Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only six solo roles call for a male soprano , on the basis of which it is possible to make a few observations . |
| 2 | In northern India , Brahmins and other high castes accounted for a relatively large proportion of the population . |
| 3 | On-shore activities make for a lively and exhilarating festival . |
| 4 | He was born at a time when the great majority of musicians were employed by patrons — wealthy aristocrats , monarchs , or prelates — or as civic musicians working for a town council . |
| 5 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |
| 6 | This very strong assumption precludes any role for unobserved variables to account for a substantial proportion of population heterogeneity . |
| 7 | Yeah , I 'm rather concerned that this kind of thing seems to be happening rather a lot , I mean this is so reminiscent of what happened in the , the four maisonette in in Fern Hill where we had empty blocks left for a long time erm becoming a magnet for vandalism and all kinds of everything ! |
| 8 | BASF ( 1990 sales , Dm46.6 billion ) is apparently one of several big German companies queueing for a Wall Street listing . |
| 9 | Expressing concern about the global economic recession , US and German officials called for a special G-7 summit to break the existing stalemate on GATT talks . |
| 10 | Favourites were ‘ confetti strikes ’ , where different workers struck for a set period at a time determined by the last digit or colour of their registration cards . |
| 11 | Local and national sports bodies have also objected on the grounds that the scheme would take away open space that could be used as a public sports field for a town which the National Playing Fields Association says has a shortage of open space . |
| 12 | Have they any notion as they sit around Downing street of the horrendous costs involved for a nation that finds difficulty in paying its water workers properly ? |
| 13 | Yet , had the Sri Lankan and British governments opted for a slightly lower dam , then the most heavily populated area , including the town of Teldeniya , would not have been flooded . |
| 14 | The reason for this seems to have been that Victorian British industrialists looked for a quick return , while the Germans were more prepared to take a long view . |
| 15 | CHRISTMAS holiday plans for thousands of families faced chaos last night as British Airways prepared for a strike . |
| 16 | There are different ways to control for a third factor when investigating a relationship between two variables . |
| 17 | The surprise for well-fed French bureaucrats heading for a busy day paper shuffling at the European Commission was lightened only by the inclusion of croissants as a side course . |
| 18 | The slow-moving five-foot lines are unexpected ; the dignified quatrains make for a cumbrous narrative style , which is alien in spirit to that of a medieval ballad . |
| 19 | But the day belonged to biplanes with a stirring co-ordinated aerobatic routine from Vic Norman and Brendan O'Brien in Stearmen ; lyrical singleton aerobatics routines from types as varied as Jungmann , Great Lakes and Stampe ; Barry Tempest crazy flying and taking much advantage of the local topography ; the Diamond Nine Tiger Moth team dominating the intimate skyline with their outstanding final burst ; the Tiger Walk twin Tiger Moth girl-on-the-wing team ; with the weather preventing a migration to France for a booking , the Crunchie Flying Circus aerobatic girls-on-the-wing attended for a show on ‘ home ’ territory . |
| 20 | So , when the riding party of teenage girls returned for a late lunch , Lucy forced herself to present time with a brightly smiling face . |
| 21 | Maybe they 're top mountaineers training for a Himalayan expedition that requires constant overnight bivvying on icy rock faces . |
| 22 | ‘ Yiu keelled heem ! ’ screeched Lorre , his shaking hands reaching for a revolver . |
| 23 | ECONOMY Minister Robert Atkins has praised the Housing Executive on winning a Royal Institute of British Architects award for a project at Newtownbreda . |
| 24 | The specially designed plate rack in the scullery can drain the ninety plates of different sizes used for a five-course dinner for eighteen , whilst the slate floor makes for easy cleaning . |
| 25 | Foreign Ministers called for a comprehensive political settlement , and spoke of " the need to create the conditions for an early deployment of UN peacekeeping forces " . |
| 26 | The s the revolution of social services called for a rolling programme and a rolling review and the amendment Mr is utterly meaningless because the matter will be constantly referred back and further considered by social services whatever the amendment says that 's what the original resolution said . |
| 27 | As the social services account for a substantial part of public spending , cuts affected a wide range of services . |
| 28 | We less poetic mortals sat for a while in the afternoon sunlight and shadow , then we turned down the path again for a pot of tea and a scone for myself and Eddy and a biscuit for Bill before we began the road walk back to the car . |
| 29 | Complicated political formulas work for a while and then fall apart . |
| 30 | With two overall trophies to show for a blasting weekend double to and from the Medway , Robbie Stewart ( Royal Burnham YC ) and his merry men from Blush had every reason for celebration at the end of the fourth event of the East Anglian season . |