Example sentences of "for a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together with capital grants for such temporary woodland fencing ( which could also benefit from some publicity ) there is no significant financial disincentive for a farmer in fencing and regenerating on-farm broadleaved woodland . |
| 2 | Joyce let go of Eva 's hand for a second in order to see better . |
| 3 | When he least needed a vote of no confidence , Leighton was sensationally dropped from Manchester United 's 1990 Cup Final replay team and punished for a slump in form during a suspect season in front of a United defence that bordered on the arthritic . |
| 4 | We asked for a lament in verse or a prose epitaph for Punch |
| 5 | The headline in the London Standard read ‘ The professor what do n't know nothing ’ , and the subheading expressed the exact opposite of the truth : ‘ Is correct English just a dialect or could it possibly be a useful tool for a youngster in search of a job ? |
| 6 | At the same time , milk yields had to be substantially increased and sustainable and the scene was set for a revolution in breeding and for the development of most of the modern breeds . |
| 7 | As US scientist Lester Pearson said , ‘ There is a need for a revolution in mankind 's ( sic ) thinking as basic as the one introduced by Copernicus , who first pointed out that the earth was not the centre of the universe . ’ |
| 8 | ( a ) Appointment The court has a positive duty to appoint a guardian ad litem in the following proceedings unless satisfied that this is not necessary in order to safeguard the child 's interests ( s41 ) : ( i ) application for a care or supervision order ; ( ii ) direction to investigate under s37 when an interim care order has been made or is under consideration ; ( iii ) application for discharge of a care order ; ( iv ) application for variation or discharge of a supervision order ; ( v ) application to extend a supervision order ; ( vi ) application to substitute a supervision order for a care order ; ( vii ) consideration of a residence order for a child in care ; ( viii ) application relating to contact with a child in care ; ( ix ) proceedings relating to emergency protection and child assessment orders ; ( x ) proceedings relating to secure accommodation orders ; ( xi ) application for leave to change the surname of a child in care ; ( xii ) application for leave to remove a child in care from the United Kingdom for a period exceeding one month ; ( xiii ) application for leave to permit the emigration of a child in care ; ( xiv ) appeal against the making or refusal to make , vary or discharge above orders . |
| 9 | However , under section 15 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 it is lawful for a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute to attend at or near his own place of work ‘ for the purpose only of peacefully obtaining or communicating information , or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working . ’ |
| 10 | Defendants are often very keen to say that they will not pay for a disbursement in respect of a report that they have not seen . |
| 11 | They sat for a minute in silence as if what had passed between them needed to be assimilated in peace . |
| 12 | And are you this morning applying for a protection in respect of the Vigitalle |
| 13 | An employee who would never venture to ask for a raise in salary for herself suddenly besieged the manageress with demands that one of her fellow workers should have her rights . |
| 14 | If the sciences were less subordinate to theology at the time of Newton than at the time of Copernicus , had the Reformation in religion created favorable conditions for a reformation in science ? |
| 15 | that the debtor has made an offer to secure or compound for a debt in respect of which the petition is presented , |
| 16 | Between the 1st day of July 1987 and the 15th day of October 1987 conspired together and with other persons fraudulently to induce persons to enter into agreements for acquiring or subscribing for securities , namely shares in Blue Arrow plc , by making statements which they knew to be misleading , false or deceptive or by dishonestly concealing material facts or by recklessly making statements which were misleading , false or deceptive namely : 1.1 By failing to notify the Company Announcements Office of the Quotations Department of the International Stock Exchange by way of a Class 2 announcement ( as provided for by Section 6 of the Council of the Stock Exchange 's admission of securities to listing ) following the purchase of shares in Manpower Incorporated for a consideration in excess of 5 per cent of the consolidated net assets of Blue Arrow ; 1.2 By concealing the fact that the level of Acceptances of provisionally allotted new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow was 38.04 per cent at the expiry of the offer by way of rights issue at 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.3 By concealing the fact that 54,625,000 new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow were taken up after 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.4 By falsely stating that , in connection with the rights issue of 504.4 million new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow , acceptances had been received in respect of 246.5 million shares which represented 48.9 per cent of the rights issue . |
| 17 | It is our usual practice to ask for a payment in advance of costs and thereafter to submit an interim bill every six months . |
| 18 | It had flown but a few hours in his ownership , and it might be available for a feature in Pilot . |
| 19 | This could involve an adjournment for legal aid application , social welfare report , referral to another solicitor , bail application or simply suggestions for a plea in mitigation . |
| 20 | However , the county council was reluctant to establish a post for a tutor in adult education and other options had to be considered . |
| 21 | However , it is by no means certain that either of the established parties would agree to change since they would be bidding away long-term electoral advantage in return for a short-term in office in a coalition government in which they might have only limited power . |
| 22 | Prices range from around £5 for a door in pine , to £7.50 in cherry . |
| 23 | The skilful salesperson will ask for a concession in return — perhaps a less onerous delivery schedule . |
| 24 | This is a valuable tool at the disposal of the negotiator since it promotes movement towards agreement and yet ensures that proposals to give the buyer something are matched by proposals for a concession in return . |
| 25 | An advertisement had appeared on one of the university noticeboards saying that Benghazi University in Libya was looking for a lecturer in engineering . |
| 26 | In October 1956 , Worrell joined Manchester University as a mature student to read for a BA in Economics , changing in his second year to a BA Administration , which included social anthropology . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | " Instead of the children of the working class being subjected to rigorous self-denial in preparation for a life-time in mill or mine , " he writes , " they have been offered instead the promise of the easy and immediate gratification which , in the end , can sabotage human development and achievement just as effectively as the poverty and hunger of the past . " |
| 29 | The former makes for a flexibility in design and allows for local idiosyncrasies , while the latter are slightly quicker and ensure that the craftsman spends less time working in the room which is to receive the decoration . |
| 30 | As a mature student studying for a degree in Sport and Recreation studies , I am undertaking research into the Staffordshire Way . |