Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 2 | A smaller building company may be asked to provide more detailed financial information than is contained in the modified company accounts when applying to join a list of approved contractors or applying for a tenancy of , say , a builder 's yard or offices . |
| 3 | Others say they were unable to comply with the surgeons instructions that they undertake no lifting or pulling for a period of time after the operation . |
| 4 | On receipt of the Change Request Form the Development Manager reviews the Change Request or arranges for a member of the Development Team to review the Change Request . |
| 5 | Add a sparkle to your hairstyle with a beautiful accessory or go for a touch of luxury with a velvet band or bow . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the identification of more common alterations such as p53 mutation or screening for a panel of genetic lesions , or both , may in future make genetic screening of stool samples a viable proposition . |
| 7 | Human capabilities to reason about complex systems states and the propagation of failure and associated systems are all available within the trained diagnostician , but can break down or fail for a variety of reasons including data overload , incomplete information and fatigue . |
| 8 | But you and I both know that applying for a stay of more than six months takes time . |
| 9 | To all such approaches to the uses of speech , a strong objection might be made along the following lines : rather than look for a series of static functions or contextual parameters , one should attend directly to the single most important dynamic context of language use , namely conversation , or face-to-face interaction . |
| 10 | Instead it is necessary to think in terms of a bundle of policies translated through design guidelines into the construction of specific physical facilities that allow for a diversity of cycling needs . |
| 11 | But Moon still hopes to be fit for the Wales squad that leaves for a week of warm-weather training in Lanzorote on Tuesday . |
| 12 | ACM Sir Denis Spotiswood supported this solution and arranged for a survey of R5868 to be carried-out to assess its general condition and the work that would be involved to bring it up to display condition . |
| 13 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 14 | They reported that they knew of no matter involving her in any way and asked for a description of the white identification cards . |
| 15 | A traveller in Scotland went into a pub and asked for a pint of bitter . |
| 16 | Gabriel knocked at the second brother 's door and asked for a drink of milk . |
| 17 | I tottered across to a cottage on the edge of the loch and asked for a pot of tea and a bite to eat . |
| 18 | Like the lady who came into the shop one day and asked for a bottle of ‘ blue ’ . |
| 19 | Lovernius was very pleased and asked for a bag of gold and threw it to the poet who ran beside his chariot . |
| 20 | So Gabriel knocked at the door of his fine large house and asked for a cup of wine . |
| 21 | She was always there , and she would tell , as she had told so often before , the remarkable story of her Jimmy , who 'd been posted as dead last December and who , six months later , had simply walked into the house , bold as you please , and asked for a cup of tea . |
| 22 | Then he came back and asked for a cup of tea . |
| 23 | Margaret inspected it and asked for a number of prints to be made . |
| 24 | Christina walked behind the reception desk and asked for a copy of Mr Banville 's account . |
| 25 | I also found certain sections of the press grossly biased ; and when a representative of the Daily Express called at the New English Weekly office and asked for a copy of the relevant issue , I thought I might be involved in a libel action . |
| 26 | A beautiful girl went into a sweet shop and asked for a box of chocolates . |
| 27 | She said that she 'd be happy with wine so he caught somebody 's eye and asked for a carafe of the house red . |
| 28 | Nobody would now hold them responsible for the Revolution in France , but the Encyclopedie , which Diderot inaugurated ( and edited with D'Alembert ) and to which he contributed hundreds of articles himself , undermined the authority of the regime , and argued for a re-ordering of society on rational grounds . |
| 29 | They also agitated against the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement of 1965 and argued for a strategy of building republican support through involvement in agitation on social and economic grievances , as well as by a principled stand for a united and independent Ireland . |
| 30 | You are now equipped to play the game : what is the ideal position for each of these machines allowing for you , the craftsman , to work around them and allowing for a board of a chosen dimension to go across that production set-up ? |