Example sentences of "[verb] for a [adj] [noun sg] are " in BNC.

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1 In fact , if the answers given by 40 per cent of women quizzed for a new survey are anything to go by , the EC president might as well Jacques it in …
2 It also seems that applications to the tribunal selected for a pre-hearing assessment are more likely to proceed to a hearing than other cases , while at the same time the success rate for those who proceed in the face of an ‘ unlikely to succeed ’ warning is not very different from other cases ( DoE , 1988 ) .
3 And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves .
4 Second , the criteria adopted for a good decision are satisficing not maximizing rules .
5 Ideally , one should be aware in advance that the flowers used for a special occasion are going to be pressed , as there are several points to bear in mind .
6 but the majority of people on a Tuesday night are going for a leisurely swim are n't they ?
7 In projects designed to support small ( and larger-scale ) entrepreneurs various forms of ‘ leakage ’ are frequent : credit funds ear-marked for a particular purpose are deployed for entirely different purposes , or for the purchase of domestic assets .
8 Young physicians entering their first research post and hoping for a higher degree are vulnerable and naive .
9 As covered in previous articles , the six colour types which are the minimum required for a full repertoire are :
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