Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the ground floor , Isozaki has designed a hall for ticket and information desks , a bookstore and four rectangular galleries . |
| 2 | Even Michael Jackson has designed a trainer for LA Gear , imaginatively called ‘ Billie Jean ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Along those basic instrument guidelines , I 've designed a bass for BC Rich called The Punisher , which I have on stage . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |
| 6 | The Displex closed-cycle refrigeration system has earned a reputation for reliability in the demanding field of low-temperature research . |
| 7 | LRF has earned a reputation for expertise and innovation in engineering . |
| 8 | To this is added a rage for acronyms which has survived the ending of the war forty-five years ago , creating a sub-Orwellian world in which words are insensibly destroyed by being absorbed in outlandish cyphers . |
| 9 | Say , for example , that in an over-subscribed school the admissions criteria had included a preference for sisters of girls already at the school ( sibling preference ) or for those living close to the school ( proximity preference ) . |
| 10 | We think that pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients should be considered a criterion for AIDS only if immunodepression is shown by a negative tuberculin skin test and/or low CD4/CD8 ratio . |
| 11 | I find it extraordinary ( sour grapes ? ) that the law adjustments made for reasons of safety in the later rounds should be considered a matter for enquiry by some absentees from the event . |
| 12 | But after a fruitless second visit to Romania , a desperate letter to Mrs Thatcher , social services ' reports , and third dash to Romania , Anna finally boarded a plane for Heathrow on 15 July 1990 . |
| 13 | Mum 's favourite times for saying ‘ Do n't wish your life away ’ are when we 've just booked a holiday for August and it 's only January , and when it 's nearly Christmas and we 're bursting with excitement . |
| 14 | ‘ I have booked a table for midday , ’ said the gallery owner , ‘ and I have an appointment at two . ’ |
| 15 | We had booked a table for dinner after the concert — you begin your festival concerts early when we can still concentrate on the music ! — and we had to cancel it , we could n't eat . |
| 16 | Extraordinary that the Soviets had not already grilled and broken this man , unbelievable that they had permitted a trial for espionage to go ahead without the evidence of a confession . |
| 17 | They have whetted a lust for sensationalism that has turned us into a nation of accident watchers . |
| 18 | Student Keith Marsh is particularly interested in science and has organised a trip for pupils to use the college laboratories while Clare Phillips is helping in the primary school library . |
| 19 | Yorkshire Water has presented a cheque for £25,000 to the National Trust towards the conversion of farm buildings at Swanley Grange , part of the Fountains Abbey estate , into an education base for schoolchildren . |
| 20 | If your dog has n't presented a problem for years , is getting old but still appears to be healthy , and starts to display antisocial behaviour — check it out with your vet before you start to punish him or her for what might be a cry for help . |
| 21 | In conclusion , this chapter has presented a case for RMI being a fundamental change in the way health care is managed . |
| 22 | Well she does n't like M C Hammer , he was on , and then there was one week with Germans on it and it was , erm , it 's a German group that used to be popular and have n't done a song for ages . |
| 23 | Now the Arabs have moved in , because you-know-who in Rome has done a deal for oil rights , including a fat kickback for you-know-who , naturally . |
| 24 | The panel which selected Cllr Cooper described her as ‘ a shining light to others ’ and ‘ a woman who has done a lot for Liverpool . ’ |
| 25 | I have always felt a proclivity for Kilburn . |
| 26 | I say wonders will never cease I have just written a receipt for Mrs and I have put it in her envelope and I have written my name in , in on , I 've put from and put my name and crossed out caretaker and put treasurer and I have put underneath we do not have a caretaker so we will see what happens How did , how is it that they got to go back with them ? |
| 27 | The results confirmed his diagnosis and after he had written a report for Jack 's own GP transport was arranged to take the patient home to rest . |
| 28 | He liked to tell one that he was a dilettante , ‘ I 've never written a line for publication nor put brush to water-colour , in short I never did a stroke of work , except for those few years teaching at Harvard , and I must admit that I enjoyed every moment of them — in retrospect . ’ |
| 29 | A function room , especially if granted a licence for music , singing and dancing could lead to late night activity and noise to the detriment of neighbouring residents . |
| 30 | His patent application for ‘ Apparatus for Brewing and Distilling ’ ( no. 5,974 ) is dated 1830 , and he was granted a patent for Ireland for only fourteen years from 1831 . |