Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a cold , late spring it may prove difficult to graze off the rye in time to work up a good tilth for mangolds . |
| 2 | The stockings on Christmas morning are always full of useful things ( Clarissa 's includes Pond 's Cold Cream and tights ) , then after church the family goes for a long walk to work up a hearty appetite for dinner . |
| 3 | In February 1870 , while the new French government of Emile Ollivier tried to hammer out a revised constitution for the reformed Empire , Bismarck opened up his campaign to persuade Leopold that he ought seriously to consider becoming King of Spain . |
| 4 | In tide free waters like the Mediterranean we do n't have the same problem but we still need to consult a chart to find out a suitable location for sailing . |
| 5 | In Part Two of the book we will help you to work out a ten-week programme for your to follow . |
| 6 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 7 | It may also be desirable to set aside a small area for short-term parking and the use of that area may be restricted to the tenants ' visitors . |
| 8 | They also fail to set aside a holy day for God . |
| 9 | After a year or two I was nipping out at lunchtime to pick up a new skirt for the office party , calling at the dry cleaners , handing in the photos to be developed and meeting friends for lunch with the best of them . |
| 10 | Bruce Springsteen managed to pick up a new house for £2 million less than the asking price . |
| 11 | Just as the critics were beginning to complain about overdoses of city life along came Cagney to inject new energy into the genre and in effect to open up a new era for the movies . |
| 12 | Their development has been entrusted to the Countryside Commission , which has been given a grant of £600,000 to set up a co-ordinating committee for each forest . |
| 13 | It seems far more important to me to provide an effective and clear demonstration of those virtues of the product that you are trying to put across than to lose the proposition in the attempt to set up a credible context for it . |
| 14 | The purpose of this Act is to set up a legal framework for the conversion of units of the planned economy into companies and a conversion of one company into another form of company and mergers between such companies . |
| 15 | I then decided to set up a separate tank for them and to buy a pH test kit to make sure the pH was similar . |
| 16 | The couple is expected to set up a separate residence for themselves on or shortly after marriage ( that is , and has long been , a general European pattern ) , and the chief obligations of the spouses are to each other and to their children , and only after that to their own families of origin . |
| 17 | In between , Strachan showed his alertness again , running Nigel Worthington and John Harkes ragged in the first seconds after half-time to set up a simple header for Lee Chapman . |
| 18 | The failure to set up a working system for filing and recovering information shows how defective the organization of the Secretary 's office still was at the end of the Tudor period . |
| 19 | Plans to set up a deep repository for nuclear waste near Sellafield in Cumbria are attracting growing criticism . |
| 20 | The Private Greens have finally laid their bogey team — the Provincials — and now aim to set up a final decider for this year 's championship at Ulster Transport on Thursday , May 27 when the defending champions NIBA provide the opposition . |
| 21 | France is planning to set up a national system for recovering and recycling packaging waste similar to that being implemented in Germany [ see ED 49/50 ; 56 ] . |
| 22 | Darlington Labour MP Alan Milburn said he would be pressing for the review to set up a unitary authority for the town based on existing boundaries . |
| 23 | It wants to raise funds to set up a special service for Northern Ireland , and ensure that every child 's call is answered first time . |
| 24 | And secondly , we 'll be able to sort out a reasonable time for getting her home . |
| 25 | It is in an organisation 's interest to set out a formal procedure for resolving risk concerns . |
| 26 | The aim of the guidelines is to set out a clear role for each conference within a coherent , sensible framework . |
| 27 | I thought it essential to set out a full precedent for both the agreement and lease , so that readers could see the complete documentation and how I propose to amend it . |
| 28 | And Leeds hope to wrap up a short-term deal for Aussie Test forward Bob Lindner in the next three or four days . |
| 29 | Pubs could become for her extensions of the office , places to put on a good show for the Yard , swilling pints of bitter with the lads to enhance her image . |
| 30 | Paul said : ‘ We have been training throughout the winter and are hoping to put on a good show for Scotland . |