Example sentences of "[adj] [indef pn] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh no , you get a free one for introducing people , so this |
| 2 | One Sicilian peasant kills another one for seducing his wife . ’ |
| 3 | There was this one for twenty five to thirty people and then there was another one for say forty or fifty and then it zoomed up to like a hundred . |
| 4 | The difference between the Voigt and Reuss estimates is and a similar one for shear . |
| 5 | What is the Government 's response to the increasingly strong feeling among disabled people that this measure is not an appropriate one for tackling their now , by common consent , quite shocking employment disadvantages ? |
| 6 | Anyone considering the venue a rather incongruous one for startling political imagery and prototype ‘ vehicles ’ for those with and without power in society ( the police on one side , immigrants and the homeless on the other ) , has obviously not got the message the Fundació has aimed to get across since it opened exactly two years ago : that it is not just about Tàpies , but has a wider and more challenging agenda . |
| 7 | A blank one for saving your own patterns is supplied with the Design Controller . |
| 8 | The ones you need for plumbing include a small one for tiny grub screws ( on taps , for example ) , a medium-size one ( 100m , say ) for screws on WC cisterns and a large one for screwing into walls . |
| 9 | ‘ Ca n't be at home for ever , ’ he had said , feeling it was unfair , and that he had been due something for working . |
| 10 | The long-lived alien 's point of view is the right one for looking at the plausibility of a theory like Cairns-Smith 's or the primeval-soup theory . |
| 11 | Quantities of rooted layers can be produced using this technique , a useful one for replacing ageing heather and lavender . |
| 12 | The argument is that the postclassical perspective is a relatively more useful one for accounting for , and understanding the manipulation of , criminal action . |
| 13 | This theme is a useful one for assessing the quality of a critic 's writing , since it tempts the rash into speculation , while an impoverished eye will miss relevant and useful comparisons . |
| 14 | Figures 3.1 is a familiar , and a very useful one for explaining the financial structure of the NHS in England . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not a great one for carting them all around the country , so Will only contests about a dozen competitions a year ’ . |
| 16 | He was a great one for singing because he 'd sing sea shanties and Irish songs . ’ |
| 17 | She come here , she used to come here with her man , you ken they were tramps , but er she , she was a great one , she used to , she belonged to the West Highlands , and she was a great one for quoting the , the kind of |
| 18 | I 'm a great one for putting a bit of cerulean blue in my green areas , but other painters add other colours , like red . |
| 19 | The pitch , without a blade of grass on it , looked such a good one for batting that the West Indies clearly felt that seven batsmen , even given the recent fallibility of their top order , were unnecessary . |
| 20 | The displays are usually more energetic if the site is a particularly good one for snaring prey . |
| 21 | Her sphere is not just a physical one for lighting a fire and tending the name have emotional and spiritual connotations , too . |
| 22 | Erm and it 's a birthday issue and and a quite an important one for setting up for the Euros and the mail action . |
| 23 | Er it 's very hard to keep on forgiving somebody for hurting you in the same way over and over again and in this particular example , three times and that 's it . |
| 24 | The law as a profession is regarded as a difficult one for hearing people , and not many manage to become solicitors ; still fewer get called before the Bar to become barristers . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not a big one for trying to work out all the results — there 's no point as you only end up kidding yourself . |
| 26 | WE 'VE had leaves on the line , snow , iced-up points and now BR in the South East has come up with a new one for explaining delays to trains : Heavy morning dew . |
| 27 | Moving an old house a new one for to rear , |
| 28 | He was a r a r a rare one for getting little sharp digs in was n't he ? |
| 29 | Address the envelope to the News Editor and make sure that the address is the correct one for receiving copy . |