Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aged had , nevertheless , acquired ‘ a definite status in the community … and the ‘ pauper taint ’ [ was ] removed by a system of personal thrift organized by the state' , a provision for which the Conference congratulated itself , claiming to have succeeded because it had placed national interests over and above political tactics . |
| 2 | But a figurehead for what ? ’ |
| 3 | Write out a chit for whatever you use , as usual . |
| 4 | But er the these production investment activities are associated really with production engineering , er very closely aligned with development and erm unless you can do those between now and the end of nineteen ninety five , when we start the P I phase in nineteen ninety six before you can really make any progress you would then have to do a further year and a half of production engineering so in the new quotations Eurofighter are making a case for what they term a development assurance phase , some advance production engineering work starting later this year and going on until the end of ninety five but when we start P I in ninety six , we can start with a bang and make fast progress . |
| 5 | This was a case for which a substantial punishment was called for , and in the absence of a plea of guilty , a sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , S.53(2) of at least two years would have been called for . |
| 6 | In 1946 a Committee at Stoke began planning a curriculum for what would become the University of Keele . |
| 7 | That if you go on a course for which you 're well-motivated , then you 'll do well . |
| 8 | At the end of four weeks , they 're eligible to claim , shall we say , then at the end of that four weeks they can then get a cheque for whatever period they 've been off . |
| 9 | What a doctor can not do is administer a drug for which the sole purpose is to end life . |
| 10 | Consciousness in other people is a hypothesis for which there is circumstantial evidence in their verbal reports which match , by-and-large , our verbal reports of our own experiences . |
| 11 | ( This implies of course that consciousness in animals is a hypothesis for which there can be no evidence at all unless we resort to anthropomorphism , which we usually do . ) |
| 12 | Unfortunately over the years there was such a deficit for whatever reason lot 's of things were tried it was then decided that it was two options one was closing lose so much money or actually put it out to franchise fortunately enough that people were at all the money and we did n't get an income from it . |
| 13 | I think that there is a majority for what the hon. Gentleman refers to as reform within the United Kingdom when that case commands a majority in the House . |
| 14 | The whole first part provides a framework for what we have just described as a level-of-analysis problem with three layers and two dimensions . |
| 15 | However wise and fairminded we are , anyone can suddenly find themselves in a fight for which they 've never bargained . |
| 16 | Three defences made him one of Britain 's most successful world champions ever before being dethroned by Wilfred Benitez in 1981 ( in a fight for which his purse was 400,000 dollars ) yet , curiously , he stayed at his terraced house in Stoke Newington , London . |
| 17 | American fast food family contrasting with a British gastronomic club in a strange black comedy , a genre for which he has a growing reputation . |
| 18 | While the mortality rate at Rendcomb was high , it was merely a preparation for what pilots could expect to face in France . |
| 19 | It was a preparation for what was to come . |
| 20 | A subordinate may have a responsibility for which he will be called to account by his superior ; a board of directors may have a responsibility to its shareholders ; and a government in a democracy will have a responsibility to the electorate . |
| 21 | This is a privilege for which no legatee could hope , since if the heir took a fancy to property left by legacy , he could keep it on payment of a ( no doubt inflated ) valuation of its worth to the legatee . |
| 22 | I would like to say a last word about Amis 's voices , and about the long words which have been or might be laid on his confident art — a terminology for which he is unlikely to be grateful . |
| 23 | Apart from predictable duties , like that of sitting through a performance of The Family Reunion ( a play for which he now had little affection ) , he was asked to crown the Swedish snow queen at the winter festival : he told Robert Giroux that he had hoped this might be combined with the Nobel ceremony itself , so that he could wear ice-skates with his tails . |
| 24 | When I do use it , it tends to be as a way into a narrative for which the children themselves will take increasing responsibility . |
| 25 | So he obtained the job , unfortunately at the cost of giving himself a hernia for which he needed hospital treatment . |
| 26 | occupying a seat for which the seat belt either — |
| 27 | The Labour party cloaks under expressions such as ’ attack on civil rights ’ the fact that such people have not registered for the tax and have been indulging in tax avoidance , a practice for which the Labour party still shows some sympathy . |
| 28 | Helen Gardner , writing in 1959 , is more concerned about the continued professionalization of English which has now rendered it a subject closed to all but experts , a condition for which the " new " as much as the " historical " critics must be blamed . |
| 29 | James Saynor , writing in the Observer , set the tone : ‘ Jonathan Meades ’ first novel is long and purple — a condition for which the author would have no difficulty finding a simile . |
| 30 | Erm but if somebody has had a gap for whatever reason , it is often the only method of actually covering it if you want to do something that involves the teachers ' superannuation scheme . |