Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The City is no longer confident enough to pay blithely for a new trading system being developed by consultants at Arthur Andersen . |
| 2 | A final technical point on audio versus video recording : it takes no longer to set up for a simple video recording than it does to position a microphone for an audio recording . |
| 3 | And a fair bit left over to put away for a rainy day , I daresay . ’ |
| 4 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 5 | This Pentax weather-resistant camera arrived to be tested at a very opportune moment — I was just about to head off for a surfing weekend in North Cornwall . |
| 6 | Whatever John 's mother may have thought about his likely lack of application when he wanted to study music , once he decided to learn ballet he took it seriously and must have worked hard to make up for a late start . |