Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An NIS Domain license goes for a one-time fee of $25,000 . |
| 2 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 3 | After his visit to the hospital he spoke to shoppers in Stockton High Street about the community charge and Labours plans for a fair rate . |
| 4 | His imitations of other voices calls for a good sense of mimicry , and should bring the dreariness of his life into focus . |
| 5 | This followed United States calls for a multilateral effort to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons development programme [ see also this page ] . |
| 6 | Crowds estimated at several tens of thousands massed in central Antananarivo daily in the week after the killings , as most workers apparently supported opposition calls for a general strike . |
| 7 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |
| 8 | The right hon. Gentleman seems to be saying that , as we would expect of the British police , when a serious allegation is made , the chief constable of one force arranges for a senior officer of another to investigate the allegations , and everything about that investigation is laid bare for the public to see . |
| 9 | According to a study made in 1989 by Professor Klaus Tiedemann of Freiburg University , fraud accounts for an estimated 10% of the EC budget , or about £6 billion a year . |
| 10 | Violence accounts for a large proportion of this increase . |
| 11 | For microelectronics products transportation costs are minimal , labour accounts for a high proportion of total costs , and radically cheaper labour is available in foreign countries . |
| 12 | The survivor in the haulage business is deemed to be the licence holder if within two months he notifies the licensing authority of the event and within four months applies for a new O licence . |
| 13 | Early in my CBC days she persuaded me and John Avison to donate silver cups for an annual music competition . |
| 14 | The search continues for a practical solution . |
| 15 | The work to be considered in this chapter provides for a temporary completion of the argument concerning the nature of objectification to which the first part of this book has been devoted . |
| 16 | The Drumbeat Club makes for an excellent evening on shore in Nassau when you can experience authentic Bahamian music in a venue frequented by as many locals as tourists . |
| 17 | You do n't need guests , you do n't need freezing weather or any other excuse to put pudding on the menu — although it is true that a good pudding shared with like-minded Billy Bunters makes for a convivial party , and if the day dawns cold and frosty it may give an agreeable edge to appetites . |
| 18 | But few can doubt that Europe 's varied assortment of nations makes for a conflicting assortment of company commercial strategies and government policies . |
| 19 | This provision allows for a unilateral decision of suspension by a State that does not claim to be specially affected by the breach where it feels the consequences of the breach undermines the entire Convention . |
| 20 | A minimal extension is to a labour market approach , which concentrates on the market productive role of human capital and asks what personal budget allows for a growing economy . |
| 21 | The ANC stands for a new South Africa , a South Africa in which racism shall be a thing of the past , where human dignity and equality shall prevail in the life of the country and its people , where the goals enshrined in the Freedom Charter shall be transformed into a living reality . |
| 22 | When a child looks for a particular size box or a piece of material of a certain colour or texture , he is taking early steps towards sorting . |
| 23 | Under the title Strategic Force for the 1990s and beyond , and drawn up by army chief of staff General Carl Vuono , the plan calls for an entire army corps to be withdrawn from Europe , and for the US Army to be cut from 764,000 men to 630,000 . |
| 24 | The Labour plan calls for an increased effort to meet the EC nitrogen dioxide directive ; better monitoring and the regular broadcasting of air quality information on the media ; the retrospective fitting of catalytic converters to vehicles ; and a halt to the government 's road-building programme . |
| 25 | While the coach waits for a satisfactory fitness test , Steadman , already out of tomorrow 's game with Wakefield , said : ‘ I hope to be ready for a reserve game on Saturday or possibly Monday 's game at Hull but I am confident I will be fit before Wembley . |
| 26 | Marriage calls for a certain degree of maturity . |
| 27 | In its latest review of the UK economy , the National Institute calls for a neutral Budget , rather than further interest rate reductions , to maintain the momentum of the nascent economic recovery . |
| 28 | It is also possible to extend the range of versions to which the SPR applies for a particular module name . |
| 29 | Love and politics clash when Maggie falls for a hard-hearted soldier . |
| 30 | Mr Barabash argues for a hefty transfer . |