Example sentences of "[verb] for an [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 2 | That was calculated for an infinitely long line charge too . |
| 3 | The other divers were nowhere to be seen at this time , which made for an extremely dangerous situation in the open ocean . |
| 4 | Terry Empson , director-general of the Historic Housing Association , said Althorp was not only virtually impossible to value but almost certainly unsaleable : ‘ Nobody in their right minds would want a ducal palace designed for an entirely different age . |
| 5 | Welcome back : The drought is being blamed for an unusually high number of injuries at a traditional cheese rolling competition . |
| 6 | Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements . |
| 7 | If you have decided to train for an entirely new specialty , such as health visiting or district nursing , you may find yourself having to reimburse course and equipment fees if you leave the job before a specified date of up to two years after your training has been completed . |
| 8 | In the previous year Philip IV had summoned Edward I , as duke of Aquitaine , to answer for an allegedly illegal act at sea off the coast of the duchy , and for the capture of La Rochelle by men from Bayonne . |
| 9 | You came into the chamber , you were not looking for an almost invisible line of thread running from your bed underneath the door . |
| 10 | I know that they do have computer science courses at both O level and A level , do you think these will be the basis of the future courses , or are we looking for an entirely new development , something quite new and quite different , that stands as a subject in his own right ? |
| 11 | The UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd , however , said on Dec. 17 after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers [ see pp. 37931 ] that " I do n't think there is much to be said for an entirely separate meeting " . |
| 12 | The best way of avoiding temptation is to make a habit , unless writing for an abnormally large orchestra , of employing only two percussion players , one for the kettledrums exclusively , and the other for the rest of the percussion . |
| 13 | She reached across the desk , grabbed the instrument and began tapping out a number with the angry , impatient air of someone who has been kept waiting for an unacceptably long time . |
| 14 | Nowhere is the art of the Designer needed more than when a script calls for an entirely new world to be created , as was so often the case in Doctor Who . |
| 15 | Should the TGAT proposals be abandoned for an almost exclusive reliance on nationally prescribed tests for pupils at 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 , there is no doubt that the assessment procedures would have a much stronger impact on the taught curriculum , and pressures for teachers to ‘ teach to the test ’ would be greatly increased . |
| 16 | Should preference be given to producing a smooth text with typical but semantically less precise conjunctions , or should the translator give priority to ‘ meaning ’ by opting for an equally varied array of conjunctions with precise meanings ? |
| 17 | Another 15-year-old youth , arrested for an entirely separate offence — pushing people off the pavement — was also subsequently charged , and the upshot was that five youths ( including one 15-year-old girl ) received prison sentences ranging from three weeks to six months . |
| 18 | He and his staff reject the option of off-site provision and argue for an individually tailored solution involving guidance ( pastoral ) and curricular staff : They see the assessment panel as providing an alternative , non-punitive role , for guidance teachers . |
| 19 | In his earlier work , Schoenberg reached for an almost total emancipation of dissonance in ‘ atonality ’ . |
| 20 | The congregation of Saint Mary 's Church at Sydenham in Oxfordshire gather for an extra special occasion . |
| 21 | On top of this BR now has to find an extra £100m a year to pay for an unnecessarily large safety programme , one result of the Clapham rail crash . |
| 22 | Characteristic selectivities can also , without much strain , be called ‘ ideological ’ , though something must often be allowed for an otherwise conditioned persistence of certain artistic forms embodying such selections . |
| 23 | At first glance it could be mistaken for an ornately carved stool , its black and white surfaces for a kind of sculpture . |
| 24 | She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time . |
| 25 | Finally , by trying for an ultimately rational understanding of subjectivity , the theories reduce unconscious aspects of subjectivity to promising problems , which can be overcome . |
| 26 | Lots of power , abetted by good response from the switching systems , makes for an extremely useable rig . |
| 27 | A second trial of 24 people , accused of working for an allegedly pro-Iraqi newspaper , al-Nidaa , was adjourned on May 21 amid widespread international criticism centring on the conduct of the trials . |