Example sentences of "[vb pp] for a far " in BNC.

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1 Gilbert White was proud of his early cucumbers , cutting the first of 1753 on 5th April to take to his brother in London and when he discovered they were priced two shillings apiece in Town , arranged for a further thirteen to be conveyed on the coach from Selborne .
2 At the conclusion of the liturgy , Bishop O'Brien presented Faculty Certificates to 150 Ministers who were recommissioned for a further five years service .
3 The pilot scheme will involve shops in five selected villages for the first year , and if successful will be extended and developed for a further three years .
4 Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’
5 The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible .
6 ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’
7 Julian Farrand , the insurance ombudsman , has been reappointed for a further two-year term from 1 January 1993 .
8 The ban on commercial whaling has been upheld for a further year — prompting threats from Iceland and Norway to leave the International Whaling Commission .
9 After injection , bile was collected for a further three house .
10 After this , pentagastrin ( 6 µg/kg ) was administered subcutaneously and gastric juice was collected for a further 60 minutes for estimation of maximal and peak acid output .
11 He pumped steadily for five minutes , crossed to the starboard hull , pumped for a further ten minutes , then back to the port hull for a final five .
12 They might be re-appointed for a further term but , even then , anyone in his or her late 60s is unlikely to reign long .
13 has been re-appointed for a further year as part-time member of AEA Board .
14 The company was , inexorably , being positioned for a further dramatic stage in its development , and Laura was uneasy about the next chapter in their own story .
15 At the end of January the government confirmed that the proposed referendum on whether the temporary merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces should be made permanent [ see p. 36735 ] would be postponed for a further six months .
16 In elections held on March 28-30 , President Robert Mugabe was re-elected for a further term , and his ruling ZANU-PF party won 116 of the 120 elective seats in a restructured 150-member House of Assembly .
17 On March 20 Lee was re-elected for a further six-year presidential term .
18 René was re-elected for a further five-year term on June 9-11 , 1989 [ see p. 36729 ] .
19 Elections to the 125 elective seats in the Assembly last took place in October 1988 ; at the same time the President was re-elected for a further five-year term , having held the office since independence [ see pp. 36264-65 ] .
20 Elections to the Assembly 's 125 elective seats last took place in October 1988 [ see pp. 36264-65 ] , when Kaunda was also re-elected for a further five-year term as President .
21 After a six hour trial , the jury retired for a further two hours before bringing a verdict of guilty .
22 The effect of this is to allow liquor to be provided for a further hour in the evening in a part of the premises set aside for people taking table meals provided it is consumed as part of the meal .
23 Additional home support can be provided for a further 10 clients who do not wish to or can not attend the day centre .
24 A German colony from 1884 , the territory came under South African rule in 1915 , and in 1920 a League of Nations mandate provided for a further period of South African administration .
25 The new draft budget provided for a further increase in revenue of DM48,000 million during 1991 and 1992 ( US$1.00=DM1.5788 as at March 11 , 1991 ) .
26 After two days , Beattie 's trial was adjourned for eighteen days and then resumed for a further three days .
27 After a two minute exposure to acid , the perfusion was resumed for a further 90 minute period .
28 Officers and volunteer NCOs were trained at the centre for six weeks before joining the Independent Companies in which volunteer soldiers were trained for a further six weeks by their own officers .
29 It was the , the British Corpus asked us if we would be willing to record the last council meeting , because they wanted to , erm , get dialects and accents and use of words from different parts of the country , and they were so enthralled by our display , they 've asked for a further two meetings .
30 There are nineteen full-time care staff of whom eleven are on duty in the evenings and Mr has asked for a further eleven full-time care staff , he hopes in due course to be able to have seventeen such staff on duty at any one time .
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