Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There are , finding fifty hectares or thereabouts for a development of this kind and characteristic out of the districts ' allocations on the one hand in their geography , you know that has to be broadly speaking within the existing settlement pattern on the other , not possible .
2 Or perhaps for a return to the first Great Awakening of the eighteenth century , when Jonathan Edwards thundered against the evils of the age .
3 NEXT time you have a craving for yet another chocolate bar or long for a stream of passionate sexual encounters , be careful you 're not nursing a potential addiction .
4 And if you 're building a long flight , it can always be broken up with separate landings , either where the flight changes direction , or just for a change of pace .
5 And Financial Assurance ( 081–367 6000 ) was paying 8.05% on £5,000 or more for a period of four years .
6 Getting away for the weekend , or even for a day of walking , is the ideal cure for those post-summer-oh-my-God-how-can-I-afford-Christmas blues .
7 It may strike you as unusual but , once mastered , it can be used very quickly and effectively for a variety of purposes :
8 Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes …
9 However , fearing that the UN force would legitimize the loss of its territory to Serbia , Croatia also continued to insist that the force should be deployed only on the 560-km front lines and only for a period of six months .
10 The boy was almost sure to have been home at intervals , if only for a change of clothing .
11 Such people are radically opposed to the idea of sociologists conducting research on the police and long for a return to a ‘ golden age ’ when the proverbial veil of secrecy surrounded police work .
12 Then I work out much I want to sell each work for : my first painting sold for £25 , a small fortune then for an art student , and enough for a holiday in Italy .
13 There is a move by many environmental agencies both in Mexico and elsewhere for a return to traditional forms of agriculture , as they are considered to be better for the environment .
14 But the sailing date kept being put back : first for lack of volunteers , then because of uncertainty about the activities of ubiquitous Francis Drake — who disliked other privateers poaching prizes he regarded as his own — and finally for a wealth of reasons so small that Ann began to suspect that they were nothing more than a smoke screen , to hide her husband 's ever-increasing infatuation with Miss Jennifer Gristy .
15 The widow told me that she went out twice a day — once very early for shopping and once for a walk towards evening — but never where the passeggiata took place .
16 The specific reason for the arrival of 252 Squadron was to provide long-range protection for a fast merchant vessel — the S.S. ‘ Parracombe ’ — on its way from Gibraltar , unescorted , carrying 21 crated Hurricanes and much needed cargo for the island , and also for a convoy of five fast freighters for Alexandria ( ‘ Tiger ’ convoy ) due to pass the island several days hence .
17 The Criminal Law Amendment Act which came into effect on July 27 , 1990 , provided notably for a right of appeal of all those condemned to death ( including those already on death row before the new law came into effect ) .
18 And now for a cup of tea , she thought , stepping out to wind a large bath towel around her nakedness .
19 Their chief designer was Maurice Philippe , designer of the Lotus 72 then , and now for a number of years Ken Tyrrell 's designer .
20 It might be okay for Nutty and even for a weed like Hoomey with his crass infatuation for the hulking ex-chaser , but for a cool customer like himself it was out of character .
21 The recent match against England saw our pack provide plenty of good possession until England got their act together — and even for a time after that .
22 Even if he makes it he wo n't be up and around for a month at least . ’
23 He was allowed to drive the drill backwards and forwards for a couple of dozen times .
24 Since the tournament began , first in Delray Beach in 1985 and then for a couple of years in Boca Raton , the temporary , scaffolding-supported stands have gone with them .
25 A man came into her house asking after a neighbour and then for a glass of water .
26 He certainly liked Alix , and after the demo he took her off for lunch in a pub and then for a walk to his room in King 's , where he showed her his pots and his paintings .
27 He was a slim , spare man in early middle age , and unusually for a member of the races of the True people he had light-coloured hair — the shade of newly sawn wood , Jehan thought .
28 Our end of the village has thought long and hard for a couple of weeks about John Major 's new honours system and we 've decided to go for it .
29 And yet for a moment in the kitchen she thought she 'd caught a fleeting expression almost of smugness on his face , as though something had pleased him .
30 It is also the age of consent for sexual intercourse , and therefore for a girl under this age to be pregnant is proof that an illegal act has taken place .
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