Example sentences of "[pron] [is] an [noun] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a it 's a thing called EARS er which is an acronym for Starts with Election anyway . |
| 2 | Open up your mind to the possibility that every suggestion someone makes to you is an opportunity for achieving even more profitable results . |
| 3 | Perhaps there is an argument for clarifying and formalising this co-operation . |
| 4 | It is not suggested that each offence should be ranked according to the seriousness of its after-effects on the particular victim — although there is an argument for assuming that young victims will be particularly damaged by unwanted sexual experiences , and therefore for regarding such offences as more serious . |
| 5 | There is an argument for keeping the word ‘ converts ’ because it is well understood . |
| 6 | Do you think there is an argument for finding natural teachers as opposed to set of people to get on with the job ? |
| 7 | The defence societies constantly warn that most complaints are provoked by doctors failing to communicate adequately , so there is an argument for adopting the ‘ defensive ’ practice of our American colleagues when consent for treatment is sought : but do our patients have the stomach for an American approach ? |
| 8 | Now , there is a basic constitutional principle , embodied in the Bill of Rights of 1688/9 , that the levying of taxes must be authorized by statute , and so there is an argument for saying that non-statutory rules made by the Revenue which effectively determine a taxpayer 's liability to tax are ‘ unconstitutional ’ . |
| 9 | There is an argument for retaining a four mile annulus for the area of search for the new settlement rather than a two mile , because of the rigidity which at present applies to the distance of the outer boundary of the greenbelt from York City Centre . |