Example sentences of "for an [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many ways Warner 's chapter may be used as a starting point for an exploration of points of contact between the two exhibitions at Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 2 | The first of these summit meetings took place at Geneva in November 1985 ; it provided an opportunity for an exchange of views on the progress made at the arms talks and on regional issues . |
| 3 | The natural communications of the region , the navigable Po and the Alpine passes , made this a suitable area for an exchange of ideas with Germany , France and Spain ; architecturally a movement was established here which led the way for other regions . |
| 4 | The United Kingdom , which at the 1989 conference in Malaysia had been isolated because of its opposition to a declaration calling for an intensification of sanctions against South Africa , took a lead in Harare on several issues . |
| 5 | I was so rattled I glanced round to make sure this was n't a signal for an army of bunnies like this Dobermann of a beast to come up from behind and tear me to shreds . |
| 6 | Taken together , these four factors were said to have made for an expansion of participants in pressure politics and for an expansion of demands on government . |
| 7 | Taken together , these four factors were said to have made for an expansion of participants in pressure politics and for an expansion of demands on government . |
| 8 | There is no need to be anxious about the cost of seeing a solicitor ; ask for an explanation of charges at the outset . |
| 9 | The hotel had its own high-class shopping area , and it took only one telephone call to arrange for an assortment of clothes to be sent up . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , they are useful enough here to employ as starting points for an examination of ways in which real people can be studied by the social investigator . |
| 11 | Over the years Mr Slade , from his home at Weekfield Farm , Exton , Dulverton , Somerset , has accounted for an array of wins with Dutch Texel-sired entries in carcass competitions at national primestock shows . |
| 12 | The president 's science adviser , George Keyworth , is credited with convincing Reagan of the need for an infusion of funds into science education . |
| 13 | The context is different , especially for an exporter of manufactures like Britain , but there 's a basic common question which arises at the root of the problems of erm technology choice in Africa , in Asia , Latin America and in a European country like Britain . |
| 14 | In 1621 he showed that he could rise above class interests by calling for an abatement of rents during the depression and the exemption of the poor from taxation . |
| 15 | The reasonably incidental powers doctrine provides no basis for an extension of powers beyond the express or implied purposes of the organisation . |
| 16 | But the book 's publishers should be warned : if searches for extraterrestrial intelligence ever pay off , then stand by for an avalanche of orders from interested parties . |