Example sentences of "[adv] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Cambodian peace talks in Paris broke down in 1988 , it was Mr Solarz , along with the Australian foreign minister , Gareth Evans , who pushed successfully for an expanded UN role in the transitional peace settlement . |
| 2 | We have pushed successfully for an EC ban on large-scale drift nets that threatened dolphins , and we support the UN resolution calling for a moratorium on their use . |
| 3 | Imagine now that a customer of an individual bank applies successfully for an overdraft . |
| 4 | Local hire is possible for those on shore holidays who can go ‘ there and back ’ , and just wish to potter locally for an hour or two . |
| 5 | A significant contemporary manifestation of that belief , and a vivid instance of how ‘ modern ’ sexuality became a surrogate religion , somewhere for an essentially religious notion of integrity to survive in a mutated and displaced form , was at the prosecution for obscenity of D. H. Lawrence 's Lady Chatterley 's Lover ( 1960 ) . |
| 6 | Lewis drove and hooked stylishly for an hour when opportunity offered , before Cairns showed the close fieldsmen how to do it by taking a superb diving catch at gully . |
| 7 | The leaders of the new state — Ignacy Paderewski and Roman Dmowski — were campaigning vigorously for an even bigger allocation of German territory . |
| 8 | These perceived injustices led the trade union and labour movement to campaign vigorously for an end to the insurance system and for a single universal , Exchequer-funded scheme to cover all forms of primary care . |
| 9 | If an HIV antibody test is not mentioned in reply to that question , the person whose blood sample is being taken need not refuse consent expressly for an HIV antibody test , but should ask for the purpose of the blood test to be entered in their medical records . |
| 10 | Take off cabinet doors : leave them off altogether for an open shelved look ; replace them with new louvred or wooden doors with beading ; replace them with glazed doors , or hang curtains in front of shelves instead ( PVC fabric curtains wo n't pick up dirt so easily but cotton is cheaper and easier to wash ) . |
| 11 | But as Ted Sandy-man ought to have realised , ‘ you 've got to have grist before you can grind ’ ; machine-masters end up machine-minders , and all for nothing , or rather for an insidious logic of expansion . |
| 12 | It is difficult enough for an individual to be consistent , let alone a society . |
| 13 | It contains two enormous hand-knitted cardigans big enough for an orang-utan , and a pair of woollen tights that Pavarotti could have worn . |
| 14 | So it has come up with the idea of a tape ‘ loop ’ to delay the broadcast of ‘ live ’ debates for long enough for an engineer to hit a panic button until the offending words have passed . |
| 15 | Nearly high enough for an army to cross , or a siege-tower . |
| 16 | There was space enough for an office for the two solicitors , a room for the visiting advocates from Edinburgh to work in , and a meeting room for talking to parents , specialist advisers , and witnesses . |
| 17 | It was just big enough for an adult to pass through on all fours . |
| 18 | Of course there are places that have become tourist hotspots , varied enough for an artist of traditional tendencies to find subject matter of a familiar picturesqueness . |
| 19 | And while it is easy enough for an experienced journalist to write that synopsis from memory ( checking for the elusive name of Software Arts and making sure that it really was PrairieTek that vanished last year ) , it would take a deal of research and above all deep thought to put together a dissertation on why things panned out the way they did , the fatal mistakes , the good decisions that each company made to achieve triumph or disaster , or both in quick succession . |
| 20 | I liked to think that , while discreet enough for an important occasion , the ensemble made its own kind of personal statement . |
| 21 | But … ’ he pursed his lips , considering , ‘ well , enough for an old man . |
| 22 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 23 | The easiest way into a flat with aluminium frame windows is to use the little flap window at the top — the ventilator , only big enough for an organ grinder 's monkey , but easily opened with a knife , slipped underneath to prise up the catch . |
| 24 | But then , she might somehow get the drawing right , just as she had dreamed of playing the clarinet exquisitely enough for an important conductor , conveniently marooned in a snow drift , brought half-dead to Castle Bewick and hearing those magical notes drifting from her tower , to stagger from his couch and say , ‘ Ah what notes of fairyland do I hear ? ’ |
| 25 | A satisfactory duration period depends on the size of your LIFESPAN database but an 8 hour period should be enough for an average sized database . |
| 26 | Moreover , it may not be enough for an employer to say " I 'm a wine merchant and my ex-employee is now working as a wine merchant and so I am entitled to enforce an express restriction " . |
| 27 | You should have worn a coat over that dress — the night 's not warm enough for an outfit like that . ’ |
| 28 | Hankin added : ‘ I think fans have waited long enough for an outstanding performance at home . |
| 29 | In 1915 it had been widened to seven yards , just large enough for an up- and down-column of trucks . |
| 30 | 40 screens really is n't much for an arcade adventure , and I counted roughly 16 main puzzles , with a fair helping of cherries ( you have to collect 20 ) hidden behind the scenery . |