Example sentences of "a [noun] for [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems to have been a windmill for practically every village and sometimes two or more in the market towns . |
| 2 | I 've just given the whole of life a miss for nearly a year , all because of bloody Adrian . |
| 3 | The adventure ties up a computer for quite a long time . |
| 4 | In the first quarter of 1980 the ICI group was making profits at a rate of six hundred million pounds a year and in the third quarter we posted a loss for only the second time in our history . |
| 5 | This could be a dilemma for both the clinical director and other consultants within the directorate . |
| 6 | Which er I did eventually get on to and was a convenor for quite a number of years . |
| 7 | One thing which will prove very disconcerting for a young puppy is to be left on its own in kennels after being in a home for just a few weeks . |
| 8 | This need n't worry you too much however as you can buy an SVGA monitor plus SVGA card as a bundle for nearly the same price as the monitor on its own . |
| 9 | ‘ Three men see a boy for about a second in the dark , in the middle of a lot of smoke and noise . |
| 10 | This was a building of secrets , a part of British Military Intelligence , but not linked to Cheltenham 's GCHQ , and a place for only the most covert communications . |
| 11 | I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems . |
| 12 | If we assume that the number of professional programmers , these are people who are competent to use and develop software , is roughly proportional to the number of commercial computers in operation , this means that if the trend continues , in ten years time , there will be a need for roughly a hundred times as many computer programmers than we 've got as present . |
| 13 | Indeed , in a publishing environment where there may be a need for perhaps a dozen word processors but just one page makeup system this approach has strong financial advantages . |
| 14 | So I had a job for about a year er in a fruit shop and then I did n't like the Saturday work |
| 15 | It occurred to him that if this were over the Front he would be a gift for even the stupidest German pilot . |
| 16 | If she works in a shop or office , she could take samples of her work to show her colleagues or she could offer to make a garment for a friend for just the price of the yarn . |
| 17 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 18 | Because really big bream are too much of a mouthful for even the biggest pike does not mean that a big bream has lost its natural , cautious instinct . |
| 19 | St Giles 's cathedral nearby is more properly known as the High Kirk , having been formally designated a cathedral for only a brief period during the reign of Charles I. It was here that Charles attempted to impose a High Anglican liturgy , virtually a Mass , upon a Presbyterian society which responded with brawls in the church and outside , still remembered as the Jenny Geddes Riots after a vegetable seller from the market who was reported to have thrown her stool at the Dean 's head . |
| 20 | I 've been saving five pounds a week for practically the whole of the year . |
| 21 | ‘ People say play a half-fit Gazza , or give him a game for just a quarter of a match . |
| 22 | They love the bright , colourful illustrations , the varied activities , the emphasis on games and picture puzzles , and the fact that there is a song for almost every lesson in the course . |
| 23 | All he 's got is a set of scripts , if he 's lucky , some idea of who he wants in the cast , and perhaps a feel for how the show is going to be shot . |
| 24 | It is possible he will be a candidate for both the leadership and deputy leadership . |
| 25 | It is possible for a candidate for either the LL.M. or M.Sc. |
| 26 | Only a single company is allowed to operate in each part of the country but the incumbent is given a licence for only a fixed period of time . |
| 27 | The same fragility can be heard in the six songs that complete this issue , and she seems too light a voice for either the humouristic pomp of the Ballade des gros Dindons , or the lovely lyricism of Chanson pour Jeanne and L'île heureuse . |
| 28 | I can sit in the warm and sip their hot froth of a brew for maybe the best part of an hour with any luck . |
| 29 | Peaceful though it may seem on the reef , it 's actually a battleground for even the most motionless creatures suggests LES HOLLIDAY . |
| 30 | But too much mist obscures the question what it is like to be a chimp for even the best-meaning efforts to make them make the best of meaning . |