Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't like to go for a week in silence . |
| 2 | Sometimes while approximate balancing is carried out it is necessary to provide for a reduction in sensitivity of detection through incorporation of a suitable attenuation network . |
| 3 | In 1717 he began buying land in Kent and the city of London , which eventually placed the family among the largest landowners in the county ; it was said to be possible to walk for a day in north-west Kent without leaving Page property . |
| 4 | Then there were Heather and Katie , inseparable friends , who bolstered each other by their mutual devotion ; never had they known a Moment 's shame of friendlessness , never had they had to look for a partner in dancing or in gym , never had they walked alone from classroom to classroom , and their confidence overflowed and imposed itself upon all beholders . |
| 5 | The Customer Information Officer can tell you how to apply for a licence in order to meet current statutory requirements . |
| 6 | In October 1956 , Worrell joined Manchester University as a mature student to read for a BA in Economics , changing in his second year to a BA Administration , which included social anthropology . |
| 7 | A graduate of Georgetown University , he 'd won a coveted Rhodes Scholarship to study for a BPhil in Politics at University College . |
| 8 | At Orbec , twenty kilometres from Lisieux , is the Caneton , a restaurant which you know is going to be good as soon as you enter its doors — the smell is so appetizing — but it is small and not exactly unknown , so it is prudent to telephone for a table in advance . |
| 9 | Two other key Senate committees ( appropriations and foreign operations ) subsequently aligned themselves with the intelligence committee , thereby creating a powerful lobby to push for a change in policy . |
| 10 | An employee who would never venture to ask for a raise in salary for herself suddenly besieged the manageress with demands that one of her fellow workers should have her rights . |
| 11 | It is our usual practice to ask for a payment in advance of costs and thereafter to submit an interim bill every six months . |
| 12 | ‘ You have to look ahead to the time when you leave football , and I wanted to prepare for a life in sport and leisure management , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Pollution was directly to blame for a decline in life expectancy from 70.4 years in 1964 to 69.3 years in 1990 , Yablokov claimed , adding that in some particularly polluted areas it had fallen to as low as 44 years . |