Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A feature of the Blackpool season for many years was the Daily Mirror Week in Blackpool , when a specially decorated tramcar operated for a week on the Promenade , with all the fares collected going to charity . |
| 2 | If a thick , weighty hem is preferred , however , interlining can be cut to the exact size of the outer curtain , excluding the heading allowance , but you will need slightly more fabric to allow for a hem allowance . |
| 3 | Its most important section provided for a reduction in agricultural output in order to raise prices . |
| 4 | Simply Red look set for a sellout concert at Gateshead this summer . |
| 5 | I spent a little precious time searching for a telephone , but could n't find one . |
| 6 | We often need to calculate square footage , or area , in everyday life — eg how much carpet to buy for a room , the amount of turf needed for a new lawn , the size of a new kitchen … |
| 7 | No I 've eaten more bloody stuff while I were up there last week meant for a star , bought chocolate |
| 8 | It was a kind of obligation to those organisations such as Ultra and other secret sources which supplied the highly sensitive and closely guarded intelligence required for an operation by the S.A.S. to be mounted at all . ’ |
| 9 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |
| 10 | The newly amended Constitution provided for a " plurality of political parties " as the " foundation of the political system " , and it deleted references to the leading role of the PDPA . |
| 11 | A spokesman for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors commented ‘ The problem is the very low fee charged for a valuation , and the possibly massive liability at the end of it ’ . |
| 12 | How could a violently anti-system movement conceived for an extraordinary emergency akin to that of 1940 adapt to a gradualist parliamentary strategy ? |
| 13 | Too many people spend too much time looking for a reason , and fail to take advantage of the simple pleasures that life offers . ’ |
| 14 | In big years , Aube wines may also possess too much alcohol to allow for a second fermentation and effect the correct balance . |
| 15 | The falsely affable mask slipped for a second , then de Raimes was smiling again . |
| 16 | ‘ I came across a very bewildered woman asking for a cigarette and I asked her where she lived and took her home . |