Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is extremely difficult for workers in Community Mental Health Centres to focus their efforts effectively for a dispersed community of people with long-term problems if their work is constantly being interrupted by crises and emergency work . |
| 2 | I tell you what I 'll do — I 'll pop downstairs and put the kettle on for a good cup of tea . ’ |
| 3 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 4 | Finally they reached home and tried to put the kettle on for a welcome cup of tea — to discover their water had been cut off . |
| 5 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 6 | Final preparation of the bud consists of cutting square the top tip of the bud shield , and lightly bending back the other tongue end just enough for a tiny sliver of pith wood behind the eye to lift . |
| 7 | Workers in a place like Spiralynx can only be organised if there is an explosion of anger and discontent inside the factory strong enough for a large number of workers to take a stand , at the risk of losing their own jobs . |
| 8 | So much for a daring display of primitive combat ! |
| 9 | The University acts as a magnet not only for a wide range of able students from across the UK , but world-wide . |
| 10 | For example , in Brazil , peripheral capitalist development is responsible not only for a lower level of participation of women in agriculture but also a lower level of integration of women in urban development . |
| 11 | One limitation of this as a punishment is that it may not be very severe — it may imply a moderate loss of profit relative to the collusive agreement — and so may support collusion only for a small set of discount rates . |
| 12 | But it is an agreement which is " restrictive of trade " in this sense , that it requires a man to give his services and wares to one person only for a long term of years to the exclusion of all others . |
| 13 | Hyde mentions a program that can automatically provide precis of news stories , but does not point out that it can attempt to do this only for a restricted range of stories . |
| 14 | If a group wittingly shares an attitude over a relevant issue but does so only for a limited period of time before falling into disarray , it would be difficult to refer to the group as an elite in any meaningful sense since the outcomes would be insignificant . |
| 15 | The battle of the Catalaunian Plains was proof that the imperial policy could work , if only for a limited period of time . |
| 16 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
| 17 | But they do , they get paid a lot of money but only for a short period of time . |
| 18 | They are useful only for a single set of data and can not be used to compare two sets unless two pies each representing different totals are compared . |
| 19 | The cost of improving coastal defences in Britain alone for a sea-level rise of 20–165 cm is put at ♯5–10 billion . |
| 20 | For really top class Joplin you need pay only a little more for a selection from Dick Hyman 's complete survey mentioned above , but at less than a fiver , Arpin 's disc will do very nicely for a representative sample of Joplin — which is really all I can take in a single sitting ! |
| 21 | Time perhaps for a final burst of exercise . |
| 22 | Tough win SUNDERLAND North voters could be in for a liberal dose of confusion : as well as Vic Halom ( Liberal Democrat ) candidates include Win Lundgren , representing the Liberal Party . ’ |
| 23 | Still , I should be coming in for a tidy sum of compensation . |
| 24 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 25 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 26 | We 're in for a serious bout of millennial malaise . |
| 27 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 28 | Eliza settled in for a four-month stint of painting and drawing . |
| 29 | Mm , either way though , I mean the thing is if they do , you , you would be in for a little bit of something , if you hung it out till be , to being redundant |
| 30 | Specifically , in the case of Anthony Miers , the Royal Navy submariner who finally came in for a teeny bit of criticism over his methods of disposing of German seamen who rather inconveniently surrendered . |