Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annina Nosei is not a galerist known for specialising in photography but she has arranged , this summer , a largish show of those whose work especially interests her . |
| 2 | But he admitted with a grin : ‘ If that was a trial run for Sunday I would n't have minded a bit more notice ! |
| 3 | This year is something of a trial run for this new service . |
| 4 | It is also , however , a trial run for a more extensive catalogue which is being considered . |
| 5 | The Chicago Police Department used Sunday 's US Cup game between USA and Germany as a trial run for next year 's games . |
| 6 | but I 'm a bit pushed for time |
| 7 | and they assured us there would be a bit incorporated for audio description , so what it was , was half of us entrance into the lighted sound box , cut off , it was a , sort of triangular , but erm , to see out the window |
| 8 | It was a double bed — a bit squashed for two , but cosy . |
| 9 | Imagine : I was a bit pissed for a start , the object of my complete love was nesting in my rear-view mirror , the corpulent groom — my best friend — who had spent three weeks pleasuring her in the Hellenic sunshine was sitting beside me with a clank of duty-free between his calves , I 'd lost my job , and the other drivers on the road were all tuning up for Formula One . |
| 10 | The number of levels ranged from two to five , but only one scheme had a level designed for the lowest ten per cent of attainers . |
| 11 | The changes were expected to take effect following a referendum scheduled for Sept. 15 . |
| 12 | On May 5 the Crimean Supreme Soviet declared the Crimea 's independence from Ukraine , pending negotiations with Ukraine and a referendum scheduled for Aug. 2 . |
| 13 | The complex " Eurolex " package of necessary legislative changes was finally passed on Oct. 21 , subject to a referendum scheduled for Dec. 6 . |
| 14 | This raises the question whether the education of children in rural communities is prejudiced by the imposition of a curriculum devised for urban conditions . |
| 15 | During the ninth century a struggle developed for the souls of the Slavs between the two Christian confessions , the Eastern Church based in Byzantium and the Western Church based in Rome . |
| 16 | First and foremost we have to consider the immediate social contexts in which the statements are made : in one case an intervention in a youth project on a council estate dominated by the particular group of boys being interviewed ; in the second case a course run for police officers who had special responsibility for training cadets in the art of ‘ good community relations ’ . |
| 17 | But it is also uplifting to find a course charted for a better world that combines environmental protection , civil liberties and economic development as three sides of a single strategy , rather than bolted together in disjointed and contradictory declarations . |
| 18 | It attempts to identify the significant differences between a course designed primarily for users and a course designed for specialists who may also become future developers and implementers . |
| 19 | A popular edition is a version of a text intended for the general rather than the academic reader . |
| 20 | But you should avoid illustrated " coffee table " versions or simplified rewritten editions of a text intended for EFL students or children . |
| 21 | Highlights will include an istoriato plate depicting the ‘ Sack of Rome ’ , made in Urbino between 1527 and 1530 by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo ( est. $100,000–125,000 ; £62,500–78,125 ) , an armorial istoriato charger illustrating ‘ Orpheus charming the animals ’ of around 1520 ( est. $80,000–100,000 ; £50,000–62,500 ) and a tondino made for the Vitelli family of Città di Castello around 1530 ( est. $50,000–60,000 ; £31,250–37,500 ) . |
| 22 | The new policy , introduced on 1 October 1992 , zero-rates fresh fish used as bait which is of a kind used for human consumption , and is fit for human consumption when it is supplied . |
| 23 | Bonn , a university built for 10 000 students , now attempts to teach no fewer than 36 000 . |
| 24 | One peasant walked 15 versts to get Yakovlev to act on a building designated for a school that was still occupied by an influential peasant . |
| 25 | Plans to convert a building used for storage to form part of an existing house in Bridge Street , Middleton in Teesdale , was rejected by Teesdale district councillors on the grounds that there was inadequate parking . |
| 26 | The indoor events had generally been held in the village hall but this had to be booked in advance , so the sudden change involved trying to push upwards of 500 dripping wet people into Greenside Church , a building designed for 300 . |
| 27 | The number of boys continued to grow , and by the mid-30s there were 380 , in a building designed for 250 . |
| 28 | On his death in 1857 he left his books and manuscripts to Morden College , Blackheath , where they survive in a building designed for them by Philip Hardwick [ q.v . ] . |
| 29 | To disobey one 's father in traditional China would violate the filial piety integral to the whole system of mores and be seen as a threat by all ; on the other hand when the young of such a society begin to question the code and assert themselves against the old , they see a disobedience as a blow struck for all of them . |
| 30 | A thank you letter received from St. Clare 's Hospice for a cheque given for two hundred and eighty pounds . |