Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is because Leavis provided a purpose for English that most people regard him as the central figure . |
| 2 | In 1981 co-operation with the Swedish government produced a programme for health care which provided a stimulus for reform of the asylums . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Their plush London home provided a base for Jane 's voluntary work with the Samaritans . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Lincolnshire also provided a fee for William Huse , later one of the royal justices , while Gloucester 's East Anglian lands supported the Suffolk lawyer John Suliard of Wetherden . |
| 10 | Lincolnshire also provided a fee for William Huse , later one of the royal justices , while Gloucester 's East Anglian lands supported the Suffolk lawyer John Suliard of Wetherden . |
| 11 | With true brotherly love , he provided a cross for Anthony Mayson to finish in style for the lead . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The 14 March 1988 order provided a timetable for service by the plaintiffs of notice of objection and for the defendants to reply thereto . |
| 14 | In his summing-up , Mr Justice Caulfield could not have evinced a more robust hostility to the Official Secrets Act , sharing a widely held belief that it was long out of date and an intolerable interference with freedom of speech , and that it provided a justification for prosecutions ranging from the serious to the grotesquely ridiculous . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Conference provided a focus for Telethon 1990 , when delegates and visitors donned blue ‘ ears ’ to raise money for this charity . |
| 17 | It provided a venue for Lennie Bruce . |
| 18 | The event provided a forum for graduate recruiters , members of the University and students , which AIESEC is keen to perpetuate . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It provided a channel for protest while the war continued . |
| 21 | Jonathan Swift often presents a decidedly unpleasant view of women 's sexuality , yet his poetry provided a model for women poets of the time who wished to expose the deceptions of romantic love , and the concealed dangers of marriage . |
| 22 | They were very successful and provided a model for review procedures connected with a variety of benefits under the burgeoning national insurance scheme . |
| 23 | He cast a vote for Clinton before leaving the US . |
| 24 | News footage showing an angry crowd mobbing badger baiters as they entered a courtroom for trial suggests that there is something especially odious about using dogs to tear badgers apart . |
| 25 | The cloudless sky promised a day for haymaking , or a day for lovers to stroll through heavy-leafed woods to rest beside the green cool of a streambank . |
| 26 | For example , when a firm which has espoused a full employment policy decides to eliminate tenure or employment for life and operate a redundancy policy then it has quite clearly violated the psychological contract which promised a career for life . |
| 27 | Jo was ably supported by Chester 's Jeff Green who , apart from a steady steam of rib ticklers , demonstrated a flair for ad libbing . |
| 28 | BLACK VELVET Rivera S120 Stack Given that the guitar world seems to have voted with its feet and demonstrated a fondness for valves which to the average electronics engineer defies reason , where else is there left for amp designers to go … ? |
| 29 | He demonstrated a feeling for drama and a determination to tell the tale so that it would never be forgotten . |
| 30 | Early in life Marconi demonstrated a liking for experimentation , starting with childish and destructive episodes which incurred his father 's wrath , but maturing into more sophisticated electrical experiments . |