Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.73 In a medical negligence case , where a summons for directions is necessary an application for a direction in relation to expert evidence should ordinarily be made at the hearing of the summons for directions ( see 1993 White Book , para 38/36/1 ) . |
| 2 | 1.45 Pleadings in running-down cases are usually in common form and none more so than the defence — often a straight denial of everything the plaintiff claims , although Ord 18 , r12(1) ( c ) requires that where a claim for damages is made against a party , a defence must contain particulars of any facts on which the party relies in mitigation of , or otherwise in relation to , the amount of damages . |
| 3 | The cloudless sky promised a day for haymaking , or a day for lovers to stroll through heavy-leafed woods to rest beside the green cool of a streambank . |
| 4 | … or a standard for scalpels ? |
| 5 | In all other cases — as , for instance , a sale of goods or a contract for services or a loan of money — the contract was voidable in the sense that the infant would not , on attaining full age , become liable unless he took steps to ratify it . |
| 6 | 2.8 The small firm : a font of entrepreneurship or a haven for skidders ? |
| 7 | In a title search , for example , a search for an incomplete or garbled title would lead to the choice of a title index display or a search for titles containing the words of the search , and thenceforth behave rather as if it were doing a subject search . |
| 8 | The present pattern is an ultra-sound bite , one for each member of the family , or a six-pack for guests if such people still exist . |
| 9 | A scheme of school vouchers was considered and abandoned although a scheme for loans in higher education is to be introduced . |
| 10 | Make that a base for explorations into the fine mountains all around . |
| 11 | On Jan. 23 , however , Chissano , on his return from a summit of front-line African leaders in Lusaka , the Zambian capital , denied rumours to the effect that a date for talks had been set . |
| 12 | The Justice Party of Hungarian Gypsies demanded in June that a Minister for Gypsies be introduced . |
| 13 | This example assumes that a sympathy for motorists with overwhelm any tendency to logical analysis . |
| 14 | We have heard of waterless embalming , well , who in the name of goodness has ever done it ? — or is that a ploy for producers to sell more fluid or that in , for example , 16 oz they will use 3 or 4 types of fluid which interact and work as one . |
| 15 | A second difficulty posed by the collateral attack exception is that Ord. 53 , r.7 provides that a claim for damages may be brought under Ord. 53 if the claim arises from any matter to which an AJR relates . |
| 16 | The general rule is that a claim for damages for breach of contract can be brought at any time up to six years after the breach occurred . |
| 17 | Section 1A(2) provides that a claim for damages for bereavement shall only be for the benefit of the wife or husband of the deceased and , where the deceased was a minor who was never married , for the benefit of his parents , if he was legitimate and of his mother if he was illegitimate . |
| 18 | A Soviet statement vigorously denied that a demand for bases in Libya had been made or that the Soviet Union strove for ‘ concessions or military bases on foreign territories , including the African continent ’ . |
| 19 | ( 1 ) Although the Act does not expressly say so , it is implicit in sections 10 and 11 that a demand for expenses must be served by the local authority before proceedings can be taken to recover them . |
| 20 | She persevered with them , in the hope that a taste for men , like a taste for the other desirable sophistications of life such as alcohol and nicotine , could be acquired through hard work . |
| 21 | Moreover , it is the doctor-counsellor as much as anyone else who needs to ask these questions , for often spending time considering these aspects of ill-health might be more helpful than a prescription for drugs . |
| 22 | Heavy advertising has promoted cider as a yuppie drink , rather than a tipple for farmworkers and a succession of warm summers has also boosted sales . |
| 23 | Wytch Farm proved more than a match for Savills , the property services and estate management consultants to BPX , during a friendly game of cricket in August . |
| 24 | For him it now became less a place of protest than a refuge for failures , free-loaders and misfits . |
| 25 | It turned out to be nothing more than a charter for busybodies , lacking muscle and new money . |
| 26 | The partial success of Cuba 's policy is confirmed by the fact that as late as January 1961 Washington was aware that its scope for attacking the Castro regime through the OAS was still limited , and a majority for sanctions not yet assured . |
| 27 | A subsidized rate for gas , electricity and water , Offices for the Association and a centre for women market vendors . |
| 28 | Labour , wholly in thrall to this feminist cause , will create a Ministry of Women ( as well as a Minister for the Disabled and a Minister for Children ) to generate ‘ legislation for women ’ . |
| 29 | 3/The roughs were sent with tracing paper overlays annotated with queries and a request for answers to be written alongside . |
| 30 | Each page is divided into columns , giving the artist 's name , dates , country of origin , speciality , literary references and a column for remarks . |