Example sentences of "a [noun] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We crossed several large meadows before working along steep , loose flanks , rich with flowers but not a route for mules , wherever they were — they had taken a different line . |
| 2 | Groups can monopolise a route for hours like this , or , worse still , drop someone on your head while you 're trying to lead it ! |
| 3 | The same passage , despite the narrow constriction of the valley at Djerdap , as the Danube forces its way between the Transylvanian Alps to the north and the Stara Planina to the south , may also have been a route for invaders into the Roman province of Pannonia , although the Iron Gate Pass , some 130 km ( 80 miles ) further north , afforded a better route for the Goths who descended on Pannonia from Transylvania in the middle of the fourth century AD . |
| 4 | This had a solid crust generally capable only of bearing the weight of a man , but the LRDG had successfully worked out a route for vehicles . |
| 5 | You could say , in a letter , that you strongly support the creation of a route for walkers and cyclists from Bloomiehall Park to Muirwood Road , especially for use by children to get to school , and that to overcome the present impasse , it might be a good idea to use a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire the land needed . |
| 6 | As for the notion of a local tax as a payment for services rendered , it is n't . |
| 7 | ‘ There is no evidence that Hong Kong is used as a base for activities against the Chinese government , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 8 | This could not be used as a base for blocks |
| 9 | The unit will also provide a base for teams which work in the community . |
| 10 | Make that a base for explorations into the fine mountains all around . |
| 11 | They had also established contact with 40 men under Major Chisholm who were organising a base for patrols from Memo , but contact had not yet been made with Australia , the powerful radio stations on the mainland 's north coast drowning out signals from Timor . |
| 12 | We are only beginning to work out these implications and our chapters of research can only be a base for others to examine in greater detail how our theories work . |
| 13 | The Commission took the view that the responsibility of a legal service was the provision of legal advice and assistance to individuals , that community action tends to involve only one section of the community , and that the independence of a centre is compromised if it becomes a base for campaigns . |
| 14 | In 1954 work began on the deserted Das Island to build a base for personnel working on a mobile drilling platform in the Arabian Gulf . |
| 15 | They provide a base for meetings , social events , the celebration of festivals . |
| 16 | Detectives believe terror gangs have been renting flats in London and the Midlands using them as a base for operations and then moving on . |
| 17 | Cream cheese may be moderate or full fat content and is used extensively as a base for dips , for cocktail fillings and for cooking . |
| 18 | Polyfilla , alabastine or plasticine spread onto cardboard or wood provides a base for buttons , buckles , conkers , etc. to be pressed in . |
| 19 | You can create classic pilaus ; authentic curries ; use it as a base for salads using leftover turkey and ham ; or try it Waldorf-style with satsumas and nuts ; in a gammon stir fry or nasi goreng . |
| 20 | ( d ) Explain briefly why accountants normally consider a provision for bad and doubtful debts necessary but are less likely to insist on a provision for discounts allowable to debtors . |
| 21 | Where an enterprise is contemplating the recognition of a deferred tax asset that is permitted by paragraph 32A in respect of a provision for pensions or other post-retirement obligations it should be noted that the normal rules regarding the recoverability of assets are applicable . ’ |
| 22 | The position , Chair , if I can just quickly through you , say in terms of this budget , we do make a provision for absences , because obviously we do get sickness absence . |
| 23 | Erm certainly , as a group we we welcome the fact that there is a provision for travellers in Harlow on the two permanent sites and we also welcome the upgrading er , of the to happen , although I very much hope it does n't . |
| 24 | A provision for partners to be repaid their expenses incurred on behalf of the firm out of profits before any division thereof ( Clause 10.04 ) . |
| 25 | Another mother only feels like a brute for hours afterwards ; and another child is made furiously resentful by this indignity . |
| 26 | Increases light a fuse for smokers Cigarettes , beer and wine all go up . |
| 27 | Increases light a fuse for smokers |
| 28 | Hackney has always been a resort for madhouses and mad people . |
| 29 | One such hypothesis with respect to tropical trees argues that the solid bole of a tree locks up an enormous amount of nutrients and that , if this could be recycled by ‘ employing ’ micro-organisms to rot down the heartwood , thus providing a roost for animals whose nests and droppings would subsequently rot too , the roots of long-lived organisms like trees would be prevented from exhausting local resources and competing with other roots , and the chemicals produced to prevent heartrotting would be saved . |
| 30 | ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth . |