Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were just two points in front after a surprise defeat for Daz Sumner when suddenly the team found it 's real fighting spirit . |
| 2 | He would not say what companies were being considered as potential partners , but National Semiconductor Corp has hankered after a hit microprocessor for years , and the Japanese , led by existing Advanced Micro partner Fujitsu Ltd , would no doubt be interested . |
| 3 | He said Munn got involved in the plan after meeting two men in a pub in Belfast and ‘ bemoaning ’ he could not afford his car insurance after a court appearance for non-payment . |
| 4 | ( Eg I got 2 pounds of a cop ticket for wimbledon — meaning I can see a match for 5.50 ) It only takes me going to 5 matches like this and I 've got good value for my initial investment . |
| 5 | Section 50A states that copyright is not infringed by a lawful user making an additional copy of a computer program for back-up purposes if doing so is necessary to the lawful use . |
| 6 | Peter , having been dismissed because his work as a traffic clerk has been largely supplanted by use of a computer program for traffic Mows , vehicle scheduling and so on is eligible for a redundancy payment . |
| 7 | The program involves the interrogation of a computer database for information . |
| 8 | The Freshwater Fisheries ( Scotland ) Act , allowing the setting up of a Protection Order for catchment areas ; and several of these new orders are now in force , including one covering the Garry and Tummel Catchment Area . |
| 9 | Parallel with this tunnel is the more modern railway tunnel , though ‘ more modern ’ only by twelve years and the substitution of a steam locomotive for horsepower . |
| 10 | Borland International Inc is ready with a new release of its dBase IV database management system for MS-DOS and will announce the release of a MS-DOS compiler for dBase for the end of the month ; according to US PC Week , dBase IV 2.0 is designed to run up to 10 times faster than the previous release and the compiler will enable developers to create dBase III , dBase III Plus and dBase IV executable files that can be distributed to end users . |
| 11 | The Brazilians are producing lapachol for oral administration as part of a drug therapy for cancer , and the authorities have approved it for clinical trials in humans . |
| 12 | This ‘ In nomine ’ of Taverner 's is an almost exact transcription of the section ‘ In nomine Domini ’ of the Benedictus of his Mass Gloria tibi Trinitas ( on the Sarum version of a Vesper antiphon for Trinity Sunday ) , and it was this segment of plainsong , sometimes with quotation of Taverner 's other parts , which served generations of English composers as cantus firmus for contrapuntal ‘ fancies ’ . |
| 13 | The choice of a reference implementation for Application Linking is expected this fall and should be deployed as a standard feature of Unix desktop applications by the first half of 1994 . |
| 14 | The choice of a reference implementation for Application Linking is expected this autumn . |
| 15 | WWF is working here to establish a network of protected areas , and a similar process is under way in the Korup rainforest of Cameroon — something of a flagship project for WWF and its partner agencies . |
| 16 | To that end it has recently amended the European Commission 's proposals for the introduction of a licence system for art exports outside the European Community and a directive concerning the regulation of the return of works of art illegally removed from one member state to another . |
| 17 | The dating method itself must have a definable ‘ zero time point ’ : for example , the tree ring formed this year in dendrochronology ; the solidification of a volcanic rock in potassium-argon dating ; or the formation of a calcite layer for uranium series . |
| 18 | Nuthatches , nesting in tree holes , habitually narrow the entrance by rimming it with mud so that nothing bigger than they can enter , and even the probing beak of a magpie hunting for nestlings can not reach the young within . |
| 19 | The relevant provisions are contained in s.2 of this Act , in particular s.2(2) ( e ) which refers to the provision and maintenance of a working environment for employees , ‘ that is , so far as is reasonably practicable , safe , without risks to health , and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work ’ . |
| 20 | The founder of a support group for families of those who fought in the Gulf War has had his court appearance on theft charges adjourned for two weeks . |
| 21 | Other modification options include video mode , in the unlikely event that hardware has been incorrectly read , mouse response speed adjustment , EMS/help arrangements , printer selection , setting of a user option for function key F3 and so on . |
| 22 | The candidates may be required to produce a memo from a telex , cable , letter or computer printout ; or an abstract from an article ; or a summary of a phone call for discussion ; or a telex/telegram/cable from a company notice , employer 's instructions , etc . |
| 23 | His favourite was the making of a copper coinage for England , with which he approached successive lord treasurers between 1579 and 1613 . |
| 24 | When the County Planning Committee considered the western relief road on the third of March nineteen ninety two , they resolved that a western relief road for Harrogate was environmentally unacceptable , that the Harrogate and Knaresborough southern bypass used in conjunction with the proposed A one motorway should be seen as the preferred route for north bound traffic originating to the south of Harrogate , and that the ultimate selection and implementation of a relief road for Harrogate and Knaresborough should be part of a package of measures for solving the problem of urban congestion and improving the quality of the urban environment . |
| 25 | His name is first found in the watermark of a postage stamp for Barbados as early as 1840 . |
| 26 | By September , I had been joined by a director of studies and in November the first draft of a Development Plan for Banbury was published . |
| 27 | Erm because new machines were costly and , and er you know , you 're , we 're talking in terms of a milling machine for example costing something like twenty five to thirty five thousand pounds . |
| 28 | The 1930s also saw a vigorous campaign for better pensions for women , which led to the introduction of a state pension for women at the age of sixty in 1940 . |
| 29 | That was reinforced in a subsequent circular to LEAs later in 1981 and two years later Circular 8/83 sought a progress report from LEAs on the formation of a curriculum policy for pupils of all abilities and aptitudes . |
| 30 | Even the promise of a pay freeze for Ministers was not enough to take the heat out of the effective pay cut for millions . |