that any of us can erm cope with what 's going on at the moment in the Gulf without having just ways of distracting ourselves , erm and I think that perhaps might be more of a problem for adults than it is for children , in the sense that erm most of us have access to more information than most children do erm and more information about what death means , and what suffering means , and what pain means , than erm most children who have been brought up in this country . |
| 15 | The latter seem more of a pretext for trouble than a cause of it . |
| 16 | Meeting sampling schedules will become more of a difficulty for field staff as they are faced with more demands from the organization . |
| 17 | Consumer protection has , in recent years , become more of a preoccupation for governments and pressure groups . |
| 18 | The police , added Mr Cordery , said that , with banks and building societies spending more money on security , other outlets were becoming more of a target for robbery . |
| 19 | I 'm more of a match for Lemarchand . ’ |
| 20 | Those with more of a penchant for market relations will ‘ tend to deal with uncertainty by being highly flexible and evolutionary in their patterns of strategic change ’ . |
| 21 | But it 's even more of a comfort for baby if he does n't get wind in the first place . |
| 22 | As the plastic card industry expands worldwide , holiday money becomes even more of a dilemma for tourists . |
| 23 | In many regions drought has been less of a problem for lawns this year , and the mowing programme continues |
| 24 | Group sex — turned on men more than anything else , but was less of a turn-on for women . |
| 25 | With all privileges less available to either dog , the family would generally become much less of a focus for competition . |
| 26 | But as the figure mounted still further , as it became abundantly clear that the Cabinet was barren of remedy , as the harsh eloquence of Oswald Mosley 's attacks damaged without moving the Government from which he had recently resigned , so comforting oratory became less of a substitute for action . |
| 27 | In fact , it is less of a risk for women taking combined HRT than those on none . |
| 28 | Three against one should be enough of a match for Gesner . ’ |
| 29 | Marius and one or two others in the Section decided that possible pneumonia and deep humiliation were not enough of a punishment for Gionesca . |