Example sentences of "an [noun] for them " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There will no doubt be an excuse for them to drink vodka together again soon . |
| 2 | Although the Unix International/OSF wars seem to have abated at the moment , ‘ there is always an excuse for them to rip each others hearts out , leaving Bill Gates to have the market , ’ says Rothstein . |
| 3 | you know , below the shadow of both the next two properties , we shall , we shall , you know , just have a brick wall , and if they they just shifted the garage to one end and as far as I 'm concerned it 's an excuse for them to put up the power , that is , |
| 4 | Given the particular disposition of the policeman or woman and the nature of the case , court duty can become an opportunity for them to have a ‘ good fight ’ , and pleasure can be taken in ‘ getting one over the solicitor ’ . |
| 5 | Towards the end of the Summer term it 's common practice in most schools to invite the parents of the new intake of children to visit the school to explain the routines and organisation , to give them a chance to meet the teachers and also to provide an opportunity for them to share any concerns they might have . |
| 6 | Where the Bill has been before a standing committee , so that Members not on the committee have had no previous opportunity to speak on the minutiae of the Bill , there is now an opportunity for them to make their points . |
| 7 | It is also notable that where a chairman or chief executive has been brought in from outside to those organisations , this may be followed by many changes in senior management and so , from the headhunters ' point of view , putting a chief executive into an older-style organisation is usually an opportunity for them to work with the newly appointed chief executive to build the new senior management team . |
| 8 | Secondment is an opportunity for them to learn at first hand about the world of work to which their students are aspiring . |
| 9 | Rather it is an opportunity for them to contribute positively to the educational , social and personal support which many pupils do need but often do not receive . |
| 10 | He declared that it provides time for the family to gather or the body to be transported home and it offers an opportunity for them to see the person in a state of peaceful repose . |
| 11 | ‘ This will be an opportunity for them to come into their own but without having to do anything that might upset their families . ’ |
| 12 | Many people ( in this authority ) are critical of the education system and of comprehensive schools , we must not give an opportunity for them to be critical . |
| 13 | Parents ' main interest was seen as the opportunity to influence the quality of their children 's education … the view was expressed that the APM should be seen as the climax to a continuous relationship between various parties and an opportunity for them to come together and ask questions about what had happened over the course of the previous 12 months . |
| 14 | The letter I saw which alerted er , users and their carers about these items on the agenda , seem to be an indication for them to , to express their opinions back through the Social Services Department , now if that 's consultation , then the process has started . |
| 15 | Well my brothers was er He was er an agent for them and er i in the country area , Burton Joyce , Lowdham and all round there . |
| 16 | She must stand in line to leave an aisle for them . |
| 17 | Memorable among these exchanges : Johnson believed that men choose weak and ignorant women as their wives because they ‘ know that women are an over-match for them ’ ; he thought little of poetry he had heard from St Kilda : ‘ it must be poor , because they have very few images . ’ |
| 18 | Callières urged that young Frenchmen , if they could not meet the cost themselves , should be able to see other countries as members of the entourages of French ambassadors or envoys " according to the practice of the Spaniards and Italians who look upon it as an honour for them to accompany the ministers of their master in these sorts of voyages " . |
| 19 | Women are , however , very often left with the responsibility because , in the same way that they have had to worry about contraception over the years , men often do n't see it as an issue for them , or are reluctant and afraid to discuss it . |
| 20 | To return to the shareholder example , having raised the point that it is in shareholders ' interests to ensure their returns are reasonable , it logically follows that there will be an incentive for them to spend a certain amount of time and money finding out about the firm 's activities and performance . |
| 21 | The CC C P Par army was a quarter the size of the K M T and had little money and no tanks , therefore it needed mobilization of the peasants in the villages , they needed the peasants to volunteer to join the P L A and to protect their own property so they thought that this would be an incentive for them . |
| 22 | Also pensioners , there 's now more of an incentive for them to come back on to the labour market . |
| 23 | Now , at the age of twenty-six , she travelled widely , searching out hidden gems , secure in the knowledge that she had an outlet for them with the clientele she had built up . |
| 24 | And many others , before her , natives : Manjiku has an appetite for them especially . |
| 25 | One physiological process of the leather corals which must be considered when designing an aquarium for them is their mechanism for excreting waste products . |
| 26 | It would be an outing for them . |
| 27 | ‘ If enough of our members want us to provide an exam for them , then we should do that . |
| 28 | So the male comandantes would make a special point of saluting women comandantes in front of their troops as an example for them . |
| 29 | And put in brackets E G you know how you like give an example for them to fill in and say E G B B C |
| 30 | ‘ The other man 's a makeweight — an insurance for them in case I withdraw . |