Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went out , leaving Peter Suvarov to wait for a more rational assessment of Julia 's state from Annunziata . |
| 2 | It would have to wait for a more opportune time , she decided , and replaced the receiver . |
| 3 | Twice a week , having given their word of honour that they would not attempt to escape , those prisoners who wished to go for a heavily guarded march through the surrounding countryside , along lanes chosen for their loneliness , were allowed to do so . |
| 4 | Now we need to go for a more direct experience , feed in the kind of energy you get at raves , for example . |
| 5 | And indeed , to go for a more precise figure would suggest that I was making a particular point . |
| 6 | The ineffectiveness of prosecution , or the threat of prosecution , to deter large stores from Sunday opening has caused local authorities , who are charged with the enforcement of section 47 , to search for a more effective remedy , and as a result they have resorted to seeking injunctions to restrain stores from infringing the section . |
| 7 | You may find it a long way to come for a comparatively short meeting and I should also mention that we have a regular reporter who covers the meeting on behalf of the Courier and the Garstang Guardian . |
| 8 | I understood what I had seen in the dream when I learned the words " gaberdine " and " mahogany " ; and I was born in the year of the New Look , understood by 1951 and the birth of my sister , that dresses needing twenty yards for a skirt were items as expensive as children — more expensive really , because after 1948 babies came relatively cheap , on tides of free milk and orange juice , but good cloth in any quantity was hard to find for a very long time . |
| 9 | The motion was : ’ That leave be given to bring in a Bill to end distinctions between the various types of educational institutions that cater for people over 18 years of age , and to provide for a genuinely comprehensive system of higher education under democratic control . ’ |
| 10 | If you have decided to train for an entirely new specialty , such as health visiting or district nursing , you may find yourself having to reimburse course and equipment fees if you leave the job before a specified date of up to two years after your training has been completed . |
| 11 | But Ned Corvan , it seems , continued to work for a solidly working-class audience and address working-class concerns . |
| 12 | ‘ Many people with this disease are able to continue to work for a very long time and there is no evidence to suggest that her condition and the error are necessarily linked . ’ |
| 13 | Though a fictional character , Cu Chulainn came to stand for a very real sense of patriotic courage and self-sacrifice . |
| 14 | Criticisms made of it are here being required to stand for a more general critique . |
| 15 | In the previous year Philip IV had summoned Edward I , as duke of Aquitaine , to answer for an allegedly illegal act at sea off the coast of the duchy , and for the capture of La Rochelle by men from Bayonne . |
| 16 | In fishkeeping it is traditional to aim for a very naturalistic effect to the aquascape , but why should this be so ? |
| 17 | If you have been told to aim for a very precise figure , or have been following conventional height-to-weight charts , then you are almost definitely trying for an unrealistic weight . |
| 18 | Our normal response is to look for a comparatively minor adjustment near the periphery ; if we can not see the cake when we expected to we would normally suppose , perhaps , that someone has eaten it , rather than that cakes now have a tendency to dematerialize . |
| 19 | If your life is so rushed that you only have five to ten minutes for lunch , and your body knows that you have to consume at least 300–400 calories in order to make it through until the evening , it is going to look for a very convenient solution , and that means , high calorie , low volume food that is readily available , such as a chunky cheese sandwich , or worse still , a chocolate bar . |
| 20 | Classic lighting is ideal for creating atmosphere in traditional-style bedrooms , although if you often read in bed you may need to opt for a more practical design |
| 21 | However , Bliss was hostile to complete analysis , preferring to opt for a more detailed enumeration of subjects . |
| 22 | The Mass and Vespers nicely illustrate the stylistic dichotomy of church music which was to last for a very long time and which Monteverdi had already distinguished in the foreword to his Fifth Book of madrigals as prima and seconda pratica . |
| 23 | Jacklin himself might be able to quit for a well deserved rest but that is something which his side most certainly did n't want to do . |
| 24 | This is one way in which the stark anti-democratic arguments of Pareto are modified to allow for a more consensual perspective . |
| 25 | A balance is required between representative and participatory democracy to allow for a more active citizenship . |
| 26 | However , the considerations given earlier on overflow area size and the need to allow for a relatively long period between reorganizations will guide the designer to a reasonable compromise . |
| 27 | But the RYA was always more likely to plump for a more conventional design and building set-up , and four boats at Rutland Water looked to be in the frame . |
| 28 | Riverside conditions such as that , must have continued to exist for a very long time , for when the Romans arrived and established — about A.D.47 — a settlement astride the River Fleet where it ran into the north bank of the River Thames , the River Fleet was about two hundred yards wide at that junction . |
| 29 | Erm , it should n't , it should be noted that the er land owners are prepared to pay for a fairly expensive footbridge on their land to cure the problem and er I hope that this Council 's initiatives follow through and a twenty five year old problem gets cured . |
| 30 | ‘ Does that mean you 'll be willing to pay for a more expensive room ? ’ |