Example sentences of "is a [noun sg] for [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electrophoresis is a technique for identifying the protein and enzyme constituents of the blood by placing the samples in a gel of starch or agar and applying an electric current . |
| 2 | The example below is a procedure for printing a " status " message at line 23 . |
| 3 | The first is that , with the consumer being the main culprit in the spending boom which led to the current difficulties , there is a case for shifting the tax burden from industry to individuals . |
| 4 | Can we conclude that despite our reservations about Hick 's presupposition that all religions believe in the same God , there is a case for seeing a common theistic structure among many of the world 's religious traditions ( or at least those that have any idea of God at all ) ? |
| 5 | Since , ultimately , the law has to be stated authoritatively , there is a case for passing a statute , once experience of the working of the Code has had time to show up any problems there may be . |
| 6 | The Opposition may not like it , but does my right hon. Friend believe that there is a case for allowing a small part of parliamentary time for the Leader of the Opposition to be questioned ? |
| 7 | However there is a case for considering the role of unions in upholding and maintaining labour rights more generally . |
| 8 | This being so , there is a case for casting a backward glance at attitudes of men and women of an earlier generation , whose lives had a limited span — like ours . |
| 9 | Erm I think that er erm politicians understand full well the nature of the profession in which they 're involved and the parliamentary party is erm more than able to exercise a proper judgement , er I do n't think there 's any case at all for er changing th I do n't think there was a case for changing the rules and I do n't think there is a case for changing the rules today . |
| 10 | The reservation fee is not security for not showing up , it is a payment for reserving the room . |
| 11 | The correct position is thus that the corporate entity is a vehicle for benefiting the interests of a specified group or groups . |
| 12 | Mills and Boon is a paradigm for understanding the marketing of literature as a commodity , and that market must be accounted for in any understanding of the ‘ pleasures of the text ’ . |
| 13 | Well in Suffolk you see , a hook is a thing for cutting the hedge . |
| 14 | Questions of the witnesses credibility may be relevant , and will be considered below ; that his evidence is controversial , taken alone , merely establishes that it is material to the issues in the case ; it is a reason for making an order , not for refusing to do so . |
| 15 | In contrast , ‘ this time we can be better prepared … this is a time for doing the thinking , so that we can make things how we want them to be ’ . |
| 16 | The delivery of a request for further and better particulars is not a condition precedent to the making of an order for them , but the failure to make a prior request is a ground for refusing the order : Ord 6 , r 7 . |
| 17 | In those defamation cases where journalists can keep the identity of informants a secret ( see p153 ) they are likely to find that their refusal to answer such questions is a ground for increasing the sum total of damages . |
| 18 | What is required is a mechanism for thinning the lithosphere during the heating phase so that when it cools and subsides a region of negative relief is formed . |
| 19 | unc and unc An essential aid to the solution of ( a ) and ( b ) above is a calculus for deciding the equivalence of expressions . |
| 20 | Galbraith has described the denomination of corporate enterprise as ‘ private enterprise ’ as ‘ a formula for hiding public business behind the cloak of corporate privacy ’ ; it is a device for diverting the eyes of government and the general public ‘ from things like executive compensation , lobbying , political activity by executives and employees , profits , and bureaucratic error or nonfeasance ’ . |
| 21 | It is a device for securing a make-believe absolute majority where no genuine absolute majority exists , and the winner is not the candidate most voters want but the candidate most voters are willing to accept . |
| 22 | Grammar is a device for indicating the most common and recurrent aspects of meaning which it would be tedious and inefficient to incorporate into separate lexical items . |
| 23 | There is no proven recipe for undoing the communist economic mess , any more than there is a recipe for unbaking an inedible cake . |
| 24 | Pictures of one 's family are a treasured item in any home , and this is an idea for turning a small but favourite picture into a more decorative item . |
| 25 | On the one hand , this is an argument for preferring an analysis of style which has a sound linguistic basis over one which merely uses ad hoc categories . |
| 26 | That is an argument for having a range of effective analgesics , but hardly for continuing to multiply their numbers indefinitely . |
| 27 | The defence societies constantly warn that most complaints are provoked by doctors failing to communicate adequately , so there is an argument for adopting the ‘ defensive ’ practice of our American colleagues when consent for treatment is sought : but do our patients have the stomach for an American approach ? |
| 28 | There is an argument for keeping the word ‘ converts ’ because it is well understood . |
| 29 | There is an argument for retaining a four mile annulus for the area of search for the new settlement rather than a two mile , because of the rigidity which at present applies to the distance of the outer boundary of the greenbelt from York City Centre . |