Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This represents an income of £10 for the farmer . |
| 2 | Or is Bailey merely articulating an ideology of Bohemianism for the arts and of undirected radicalism for social and political thought in general ? |
| 3 | Where the action is for unliquidated damages and the defendant delivers an admission of liability for the claim but disputes or does not admit the amount of the plaintiff 's dam ages , then : ( 1 ) if the defendant offers to pay in satisfaction of the claim a specific sum which the plaintiff accepts , the provisions of this rule shall apply as if the defendant had admitted part of the plaintiff 's claim ; and ( 2 ) in any other case , the plaintiff may apply to the court for such judgment as he may be entitled to upon the admission , and the court may give such judgment , including interlocutory judgment for damages to be assessed and costs , or make such other order on the application as it thinks just . |
| 4 | When computing uplift from a Marie-type graph such situations would give rise to an overestimate of uplift for the Carboniferous . |
| 5 | Overall industry data of this kind are collected in Table 11.6 , giving an indication of profitability for the industry as a whole . |
| 6 | as an ingredient of creams for the skin |
| 7 | Thus they completed their great work as an act of confession for the sins of the past . |
| 8 | The authorities now maintained that the bombing was an act of revenge for the April 1986 raid on Tripoli by US aircraft [ see pp. 34454-59 ] and that available evidence indicated sole Libyan responsibility . |
| 9 | Its purpose Augean — no less than to perform an act of reparation for the sins of students everywhere . |
| 10 | As a landowner , he was actively interested in agricultural improvements , and in 1800 took a leading part in obtaining an Act of Parliament for the Muston drainage scheme , covering ten thousand acres frequently flooded by the rivers Derwent and Hertford . |
| 11 | Despite the overall success of the LDP , Ozawa — whom many commentators had singled out as a likely future Prime Minister — resigned on April 8 , ostensibly as an act of atonement for the defeat of Isomura . |
| 12 | On June 5 the Minister for Education , Yoon Hyon Sup , submitted his resignation as an act of atonement for the manhandling of the Prime Minister , although this was rejected on June 7 by Roh . |
| 13 | It marked the end of the possibility of an attitude of withdrawal for the papacy . |
| 14 | Ex hypothesi there is at this stage a case to answer and it would , in our view , be an abuse of process for the prosecution to discontinue without leave . |
| 15 | and despite my inbuilt irreverence for all sacred stones of all establishment temples , I too had grown up with an aura of awe for the British and all things British , and London was meant to encompass represent and symbolize the best of the best of it all . |
| 16 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 17 | When the baby is born it is an occasion of joy for the whole family . |
| 18 | Stationed as a soldier in Shanghai , and unable to get home until the following April , Warnie was in an agony of sorrow for the old days . |
| 19 | ‘ Without a regional programme of new settlements there will continue to be sprawl around old market towns and villages , a continuous free-for-all among the house builders , and an excess of appeals for the Secretary of State to consider . ’ |
| 20 | Rabin indicated that a Labour government would favour working out an offer of autonomy for the Palestinians and would freeze settlements in the occupied territories , although he would insist on retaining " in principle " the right to strengthen existing settlements in East Jerusalem , the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley . |
| 21 | Thus a proposed pit closure threatened the economic base of the entire community ; an absence of work for the male adults meant the destruction of every family 's economic foundation , for very few women ( save a few who worked in village shops etc. ) had either jobs or the local opportunities of jobs . |
| 22 | He denounced the immoralities which had prevailed in Northumbrian society since the days of King Aelfwald and contrasted the adornments of dress and hair and the luxurious standard of living of Aethelred 's court-circle with an absence of concern for the poor and the starving . |
| 23 | For the mainstream activities of Teaching ( ‘ T ’ ) and Research ( ‘ R ’ ) the University received an increase of 5.8% , compared with an average of 9% for the English universities . |
| 24 | In 1939 , for instance , in an obituary of Ford for The Nineteenth Century and After , he had written of ‘ the stilted language that then passed for ‘ good English ’ in the arthritic milieu that held control of the respected British critical circles , Newbolt , the backwash of Lionel Johnson , Fred Manning , the Quarterlies and the rest of ‘ em ’ . |
| 25 | Children can search an area of sea for the wreck of the Mary Rose , for instance , decide on a site for a medieval castle , or play the part of archaeologists excavating an archaeological site , deciding where to excavate and evaluating the evidence of the finds . |
| 26 | It is only an extension of care for the individual in this life to continue to express concern after death . |
| 27 | Accountants Touche Ross asked for an extension of time for the filing of a ‘ monitoring return ’ giving details of Barlow Clowes ' finances which was due by the end of that month . |
| 28 | an act done with the authority of the owner could amount to an appropriation of goods for the purposes of the theft act 1968 where such authority or ‘ consent had been obtained by deception . |
| 29 | By contrast the Sergeant Major has already finished , and is jogging on the spot with an air of contempt for the rest of us mere mortals . |
| 30 | Having an attack of Cystitis for the first time can seem rather frightening , but do remember that it is not usually a serious threat to health . |