Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first and most accessible was that used by tourists , rich and shoestring ( ‘ poor ’ was a word with a precise , living meaning here ) as a base for their trip to Machu Picchu . |
| 2 | Naturally enough , war raged fiercely in Spain ; in 1704 the English captured Gibraltar and held on to it , initially as a base for their communications in Spain ; a good deal of the naval activity of the war took place around Spanish waters and the English managed to stop the Bourbon forces from setting up any effective siege of Gibraltar . |
| 3 | But NARCOG was not the only group using Cyprus as a base for its intelligence operations . |
| 4 | One morning , it became clear that NARCOG was not the only group using Filanta Court as a base for its intelligence operations . |
| 5 | ICE have taken one unit as a base for its own Liverpool office , and solicitors are handling the sale of seven other houses , said ICE spokesman Duncan Sutherland . |
| 6 | In the ‘ FURNITURE ’ section he made a little hut out of cardboard and used it as a base for his search . |
| 7 | Indeed , Eadwine may have used Chester as a base for his attack . |
| 8 | They made me wonder if I could use pure woven wool as a base for my own technique with the machine . |
| 9 | ‘ I see you as a sister for my daughter — the sister she never had . |
| 10 | Following the imaginative suggestion of my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford , South ( Mr. Thorne ) , in recognition of Nepal 's return to democracy we are presenting to the Nepalese Parliament a throne for its Speaker . |
| 11 | Therefore , if the acceptance of the Created God is to be considered , and as the doctrine has already produced the original unit of goodness defined in evolutionary terms , and further , as some form of assessment may ultimately be wanted , there is a case for its acceptance . |
| 12 | A case for its use in people in close contact with open pulmonary tuberculosis remains — though the statistics have of necessity been suboptimal — and this is official policy in many countries , including the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | And if he had to set out on this nonsensical journey to the Fire Court with the Humans , it would be as well to just stock up a bit for his return . |
| 14 | Do you want a cushion for your head ? |
| 15 | Now I 've a direction for my anger . ’ |
| 16 | She has never had a stronger string of horses and must be a runner for our Olympic team . |
| 17 | There was a certain bitter anger in his voice , but it was obvious that it was caused by a tenderness for his grandmother . |
| 18 | A good English-language education was considered a necessity for their male children , some of whom entered government service or one of the professions . |
| 19 | Among the many popular items in this Bill is the provision that councillors who will not pay their community charge or their council tax will not in future be entitled to vote on setting a budget for their local authorities — |
| 20 | The Sheikha would know what she could spend on gifts for her prospective daughter-in-law ; the son would be given a budget for his bride house . |
| 21 | Right can I just ask a wee quick question which is highly personal liability for eight thousand pounds of tax and I 'm also a guarantor for my son 's mortgage |
| 22 | It would n't last , because it never did , and the end of October might even bring the first tentative snows of winter — but until then people would continue to be caught out , and to shiver and sweat as a penance for their gullibility . |
| 23 | The council tax would have been £588 , a reduction for his constituents of £549 . |
| 24 | The white official parliamentary opposition Conservative Party leader , Andries Treurnicht , said in a strongly worded statement that de Klerk 's plans for change had plunged whites into " a struggle for our freedom " to defend " our people 's claim to its own country and right to self-government " . |
| 25 | Or sixty two rather but his father lived until he was eighty six and his father was the District Goods and Passenger Manager at Cambridge and er later on , of course , er when he was old enough , he , he was in the same office as his father was but not the same position , you see , but he was a clerk , a railway clerk , and his brother was Stationmaster of Colchester and his grandfather was also a Stationmaster and that would be in Queen Victoria 's reign when , when railways first began and then again , you see , in those first days , you see , when there were highwaymen and that sort of thing erm signalmen , signalmen were issued with a truncheon for their own safety , you see , and I 've got one . |
| 26 | Your eurocheque card is much more than just a support for your eurocheques . |
| 27 | Leif demanded , as if sensing a challenger for her affections . |
| 28 | It is to be noted that the provisions contained in s.13(2) ( relief from the consequences of failure to comply with the Act ) , s.15(1) ( attendance at the meeting of a board by an applicant or his representative ) , 5.16 ( objections to an application ) , and s.18 ( giving reasons by a board for its decision ) apply to applications for a provisional grant . |
| 29 | Athelstan , distracted , vowed to remember to place a cross there and as soon as possible sing a Mass for her soul and that of poor Hob . |
| 30 | The Rev. George A. Stallings Jr was on July 4 , 1989 , suspended as a Roman Catholic priest for holding a mass for his own new congregation in Washington DC . |