Example sentences of "is an [noun sg] for [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Open up your mind to the possibility that every suggestion someone makes to you is an opportunity for achieving even more profitable results .
2 Here is an opportunity for using not only your imagination but also your coloured pencils .
3 Pictures of one 's family are a treasured item in any home , and this is an idea for turning a small but favourite picture into a more decorative item .
4 It 's a it 's a thing called EARS er which is an acronym for Starts with Election anyway .
5 On the one hand , this is an argument for preferring an analysis of style which has a sound linguistic basis over one which merely uses ad hoc categories .
6 It is not suggested that each offence should be ranked according to the seriousness of its after-effects on the particular victim — although there is an argument for assuming that young victims will be particularly damaged by unwanted sexual experiences , and therefore for regarding such offences as more serious .
7 If so , this is an argument for re-defining it rather than for dispensing with gradation altogether .
8 Perhaps there is an argument for clarifying and formalising this co-operation .
9 That is an argument for having a range of effective analgesics , but hardly for continuing to multiply their numbers indefinitely .
10 The defence societies constantly warn that most complaints are provoked by doctors failing to communicate adequately , so there is an argument for adopting the ‘ defensive ’ practice of our American colleagues when consent for treatment is sought : but do our patients have the stomach for an American approach ?
11 There is an argument for keeping the word ‘ converts ’ because it is well understood .
12 This is an argument for redirecting funds to more user-controlled solutions .
13 Do you think there is an argument for finding natural teachers as opposed to set of people to get on with the job ?
14 There is an argument for retaining a four mile annulus for the area of search for the new settlement rather than a two mile , because of the rigidity which at present applies to the distance of the outer boundary of the greenbelt from York City Centre .
15 Now , there is a basic constitutional principle , embodied in the Bill of Rights of 1688/9 , that the levying of taxes must be authorized by statute , and so there is an argument for saying that non-statutory rules made by the Revenue which effectively determine a taxpayer 's liability to tax are ‘ unconstitutional ’ .
16 The observational basis which led HMI to believe that a ‘ broad and balanced ’ education is an imperative for raising educational standards does not appear to have been examined .
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