Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That s a candidate for Danny Baker 's After All ( serving suggestion ) . |
| 2 | It 's a relief for mum and dad . |
| 3 | It 's a chance for rugby to throw its weight around . |
| 4 | So eleven minutes remaining plus a little bit of injury time , it 's still Spurs three , Oxford United one ; United go forward , a chip forward there by Simpson , there 's a chance for Martin Foyle , Martin Foyle — and he 's scored . |
| 5 | It 's a must for travellers wanting peace of mind . |
| 6 | At just £9.95 , it 's a must for people who are furnishing or renovating , or who simply like buying things for their home . |
| 7 | With 110 levels of gameplay and a wealth of humorous touches , it 's a must for James Pond lovers . |
| 8 | Well Pauline 's a devil for punishment I would say , she 's got both lads at school now you know and she 's home all day and she is n't one for sitting around Pauline |
| 9 | It 's a pseudonym for BSM . |
| 10 | It 's a triumph for integrity . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it 's a triumph for women for somebody like me to be on the cover of Playboy , because I do n't fall into the clichéd , subservient bimbo mode . |
| 12 | I think it 's a triumph for women for somebody like me to be on the cover of Playboy , because I do n't fall into the clichéd , subservient bimbo mode . |
| 13 | Raw deal : life 's a beach for Julian Cope , speechless and label-less |
| 14 | She 's a merchandiser for Northern Ireland . |
| 15 | As with everything else , it 's a subject for discussion on the group . |
| 16 | With the ‘ Guinness Spot ’ closed tonight , here 's a treat for jazz aficionados . |
| 17 | One is to include corporate dummy variable of the intercept and see whether it 's T ratio or significantly different , is , sorry it 's greater than two right or we can use an F test , right , now that F test that 's given me that formula in the middle of the page is a very important test which was developed by a chap called Chow and as a result it become known as the Chow test and it 's a , it 's a test for parameter constancy , er do we have constant parameters in our model now it tells you how to compute this Chow test , in this particular case we 're only dummying the intercept , the Chow test gives exactly the same results of T tests , right , erm we wo n't bother going through it , if you want to go through this er sheet in your own time calculate that , that Chow test and essentially what it involves is splitting with the s the whole sample now into two sub-samples , right , the first sub-sample , right , is peacetime , the second sub-sample wartime , right , and you just compare the residual sum of the squares on the unaccounted for variation , right , between actual and fitted values , just compare the residual sum of squares between these two sub periods , right and if you use the formula that 's given there that will come out with exactly the same result , well in actual fact you can square , if you square the F statistic you get calculating one formula you will get T value , got from er the computer right , the er , the sheet goes on to say how we can er use dummy variables in slightly more complicated ways , right , we could see actually see whether the income or price elasticities of demand changed . |
| 18 | It 's a second for Gary , it 's a fourth for Notts and er the little bit of tension that Notts had created for themselves as they went off the boil and came really into the game with their two goals from first of all and then from from the free kick , but 's goal in the last minute here making it four two and really capping a most entertaining night for Notts . |
| 19 | I suppose it 's a metaphor for life , because life is n't always a bed of roses , either . ’ |
| 20 | Somewhere in the grounds there 's a grave for Lady , who was the pet of the original family here last century . |
| 21 | And if you think of that and of the kettle that 'll rem that 'll remind you that it 's a K for kettle same as a K for kick . |
| 22 | So , here 's a thought for Bill , Neil and all the spin-doctors and psephologists who advise them : try having some real , unwavering principles for a change . |
| 23 | Yes now what I meant was that , that erm in a group like this , the the th th the leader or the leadership role may be relatively minimal and the individualism of the members may be relevant , but I hope it was cos I I think it 's a mistake for class in groups and that so one would hope in this kind of group , the individual variation would be so important that these kind of group phenomena that Freud is talking about in this book but clearly in other groups they 're they 're more important , partly because you can never organize a group by kind of having a meeting with everybody . |
| 24 | She 's a secretary for Linotype Hell in Cheltenham and was busy working at her computer . |
| 25 | All of which is not just a problem for a properly penitent British Rail : it 's a problem for government too . |
| 26 | erm well I mean I think there 's a problem for adults as well as children in that we I do n't think it 's helpful to cover ourselves in guilt about erm what happens to the suffering that other people experience , arguably erm in order to maintain us in the living standards , you know , we 've learned to expect , but at the same time I think that the situation in the world is only tolerable to us psychologically because on some level we convince ourselves that erm those people who are starving and those children who are in a hysterically trying to keep themselves out of the way of shrapnel and hiding night after night in freezing cold shelters in Baghdad are not really people and not really children in the same way that we 're people and our children are children , and do n't feel things in the same way . |
| 27 | All we can ask is if there 's a councillor for Allenton listening to us , if they could get in touch and we 'll put them in touch with you and see if we can start it all over again Henry . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a ticket for Miami . ’ |
| 29 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 30 | We 're on the dear old elevated section of the M4 where lorries are so apt to break down when there 's a call for McDunn ; he takes the handset , listens and sucks his teeth for a bit , then says , ‘ Thank you . ’ |