Example sentences of "[verb] for [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 2 | Visuals are very important in terms of information recall I modelled for this a couple of years ago . |
| 3 | It is like those cases where women were , perhaps are , discriminated against because they were not ‘ strong ’ enough for a job or part of a job ; but most people would prefer for such a task a strapping wench to a seven-stone male weakling , who gets the sand kicked into his eyes by the beach bully , courtesy of the Charles Atlas advert . |
| 4 | But at the time they thought that was all they could get , and they decided to go for half a loaf rather than the whole . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 6 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 7 | In these circumstances it will be important for organizations to plan for such a future , so as to ensure that : |
| 8 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 9 | Payment is at the discretion of your Manager who will tell you whether or not you qualify for such a payment . |
| 10 | They are all welcome but my right hon. and hon. Friends — together with responsible interests outside the House , such as the British Medical Association and other medical authorities — have pressed for such a policy for some years . |
| 11 | Also , SHe did n't think Parmedes ' handiwork was exactly designed for such a pummelling . |
| 12 | Eversley has stressed that too much should not be claimed for such a class . |
| 13 | Which is very light so to compensate for this a ply line is used this is a rubber line which is quite thick and the rod is flicked backwards and forwards to let line out . |
| 14 | Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian . |
| 15 | Any model of the mind which allows for such a possibility is not a simple one , and hints at , if it does not actually affirm , the existence of the unconscious . |
| 16 | As Falk points out , Builder himself has argued for such a shift ( Builder , 1979 ) . |
| 17 | You need n't worry any more , because you arouse nothing in me and have n't done for many a year . |
| 18 | A case could be made for such a ritual being enshrined in the legend of Lady Godiva of Coventry , riding through the city on a white horse ( fig. 13.1 ) , though this idea has been dismissed by Hilda Ellis Davison in her otherwise full and admirable account of the legend . |
| 19 | However , no general case can be made for such a switch . |
| 20 | There is a slowly burgeoning market for this type of entertainment , with many music and arts societies looking for such a programme . |
| 21 | Einstein spent the later years of his life looking for such a theory . |
| 22 | Support for such a position can be found in the Gospel and Epistles of John . |
| 23 | Support for such a fund goes back to the Evershed Committee in 1953 , which recommended that a fund should be available for actions at first instance and on appeal , certified by the Attorney-General as raising a question of law of exceptional public interest which it is in the public interest to clarify . |
| 24 | The possibility of permission being granted for such a hunt was thought to be instrumental in persuading Japan not to break ranks with the IWC . |
| 25 | There is something to be said for such a view . |
| 26 | Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war . |
| 27 | There is much to be said for such a theory . |
| 28 | The same could be said for many a flat in many English provincial cities . |
| 29 | The effect of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and the Economic Recovery Tax Act was to move the United States in new directions in economic policy ; fundamental change of a sort that had not been seen for half a century . |
| 30 | The career of the demagogue John Wilkes aroused political passions fiercer than any seen for half a century , passions which were often rooted in real political idealism . |