Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are three reasons for this : first , women dress differently from ‘ 20 men all wearing pinstripe suits ’ , making them more memorable ; second , they offload their emotions over redundancy much more quickly , making them better prepared to look for a new position ; and third , because of the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ , those women who do make it to the top are ‘ slightly better ’ than their male competitors . |
| 2 | As a result , Balder was only allowed to return for a certain period of time , only to disappear and return again . |
| 3 | Sartre 's stress on the role of the subject also finds approval because many of those no longer prepared to argue for a general theory of history as the progress of a single narrative of class-struggle , have begun to argue instead for a return of its correlative , the subject , almost as if it was the next best thing in the absence of history itself . |
| 4 | But the Prime Minister 's account of his own conversation at the palace earlier that morning reveals that the King had already determined to try for a National Government headed by MacDonald . |
| 5 | Meredith was surprised he always had to look for a hidden motive . |
| 6 | All rooms are pleasantly furnished to provide for a relaxed and comfortable stay . |
| 7 | If the kitchen is nearly or directly below your bedroom , or if you live in a flat , you 'd be well advised to look for a quiet machine . |
| 8 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |