Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | After a request for stamps , he describes a few enjoyable , healthy hours out of doors walking with Dad from ten to three without a rest : We met a country girl , pale faced , delicate , tall , wrapped up to her neck in winter clothes & feeling cold in spite of all ; her eyes were timid & weak ; evidently she was suffering as girls do , & was going out to get the fresh air . |
2 | After a pause for thought she told Dad that he must go and ask the Captain if he could let them have some cups and saucers and whatever else was available , even if they could not have the hall . |
3 | After a pause for calculation , he added : ‘ And then I 'd have tethered it to the ground . ’ |
4 | Ms K Brummitt from Birmingham is after a cheat for Dragon Ninja and wants to know how you get out of the factory in Robocop . |
5 | The skin can not , however , absorb essential oils if it is perspiring — after a sauna for instance . |
6 | ‘ Aah sh 'll advertise 'im in t' Malton Messenger and if we does well , Aah might try t' Yorkshire Post next year and send 'im further afield , ’ he had told his sons , adding , ‘ T'stud fees is a guinea and an 'alf , wi' a florin for t'lad , so it 's not ti be sneezed at . ’ |
7 | TIGHT FIT : It 's a bit of a squeeze for Derek between Hawk and Saracen , left , but sexy Panther muscles in nicely between Saracen and Shadow |
8 | THE St Bede 's Link with Romania , now an associated organisation of the Bradford Atea Project , have provided funds for the purchase of a tractor for use by the ‘ Pater Nostra ’ group in Atea , Romania . |
9 | His name was G Clifford Trout Jnr and his self-appointed task took the form of a crusade for animal and human welfare , by imposing morally acceptable standards for the nation 's livestock . |
10 | The allegorical figure of Holy Church sets him on an inner journey as she teaches him that the object of his being is to discover a natural inward knowledge of a love for God that is greater than any other preoccupation . |
11 | Righton has also quit as governor of a school for children with learning difficulties . |
12 | In Middlesbrough , the whole of a school for children with severe learning difficulties enjoyed a pancake race . |
13 | The upper storey is in the form of a gallery for women which extends into the church . |
14 | The rescuer may be willing to inject new funds into the company by way of a subscription for cash provided he obtains a controlling interest . |
15 | No no i if it was if it was the likes of a say for instance , and I owned the book , it was my black book , and I ran up a hundred pounds on it . |
16 | Cut off from the world for a weekend , what started out as a bit of a laugh for Gordon , Angus , Roy and Neville turns into a carnival of recrimination , backbiting , French cricket and sausages . |
17 | Although I can understand why some of my sisters are somewhat depressed by the prospect of a Ministry for Women ( we constitute , after all , more than half the population , a figure which raises the question : is one ministry quite enough ? ) , |
18 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |
19 | Try one of these ideas instead of a rib for welts . |
20 | For instance a manufacturer and a wholesaler could enter into a contract for the supply of domestic refrigerators ( consumer goods ) for onward sale by the wholesaler to retailers , while a factory owner could enter into a contract with a manufacturer for the supply of a machine for use in his factory ( commercial goods ) . |
21 | You could say , in a letter , that you strongly support the creation of a route for walkers and cyclists from Bloomiehall Park to Muirwood Road , especially for use by children to get to school , and that to overcome the present impasse , it might be a good idea to use a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire the land needed . |
22 | For his part , do Nascimento said on Angolan radio the same day that acceptance of a ceasefire was linked to the setting of a date for elections . |
23 | One is to eliminate any badgers with TB and for this much hope is pinned on the development of a test for TB which can be done on live badgers . |
24 | Second , whereas a rejection of the goods supplied under a contract of sale entitles the buyer to claim a refund of the price , if already paid , termination of a contract for work and materials or for services will normally only entitle the innocent party to claim damages for the breach . |
25 | In the case of a contract for sale by sample there is an implied condition– |
26 | In a recent case , Bridger Properties Ltd v Dovey Holdings ( South Wales ) Ltd ( 1991 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 25 June : discussed at 7.4.4 ) the court did not consider the guidelines at all but simply observed that nothing could be more " uncommercial " than to make the date for completion of a contract for sale and purchase of land turn upon the determination of an arbitrator . |
27 | ( 2C ) The term implied by subsection ( 2 ) above does not extend to any matter making the quality of goods unsatisfactory ( a ) which is specifically drawn to the buyer 's attention before the contract is made , ( b ) where the buyer examines the goods before the contract is made , which that examination ought to reveal , or ( c ) in the case of a contract for sale by sample , which would have been apparent on a reasonable examination of the sample . |
28 | ( 2 ) In the case of a contract for sale by sample there is an implied condition ( a ) that the bulk will correspond with the sample in quality ; ( b ) that the buyer will have a reasonable opportunity of comparing the bulk with the sample ; ( c ) that the goods will be free from any defect , rendering them unmerchantable , which would not be apparent on reasonable examination of the sample . |
29 | The House of Lords rejected this view in Photo Productions Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd [ 1980 ] AC 827 : termination of a contract for breach operates prospectively , not retrospectively . |
30 | ONE of the great omissions at this year 's Oscars was the lack of a nomination for Kevin Kline 's dazzling performance as Douglas Fairbanks in Richard Attenborough 's Chaplin . |