The phrase "a mind for the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate someone's aptitude or inclination towards a particular subject or activity.
Example: "She has a mind for the sciences, excelling in biology and chemistry."
Alternatives: "an affinity for" or "a knack for".
At the beginning of a chapter on sexual inadequacy, we are told that it is problematic "to have both a body and a mind, for the former stands in almost monstrous contrast to the latter's dignity and intelligence".
Released from his monastic labors in his mother's kitchen, the ascetic, introverted Kerouac took an abrasive dust bath in the real world and emerged a broader, stronger artist, who combined a mind for the transcendental with a feeling for the particular.
No one disputes that the Gates folks are smart, and have a heart as big as their endowment, but do they also have a mind for the poor?
I'm not sure what's really going on here, but if you've a mind for the possibility that "Benghazi" might just be one big Coen Brothers movie of dumb bureaucrats, consider the possibility that this is a probability.
Maybe, as a sThet then, that degree in philiberal or English isn't such artsd idethoster all.
Germain has a mind for the fantastical creatures and settings you'd traditionally see in one of Miyazaki's stories, from a massive city inside a geodesic dome, to airborne manta rays and lively mushroom sprites.
He was too whimsical, and... he was too delicate a mind for a good deal of the rough work that we have to do in the Society".
"Coach Bowden is a great coach and has a great mind for the game, and it would be foolish on anyone's part to believe that is not there.
"He's got a great mind for the game.
However, it is important to keep an open mind for the function of tRFs.
Each year, Gov. George E. Pataki has a goal in mind for the Medicaid budget: lower it.
