Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me , it was as much a personal triumph for the coach , Ian McGeechan , as anybody else , because of what he has achieved with this side in such a short space of time . |
| 2 | One controversial conclusion is that ‘ corporate community charitable involvement remains very much a peripheral activity for most companies , even for those with fairly sophisticated programmes . ’ |
| 3 | Certainly marriage was very much a practical necessity for working class girls , and the chief hope was for a good bargain . |
| 4 | I hope that my new home will be very much a friendly place for others . |
| 5 | The Second World War , apparently a halcyon era for popular unity and ‘ pulling through together ’ was , as noted , a time of social division , which wartime experiences such as evacuation or the pattern of female employment intensified . |
| 6 | The riposte must be that what it is coming to is that it is now technically possible to perform that operation , and naturally a huge demand for it has developed . |
| 7 | Spoil-sports maintain that IR is merely a new name for what companies have been muddling along at anyway : arranging meetings between management and institutions , co-ordinating the annual general meeting , and producing the annual report . |
| 8 | In a related way , the religious morality of repealers was not merely a passive vehicle for feminist politics ; it actively empowered women and gave them the confidence to develop critical concepts . |
| 9 | Or was the 1980 result merely a personal victory for Reagan ? |
| 10 | This does not mean merely a general concern for others , but a unique perception of the precise needs of those who came to him . |
| 11 | Language is not merely a neutral medium for the conveying of information ; it can trigger emotional responses which may spring from prejudice , stereotyping or misunderstanding . |
| 12 | A budget , as a formal set of figures written on a piece of paper , is in itself merely a quantified plan for future activities . |
| 13 | However , is this polarity of values really the case or is it merely a convenient dichotomy for argument 's sake ? |
| 14 | The Association of Chief Police Officers ( ACPO ) claimed that the NRC was merely a convenient device for guaranteeing effective mutual aid for overstretched forces . |
| 15 | The impact of the BUF on British society in the 1930s was small ; it was merely a minor irritant for the government . |
| 16 | In our consideration of the interview for scientific enquiry we must always remind ourselves that the survey is merely a particular tool for collecting information which is deemed relevant for the testing of a hypothesis which stems from theory . |
| 17 | I think the general feeling of the panel is that if you are committed to a route north of Knaresborough , then we think it 's sufficiently a enough a strategic matter for us to continue the discussion on on it . |
| 18 | In a far-reaching judgment , the Court of Appeals laid down a new test for the determination of the question of non-literal copyright infringement , that is , whether there has been an infringement of copyright in non-literal elements such as program structure . |
| 19 | By the early 1970s the increasing demand for higher education forced the government to lay down a new structure for higher education , embodied in the Hochschulrahrnengesetz . |
| 20 | Suddenly I awoke , inspired , and jotted down a complete Constitution for Ireland . |
| 21 | where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger … |
| 22 | The Acts lay down a minimum standard for air quality , and impose pollution emission controls to particular polluters . |
| 23 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 24 | It is not possible to lay down a general rule for recording findings and reasons since that depends on the nature of the evidence and of the case . |
| 25 | 4.17 In Roberts v Johnstone [ 1988 ] 3 WLR 1247 the Court of Appeal laid down a general rule for assessing damages where a plaintiff has to purchase special accommodation . |
| 26 | D'Arcy was throwing down a direct challenge for him to come clean , and he knew it . |
| 27 | Perhaps a certain amount for each plant could be decided upon and gradually the amount needed can be estimated by the children . |
| 28 | While this should not , of course , be taken to imply that female listeners lack intelligence , it does suggest that radio is not perhaps a suitable medium for putting across complex ideas or instructions . |
| 29 | Perhaps a good case for it might be made , but it seldom is . |
| 30 | Its set-up is ideally suited to small orders from general industrial customers — perhaps a special livery for a handful of tractors . |