Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 2 | Our redfaced friend , said the policeman , chose the wrong time in the wrong town to go for a drunken walkabout in the road . |
| 3 | With VAT on fuel bills scheduled for 1994 and 1995 , the strategy is beginning to shape up as one aimed at allowing the Conservatives to go for a tax-cutting Budget in 1996 or 1997 in an attempt to win back ground in the run-up to the election . |
| 4 | ‘ You might be able to go for a short walk in a couple of days , ’ said Joe . |
| 5 | Ponty skipper Nigel Bezani was first to go for a high tackle in which he elbowed centre John Apsee , but the Bridgend man admitted : ‘ I was surprised he was sent off . ’ |
| 6 | It is true that to search for a legal framework in which the ill-articulated wishes of a testator can be given effect is to regard the testator 's intention . |
| 7 | It is interesting here to note that it is paralleled by one from Islam of how Allah sent the angel Gabriel to search for a pious man in a certain place . |
| 8 | For example , if they failed to arrange for a minor repair in the science labs and a pupil was hurt as a result , they might be guilty of a safety offence . |
| 9 | The full committee was due to meet for a final session in mid-February , prior to presentation of the Basic Law to the Chinese legislature for approval in March-April 1990 . |
| 10 | Different readers have purchased this book for different reasons , whether it be to pass a professional examination , to commence undergraduate studies in marketing , or to train for a new job in the company 's sales or marketing department . |
| 11 | While it is probably advisable for the church to aim for a low profile in the small , stable , face-to-face village community , the opposite is almost always the case in the urban and suburban scene . |
| 12 | The best policy , according to the monetarists , is for the authorities to aim for a steady growth in the money supply in order that economic growth can be accommodated without undesirable fluctuations in money incomes and prices . |
| 13 | If anyone is disposed to look for a golden lining in the effects of Typhoon Thelma — which , in November , killed about 7,000 people on the islands of Leyte and Negros in the central Philippines — it might be the resulting national outrage against illegal logging . |
| 14 | Since Paribas 's rival Banque Indosuez won the insurance company , Victoire , analysts believe that Paribas did not have much choice but to look for a suitable target in the insurance field . |
| 15 | His activities in the Peloponnese may have been provocatively anti-Spartan ( p. 25 ) ; in any event , he was forced to look for a permanent home in the king 's Asia . |
| 16 | Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back . |
| 17 | The conference also resolved to express concern over the nuclear " threat " posed by Israel and to press for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East . |
| 18 | So I just tagged along in his pickup truck happy to share for a little while in the spiritual life of his huge parish . |
| 19 | When Coolidge declined to run for a further term in 1928 , the Republicans chose as their candidate one of the most distinguished members of their administrations in the 1920s , Herbert Hoover . |
| 20 | This sister , Elisabeth , was to count for a good deal in Nietzsche 's later life , favourably and otherwise : she eventually became the custodian of all his surviving works during the long period of incapacity that preceded his death and continued in that influential role , which she executed in a highly questionable way , for thirty-five years afterwards . |
| 21 | According to Africa Confidential of July 12 , US officials , while pessimistic about the possibility for a breakthrough , had suggested interim negotiations , possibly under OAU auspices , to allow for a military standoff in the south and the passage of relief supplies . |
| 22 | But it is certainly possible to argue for a systemic answer in which nations or cultures or , to use a phrase from Wittgenstein , ‘ forms of life ’ , account for what goes on within them . |
| 23 | Exclusive to Club 18–30 and of a very high standard , you 'll find the Aquarium hotel difficult to beat for a fantastic holiday in Majorca . |
| 24 | And will the sartorially-conscious supporter have to pay for a new wardrobe in which to battle the carabinieri ? |
| 25 | However , by July there were signs of more serious trouble and City analysts believed that Eurotunnel might need a further £1bn to pay for a near tripling in the cost of the shuttle fleet and meet the rapidly increasing costs of labour and materials in South East England . |
| 26 | This leads John Mumford to seek for a new model in evangelism . |
| 27 | Full-time students who pass only 3 to 9 modules in their first year have , by right , the option to return for a second year in Stage I to take additional modules to meet the requirements . |
| 28 | Their manifesto says that the government ‘ will continue to work strenuously for a political solution acceptable to all parties ’ , which is to say for a gravitational system in which apples fall upwards . |
| 29 | The local Parties , growing in strength , began to ask for a greater voice in decisions than was allowed under the 1918 constitution . |
| 30 | It was n't any use going back to the shop now ; she would phone Myra , then she would get down to designing the bridesmaids ' dresses that would match the bride 's gown she was commissioned to make for a big wedding in the autumn . |