Example sentences of "[verb] for a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went out , leaving Peter Suvarov to wait for a more rational assessment of Julia 's state from Annunziata . |
| 2 | It would have to wait for a more opportune time , she decided , and replaced the receiver . |
| 3 | References may not be recommended where they could be appropriate or useful ; in other places , too many references can make for a very tedious search . |
| 4 | In a typical institutional kitchen the combination of floor tile , water , grease , food spills and so on can make for a very dangerous environment . |
| 5 | Some of the procedures of discourse analysis will make for a more profound examination of this process . |
| 6 | I promise it will make for a more positive atmosphere around you . |
| 7 | Few performers would be entirely happy touring the country as , say , Oswald Mosley , although it might make for a more interesting evening dramatically . |
| 8 | If the English paintings in the National Gallery could be included ( and I imagine that is not possible ) , it would make for a truly remarkable museum a real tribute to the ‘ Englishness of English art ’ . |
| 9 | Twice a week , having given their word of honour that they would not attempt to escape , those prisoners who wished to go for a heavily guarded march through the surrounding countryside , along lanes chosen for their loneliness , were allowed to do so . |
| 10 | Now we need to go for a more direct experience , feed in the kind of energy you get at raves , for example . |
| 11 | And indeed , to go for a more precise figure would suggest that I was making a particular point . |
| 12 | Even allowing for a more diverse class-composition , this village inhabits another world from that other . |
| 13 | Conversely , Henry VII 's shell is more tubular , probably allowing for a more natural appearance of majesty when positioning the funerary sceptres in the hands . |
| 14 | Prost had come cheap — virtually free for the first year — and Niki had re-signed for a very large sum indeed . |
| 15 | I literally stopped seeing for a very long time . |
| 16 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 17 | The ineffectiveness of prosecution , or the threat of prosecution , to deter large stores from Sunday opening has caused local authorities , who are charged with the enforcement of section 47 , to search for a more effective remedy , and as a result they have resorted to seeking injunctions to restrain stores from infringing the section . |
| 18 | The author craves to be forgiven for a very brief self-quotation in illustration of this from a work of his own : |
| 19 | Once he is asleep , he sleeps for a very long time — thousands of years in fact . |
| 20 | ‘ At issue is a major part of the transmission system catering for a very substantial part of the country 's generation capacity . ’ |
| 21 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 22 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 23 | Following the Seveso incident , strict EEC legislation has virtually eliminated the possibility of similar accidents which account for a relatively small component of overall exposure . |
| 24 | These , with automatic fire-alarms going off inexplicably , account for a far higher percentage of calls than do fires . |
| 25 | Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted . |
| 26 | The four broad types I have mentioned account for a very large proportion of governmental activity , but each could be divided up into a number of smaller functions . |
| 27 | Launch failures account for a very high proportion of gliding accidents , making cable break practice a very important aspect of glider training . |
| 28 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 29 | Thomas , his voice light , asked for his compliments to be sent to Cook , asked for a little more wine . |
| 30 | It planned for a more open democracy to include a revision of " anti-terrorism " legislation and improvements in the field of human rights , media censorship and academic freedom . |