Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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1 | Town planning as we know it today was created out of the initiatives taken to tackle the problems of the late Victorian city , particularly its housing and environmental inequalities ; the late twentieth-century urban crisis is once again calling for a re-assembly of skills and methods of approach which cut across established ways of doing things . |
2 | ‘ I believe the time is now fast coming for a fresh look at the way we grant planning applications , ’ he said . |
3 | We know , therefore , that the frequency of landslides is quite enough to account for a major part of the wearing down of new mountain chains . |
4 | Financially troubled Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its PA-RISC-based fault tolerant machines back on the tracks . |
5 | Financially troubled Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its Precision Architecture RISC-based fault-tolerant machines back on the tracks : Hewlett has hitherto seemed doubtful about further involvement . |
6 | The Wightman Cup is no longer shown for a similar reason . |
7 | As Miss Barraclough says , there 's nowhere else to go for a star like me . |
8 | Target is therefore usually sold for a nominal sum and is then capitalised after the acquisition by Newco to enable it to repay the inter-company loans . |