Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This causes a tendency for material to move abruptly forward during the passage of the crest , while the slight movement associated with the trough is insufficient to affect the material . |
| 2 | On the ground floor , Isozaki has designed a hall for ticket and information desks , a bookstore and four rectangular galleries . |
| 3 | Comma Oil & Chemicals has won a Power for Efficiency and Productivity ( PEP ) award — part of Seeboard 's annual Business Energy Efficiency awards — following the installation of thermosafe induction heaters developed by LMK Engineering . |
| 4 | However , it is because Leavis provided a purpose for English that most people regard him as the central figure . |
| 5 | In 1981 co-operation with the Swedish government produced a programme for health care which provided a stimulus for reform of the asylums . |
| 6 | The film The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle provided a blueprint for embezzlement to a rising breed of would-be McLarens — notwithstanding the irony that the erstwhile Swindler 's tract was distributed on film and video by his most bitter adversaries , Virgin . |
| 7 | Britain had long coveted Hong Kong as a perfect harbour for its eastern commerce , and the proposed end of the opium trade provided a pretext for war . |
| 8 | Although Humphrey emphasises that one can not rule out the possibility of auto workers being a conservative force in the future , he does demonstrate that , at this particular historical-political conjuncture , their militant action provided a catalyst for change for the working class . |
| 9 | The teacher thus : added to the information she already had became aware of a different information source learned how to use that source used the source to present information in a different way and the class : also became aware of the information source responded actively to the on-screen presentation of statistical material could all use the material at the same time manipulated the material easily , moving to and from different parts of the database as they thought appropriate to support their arguments The viewdata presentation therefore : allowed ease of display and manipulation of information in a way in which a chalkboard , flip chart or handout could not and became a kind of electronic chalkboard provided a catalyst for discussion of subject matter related easily the subject matter to the students ' own geographical and social environment encouraged the development of oral discussion based on evidence inferred from information rather than expressed , but unsupported , opinion |
| 10 | For all the pioneer ideology of frontier self-sufficiency which came to surround the early Americans , increasing in both numbers and wealth , they provided a market for consumer goods by 1740 which was not unlike that which had emerged in England itself . |
| 11 | In the final campaign , Conservative propaganda focused on defence and Kinnock himself provided a target for attack in a TV-am interview with David Frost in which , his opponents alleged , he advocated a strategy of guerrilla war as an alternative to nuclear weapons . |
| 12 | The 14 March 1988 order provided a timetable for service by the plaintiffs of notice of objection and for the defendants to reply thereto . |
| 13 | At the same time the clergyman-poet Johann Rist ( 1607–67 ) provided a focus for song-composition , comparable with Simon Dach , at Hamburg , a city which , like Königsberg , was untouched by the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 14 | The event provided a forum for graduate recruiters , members of the University and students , which AIESEC is keen to perpetuate . |
| 15 | The gathering also provided a forum for industry leaders to emphasis the importance of the other partnerships they have with host governments setting the terms and conditions for oil and gas activity . |
| 16 | It provided a channel for protest while the war continued . |
| 17 | They were very successful and provided a model for review procedures connected with a variety of benefits under the burgeoning national insurance scheme . |
| 18 | Some sceptics have been quick to see that this could well be a familiar pointer to the future — suggest a service for closure in the hope that the relevant council will come up with the money to reprieve it . |
| 19 | Nationally endorsed policies suggest a need for consistency and co-ordination in implementation . |
| 20 | The same objections might also be applied to models which suggest a role for government policy arising out of asymmetries of information between groups in the private sector . |
| 21 | As the head of Cedars was making his entry list for September already , and would have to submit it by the end of the week , the educational psychologist was going to request a place for Balbinder before Statementing him . |
| 22 | If the notice is ignored , after two hours of non-compliance the public health department of the local authority may commence a prosecution for breach of the Act . |
| 23 | A paper bag is best as you do not need a nozzle for flooding , and a hole can be snipped into the base of the paper cone at the last minute . |
| 24 | Equity inter-dealer brokers provide a service for market makers to deal with each other , largely to keep large transactions between market makers hidden from the market by non-disclosure of the participants names . |
| 25 | He says financial institutions have recognised that little companies provide a base for industry and the seed corn for new ideas . |
| 26 | When one gives the learner feedback on her ability these skills provide a framework for assessment . |
| 27 | Thus sociality , together with indigenous theories of human nature , provide a framework for comparison between different societies and cultures , including the various ‘ peaceful societies ’ described in this volume . |
| 28 | They provide a way for Topic Criteria and more general processes to be assessed in context . |
| 29 | A further implication is that , although standards and routines provide a basis for self-reward in housework , they also make possible less happy outcomes . |
| 30 | Social action would be linked with adult education in order to give a much wider perspective and provide a basis for life . |