Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must remain entirely a matter for the discretion of the prosecuting authorities as to whether they are in a position to and are prepared to give an assurance . |
| 2 | We propose here a name for the gene we have partly described , and for the protein products ( GGFs , NDF , ARIA , heregulins ) derived from it . |
| 3 | He trained twice a day for the previous three days and Graham Taylor says he was doing everything . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Hey , beautiful ! ’ the proctologist , back aboard Wavebreaker at sunset , called down the companionway steps to where Ellen was tearing apart a lettuce for the evening meal . |
| 5 | My cataract operation has been moved forward a fortnight for the rather odd reason that the hospital is ‘ having to cancel all non-urgent operations in October ’ . |
| 6 | It would be hard to justify living as well as you do while paying only a pittance for the privilege . ’ |
| 7 | Early trials suggested that Salters ' A-level chemistry application-linked material could provide both a foundation for the future and a complete course and that improved motivation and more autonomous learning styles reduced drop-outs . |
| 8 | This is what keeps open a breathing-space for the spiritual and moral dimensions to the investigation of truth in a world whose natural bent is to exclude it . |
| 9 | Holidaymakers should set aside a day for the glass-bottomed boat trips to Walt Disney World in the lost city of Orlando , where the spires of Cinderella 's Castle rise majestically above the waves . |
| 10 | As well as the speed , he 's getting quite a taste for the adulation from friends and relatives . |
| 11 | But it takes quite a time for the liquid to solidify and the glass to splinter and fragment . |
| 12 | Michael O'Neill drilled home a second for the visitors before Dunne restored Saints ' hopes on the half-hour mark with his second goal in successive games . |
| 13 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 14 | With Joseph , however , things took eventually a turn for the better . |
| 15 | It took quite a while for the tears to cease . |
| 16 | This is hard , since on a busy day you will sometimes have to wait quite a while for the waiter to take your order or for the arrival of the food . |
| 17 | Chester City Council , together with private-sector businesses , had put together a bid for the centralised centre which would have cost the Government nothing . |
| 18 | Chester had put together a deal for the centre which would have cost the Government nothing because it was tied in with private sector development . |
| 19 | Well , it means quite a lot for the people who are living in Germany , especially the ones who are living in the East , because their economy has been so run down , it 's got to be put through a sort of shock treatment . |
| 20 | Private nuisance remains fundamentally a remedy for the infringement of a proprietary interest in land . |
| 21 | Men servants came and went , pushing against the wind , their faces bound Berber fashion , leaving only a gap for the eyes . |
| 22 | And remember , make sure you take home a copy for the young environmentalists in your family . |
| 23 | The fact that the receiver of a gift hates the giver is commonplace : the gift does nothing to remove the material for envy ; on the contrary , the act of giving becomes both a justification for the envy and an additional ground for feeling it . |