Example sentences of "a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But they are cowards at heart and hang back until they are sure they are safe , even then leaving themselves a route for escape . |
| 2 | We crossed several large meadows before working along steep , loose flanks , rich with flowers but not a route for mules , wherever they were — they had taken a different line . |
| 3 | Shortly after anaesthesia an intravenous infusion may be commenced to provide a route for fluid replacement . |
| 4 | Groups can monopolise a route for hours like this , or , worse still , drop someone on your head while you 're trying to lead it ! |
| 5 | Thus , these trends towards a greater stress on educational qualifications imply that intragenerational mobility within work caused through promotion becomes much less important as a route for advancement . |
| 6 | The management of these relationships is expected to be an important determinant of success in the use of new technology by customer firms and should provide a route for product innovations by suppliers . |
| 7 | The same passage , despite the narrow constriction of the valley at Djerdap , as the Danube forces its way between the Transylvanian Alps to the north and the Stara Planina to the south , may also have been a route for invaders into the Roman province of Pannonia , although the Iron Gate Pass , some 130 km ( 80 miles ) further north , afforded a better route for the Goths who descended on Pannonia from Transylvania in the middle of the fourth century AD . |
| 8 | This had a solid crust generally capable only of bearing the weight of a man , but the LRDG had successfully worked out a route for vehicles . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | As for the notion of a local tax as a payment for services rendered , it is n't . |
| 11 | No figures were given and no equity is involved , but MTI clearly sees the investment as a payment for partnership . |
| 12 | ‘ There is no evidence that Hong Kong is used as a base for activities against the Chinese government , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 13 | This could not be used as a base for blocks |
| 14 | Their plush London home provided a base for Jane 's voluntary work with the Samaritans . |
| 15 | The unit will also provide a base for teams which work in the community . |
| 16 | Make that a base for explorations into the fine mountains all around . |
| 17 | They had also established contact with 40 men under Major Chisholm who were organising a base for patrols from Memo , but contact had not yet been made with Australia , the powerful radio stations on the mainland 's north coast drowning out signals from Timor . |
| 18 | The HRD practitioner might want to cite examples from his or her own experience of the fact that ‘ quick-fix ’ changes tend to be just that — first-aid treatments that do not have a base for perpetuation . |
| 19 | We are only beginning to work out these implications and our chapters of research can only be a base for others to examine in greater detail how our theories work . |
| 20 | Importantly , it will provide a base for education and health professionals to meet with parents . |
| 21 | As a base for exploration this resort is ideal . |
| 22 | The Commission took the view that the responsibility of a legal service was the provision of legal advice and assistance to individuals , that community action tends to involve only one section of the community , and that the independence of a centre is compromised if it becomes a base for campaigns . |
| 23 | In 1954 work began on the deserted Das Island to build a base for personnel working on a mobile drilling platform in the Arabian Gulf . |
| 24 | Information derived from these is used in a variety of ways , but most frequently in contributing towards a base for decision-making in the areas of planning and marketing . |
| 25 | At the February 1990 meeting Ordóñez and Douglas Hurd , by then UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , also agreed to co-operate in preventing Gibraltar from becoming a base for drug trafficking and its burgeoning offshore finance companies from becoming a centre for money laundering . |
| 26 | They provide a base for meetings , social events , the celebration of festivals . |
| 27 | This is an ideal hotel as a base for sightseeing as the ferry/hydrofoil jetty is right next to the hotel . |
| 28 | Detectives believe terror gangs have been renting flats in London and the Midlands using them as a base for operations and then moving on . |
| 29 | Catering is an obvious example of how this might work , with the school premises providing a base for wedding receptions and other functions during weekends and holidays , or the kitchens providing meals for other establishments during the working week . |
| 30 | US troops , who eventually will have 28,000 soldiers in the country leading the United Nations action , will also be securing other airstrips as a base for food distribution . |