Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Permission has been given for an 18-hole golf course at the Redworth Hall Hotel , near Heighington . |
| 2 | Funding has been obtained for a vocational exchange between catering students from Telford and Lyon in France . |
| 3 | EC ERASMUS funding has been obtained for a teaching visit to l'Universite Paul Valery , Montpellier in 1990 . |
| 4 | Once a specific PCR has been developed for an organism , it requires little expertise to perform the test . |
| 5 | The route has been planned for a 25 mile ride through the East Hampshire countryside starting and finishing at the Bohunt Centre , with plenty of refreshment stops on the way . |
| 6 | This route has been earmarked for a possible future extension of the Midland Metro light rail transit system . |
| 7 | Ward has been searching for a winger for some time and last night he was hopeful of clinching a signing on loan . |
| 8 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 9 | I do not believe that the case has been made for a change in our policy . |
| 10 | A powerful case has been made for a change in the law . |
| 11 | COSLA remains convinced that no case has been made for a shake-up on the scale proposed . |
| 12 | Since no money has been drawn for a considerable number of years and interest has accrued at 7.5% per annum the fund now stands at around £1000 . |
| 13 | Since no money has been drawn for a considerable number of years and interest has accrued at 7.5% per annum the fund now stands at around £1000 . |
| 14 | An encouraging development is that the opportunity has been given for a submission to be made in early autumn on behalf of the preserved railway movement to the House of Commons Select Committee which will be dealing with the Government 's privatisation proposals . |
| 15 | The homogeneity of the three groups has been reported for a wide variety of preoperative variables including age , sex , type of fluid , allergy , seasonal variation , radiographic determination of the size of the adenoids and postnasal space , and duration of preoperative loss of hearing . |
| 16 | Another Dublin player Keith Barr has been suspended for a month — he too was sent off in the National League . |
| 17 | Corrosion in pipework has been blamed for a gas escape which triggered the operation cloudburst emergency plan in February . |
| 18 | The report assumes that decommissioning costs would be spread over 100 years , although the industry has been pushing for a " deferred safe storage strategy " , spreading the costs over 135-150 years . |
| 19 | His report called Transforming the Dinosaurs has been produced for an independent think tank group called DEMOS . |
| 20 | Today the unqualified term has been appropriated for a form of democracy which is , at best , indirect . |
| 21 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 22 | A prisoner who threw boiling water over a fellow inmate has been jailed for a further three and a half years . |
| 23 | There is no simple answer but it is generally advisable to describe the disappointments in broad terms as they affect the whole school ( ‘ the LEA has been unable to grant our request for extra welfare assistance ’ ) and present the successes individually but anonymously ( ‘ through the efforts of the governors a reading aid has been provided for a partially sighted pupil ’ ) . |
| 24 | His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals . |
| 25 | It was unlikely that murder had been committed for a few pounds , but one could never be sure . |
| 26 | Because of the recession , stockpiles of ‘ new ’ cars had been waiting for a buyer for up to two years . |
| 27 | His current term had been extended for a year until mid-1993 [ see p. 38601 ] . |
| 28 | Previously , Mr Ntoni-Nzinga had been studying for a doctorate in theology and anthropology in Manchester , UK . |
| 29 | The two British fighters have been tipped for a multi-million pound British showdown since Bruno 's boxing licence was renewed 14 months ago , and the prospect gathered pace last week when Lewis was crowned WBC champion . |
| 30 | Jelly snakes have been added for a ‘ desert ’ feel or perhaps you could add a toy rubber tarantula or scorpion . |