Example sentences of "a [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a catch-all for every kind of opinion which was literally in any way remarkable . ’ |
| 2 | When the Dada brochure , Cabaret Voltaire , was published in June 1916 it was ‘ a catch-all for the most diverse directions in art which at that time seemed to us to constitute ‘ Dada ’ . ’ |
| 3 | His knee problems began three weeks ago , but came to a head on Wednesday when he was forced to pull out of a friendly for Juventus against Second Division side Spal , after he broke down during the warm-up . |
| 4 | Though water is a solid for much of the polar year , and generally poor in minerals even when in liquid form , both snow and aquatic polar habitats support life . |
| 5 | Gadansk 's Honour is a possible for the 1,000 Guineas at the following Newmarket meeting , but her participation depends on the performance of Miznah in tomorrow 's Nell Gwyn Stakes . |
| 6 | Never seen him without his crash helmet on ; could be an albino or a Rastafarian for all he knew . |
| 7 | One attempt to assess the performance of publicly owned industries presents a picture of an average rate of growth of productivity per man very similar to private manufacture but , within that , very wide variations between a high for British Gas and a low for the National Coal Board . |
| 8 | It would not be surprising if the surplus were now between £200m and £300m , giving a total for the newly enlarged BTR group of about £750m . |
| 9 | However , the departmental system of budgeting contains no mechanism to identify those individual parts , nor any mechanism to bring them together to give a total for orthopaedic surgery . |
| 10 | While smaller churches may be able to count every week , this may prove impractical for large churches , especially with more than one exit , without some fairly elaborate means of arriving at a total for each service . |
| 11 | This , together with the interim dividend of 2.3 pence per share paid on 5 October 1992 , would make a total for the year of 3.3 pence per share [ 1991 8.5 pence ] . |
| 12 | The picture in Grampian region is even more pronounced with exports to the European Community accounting for 65% , and those to EFTA accounting for more than 10% of the total , giving a total for Western Europe of 75% . |
| 13 | So if in A one to A four , you got the numbers one hundred thousand , that 'll use sixteen bytes for the block , plus four times eight forty eight a total for this cells . |
| 14 | A final dividend of 7.1 pence per share , up 0.45 pence , is being proposed to shareholders as Resolution No. 2 at the Annual General Meeting , making a total for the year of 10.3 pence , an increase of 6.7% over last year . |
| 15 | Thus , we can add the joint income of husband and wife to obtain a total for that unit , whatever we choose to call it , whereas we can not sensibly add their separate statuses to achieve a joint status for both of them unless we know a great deal more about how status is a distributive phenomenon and what its properties are . |
| 16 | I assess the annual mileage as six thousand which then gives a total for running costs of five hundred and sixty eight pounds eighty pence . |
| 17 | The figures which I have given , I hope , add up to a total for new accommodation of seventy one thousand , one hundred and fifty two pounds . |
| 18 | Leicestershire finished on 289 for 9 … quite a total for Buckinghamshire to chase in sixty overs , , their start was slow but sure … |
| 19 | The company is recommending a final dividend of 4.1p per share , making a total for the year of 5.8p , up 14pc on last year 's payout of 5.1p . |
| 20 | The board has recommended a final dividend of 3.95p per share , making a total for the year of 5.4p , a 10pc improvement on 1991 . |
| 21 | Shareholders will receive a final dividend of 14.9p a share , making a total for the year of 21p per share , up by 15pc . |
| 22 | Is n't five years a normal , more of a normal for er , er , business purposes . |
| 23 | Severiano Ballesteros also had a 70 for a total of 213 but he must have been kicking himself for it included a seven at the 13th . |
| 24 | He finished last of the Europeans , two behind David Feherty , who had a 70 for his best round of the tournament . |
| 25 | Tell you what it could be , ah hang on a minute , I ordered an extension for a bloody for a phone for that office , it could be the phone that 's doing it in that office there I know , I know it could be corrupting , you know on the mark one the big one , the old generation mark one |
| 26 | You 've got a quite high neck , it was a lower for the evening , I mean most dresses all the way through the nineteenth century , and now being lower for the evening . |
| 27 | Alternatives to this usually provide only a palliative for the rural transport problem . |
| 28 | In mediaeval times cider was given to sailors bound on long voyages partly as a palliative for scurvy . |
| 29 | He had gained a half-Blue for athletics at Cambridge , was a member of the MCC and played tennis regularly at Hurlingham until stricken by illness . |
| 30 | ‘ When I started riding again at the IRTA tests in late February I had not ridden a 500 for five months and that 's too long to be away from a 500 . |