Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general terms it is best , but not essential , to choose one typeface for the main text and a different one for headings . |
| 2 | You 'll be playing this one for ages and ages . |
| 3 | There have n't been a lot of track and field games around like this one for years , ever since the barrage of Daley Thompson finger aching games . |
| 4 | Lord Swinton presented a paper to Cabinet on 24 January arguing that Britain should have three airline companies : the nationalized BOAC for long-haul overseas services ; a company responsible for services to Europe ; and another one for services to South America . |
| 5 | The distortion of the Socialists ( who got 38.6% of the vote in the 1990 election , and 33.8% in an early-May opinion poll , when 23.8% were ‘ undecided ’ ) is the easier one for outsiders to understand . |
| 6 | Mann argues that the reasoning that rejects the notion of assignability of treaties resembles that which for centuries prevented assignment of debts in private law . |
| 7 | The decision to retire is never an easy one for architects . |
| 8 | Does the difference really have nothing to do with the construction of a dominant identity for males and a subordinate one for females ? |
| 9 | The idea of a weekly stint as well as a monthly one for Options , a daily one home in Muswell Hill and a nightly one up the West End seemed about as feasible as Lech Walesa assuming the management of Stringfellows . |
| 10 | An area where some phenomena are known to have been faked , where the will to believe among participants may be very strong , and where observation happens under poor conditions , is hardly a promising one for scientists . |
| 11 | This approach is appropriate to a commercial buyer in that it forces the buyer to reveal his requirements if the purpose is over and above the most basic one for goods of that kind . |
| 12 | Pulling out a small pen torch he illuminated Chrissie 's small car , its green paintwork dulled with dust and the fact that she had n't cleaned or waxed it for months . |
| 13 | The need for self-esteem and self-satisfaction is a major one for horses ; the horse , like a person , needs to think well of itself . |
| 14 | ‘ Mrs Chadwick , ’ Celia learned , 'was a great one for roses ' , and ‘ Mr Chadwick , he liked his veg . |
| 15 | The grandfather was a favourite with the neighbouring children too , ‘ a great one for stories ’ , and in the summer would sit them on a seat outside his door , ‘ not only his own grandchildren but other children about , listening to the tales he used to tell , about old Dumfries ’ : of the murderess Mary Timmony , for example , the last woman publicly hanged in Dumfries . |
| 16 | Sheridan was n't a great one for jokes . |
| 17 | I 'm not a great one for chips and and fish |
| 18 | She says : ‘ I 'm not a great one for names and visitors often tell me what my flowers are called . ’ |
| 19 | ( ii ) The word " irreducible " is a good one for elements with the property listed in 1.3.5(ii) since according to that definition an irreducible element is one which can not be represented as a product of two properly " smaller " elements . |
| 20 | The same can probably be claimed for those who for reasons which had little to do with humanitarian concern — fearing Jewish revenge in the event of a lost war , or blaming Hitler for bringing on the war through attacking the Jews , attitudes which of course themselves betrayed the influence of Nazi ‘ Jewish conspiracy ’ propaganda — were voicing criticism of Nazi anti Jewish policy . |
| 21 | Though clearly , whatever the logic of the situation , Hitler could still rely upon substantial bonds of undying allegiance among his most loyal supporters , especially of course those who for years had been exposed to the full brunt of Party organization and indoctrination , there seems little doubt that the mass base of unquestioned trust in Hitler was already in 1942 beginning to give way . |
| 22 | Punishment is only one form of reminder , a particularly vigorous one for emergencies usually with strong feelings involved — to get a child back into the groove . |
| 23 | Given Rangers ' heavy schedule , most importantly next week 's European Champions League match with FC Brugge in Belgium , the sight of Steven departing the field was a depressing one for Rangers , certainly more so than the booking of Ian Ferguson before the interval . |
| 24 | However , the general argument about the need to develop a range of leisure interests is also an important one for teachers to deploy . |
| 25 | The concept is an enormous one for twelve-year-olds to grasp with any sense of reality , for many children of that age would regard it as fun if their family had to go away to new lands — just as I can recall at that age receiving the news of the outbreak of the Second World War with great joy ! |
| 26 | It was a hot afternoon and the first one for ages when his time had been his own until bedtime . |
| 27 | Night and a bottle of hot-blooded Spanish wine brought a poem to Jay , the first one for years . |
| 28 | Yet the problem they faced over letting their daughter go out which now , with hindsight , leaves them so open to criticism , is a very familiar one for parents . |
| 29 | This chapter is not itself concerned with the mechanics or politics of the matter , the example chosen is merely a convenient one for purposes of illustrating a very common GIS procedure . |
| 30 | Otherwise we are going to develop two legal systems — one for ordinary people that skimps and a superior one for members of the security forces where money is no object . ’ |