Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 2 | But his response was merely to press for a greater supply of British goods to those colonies to reduce their sterling balances . |
| 3 | In Dresden , long known for a softer line than elsewhere , the Mayor , Wolfgang Berghofer , announced after talks with 20 church and New Forum opposition activists that he was willing to discuss their nine-point proposal , and release anyone arrested who was not accused of violence within 24 hours . |
| 4 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 5 | The band of fluctuation either side of the new parities was widened from 1 per cent to 2.25 per cent , thus allowing for a larger margin of exchange rate fluctuation before official intervention was required . |
| 6 | Hence those who take a floating charge from a company which can not be proved to be solvent , and which does not survive for a further year , can not thereby obtain protection in respect to their existing debts , but only to the extent that they provide the company with new value and thus increase the assets available for other creditors . |
| 7 | Reports indicated that agreement on the final communiqué was reached only after France had decided not to press for a clearer recognition of a European defence identity distinct from NATO . |
| 8 | Teenage farm workers are particularly sensitive to their image at an age when they are dating girls who may or may not hope for a better future than that of a farm worker 's wife . |
| 9 | You could not ask for a better curtain-raiser to the day 's racing . |
| 10 | So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury . |
| 11 | This would almost make it only eligible for a speculative developer who reckoned he might be able to pull the right political strings to get the site suitably rezoned for a later sell-on . |
| 12 | If charged by a powerful enemy they can turn and flee away , hopefully regrouping for a later return . |
| 13 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 14 | or individuals possibly working for a higher degree , have gathered information and analysed it . |
| 15 | Automatic crystallisation is not a term of art but covers at least two situations which at first blush appear dissimilar ; one is where the charge is made to crystallise on the happening of an event provided for in the charge without there being any need for a further act by the chargee and the other is where the charge is made to crystallise on the serving of a notice of crystallisation on the company . |
| 16 | The TV companies that own ITN are also clamouring for a higher bid . |
| 17 | In the US , the National Resources Defense Council has also petitioned for a faster phase-out of ozone depleters , calling for the CFC deadline to be moved from 2000 to 1995 , a 1993 ban on production of methyl chloroform and methyl bromide , and a 2005 ban of HCFCs which are not yet included in the protocol . |
| 18 | And he has also argued for a tougher approach to environmental enforcement and development of environmental technology . |
| 19 | It also calls for a higher price threshold for company car tax . |
| 20 | Later she also campaigned for a better understanding of anorexia . |
| 21 | As well as arguing for a more liberal attitude towards the child , Locke also pleaded for a broader curriculum . |
| 22 | The union also voted for a further strike ballot on the new contracts . |
| 23 | and new manager John Gorman could't have dreamt up wished for a better start … |
| 24 | The risk factors therefore probably accounted for a greater proportion of the grade differences in sickness absence than was observed in the multivariate analysis . |
| 25 | The Group , now with over 100 members , also presses for a better deal from the rich countries of the world , mainly in the north . |
| 26 | Some go on to study for a higher degree , and some take postgraduate courses in management or production engineering . |
| 27 | Leigh is now looking for a larger space . |
| 28 | Therefore I am now looking for a larger tank . |
| 29 | Anglers and shooters may now wish for a lower profile and conflict with canoeists and ramblers respectively will bring publicity they could do without . |
| 30 | Throughout the rehearsals our choreographer , Geraldine Stephenson , had often pleaded for a larger space than the laundry in which to practise the swooping choreography she had devised . |