Example sentences of "[vb -s] for a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once he is asleep , he sleeps for a very long time — thousands of years in fact . |
| 2 | This effect persists for a relatively long time , and as there is a specific relationship between the stimuli and the responses , it is regarded as a genuine form of associative learning . |
| 3 | In England this power has for a very long time been delegated , so far as barristers are concerned , to the Inns of Court : and , for a much shorter time , so far as solicitors are concerned , to the Law Society . |
| 4 | He even has a bushy moustache and cares for a very special princess . |
| 5 | Weber 's theoretical scheme , while it recognizes diverse ‘ social bases ’ of politics , in the manner of Marx ( and also of Mosca ) , at the same time attributes a degree of autonomy to politics , and allows for a partly independent development of the state itself . |
| 6 | It allows for a very discriminating approach to the question . |
| 7 | It offers a floodlighting system which operates on 6 metre columns which , claims Thorn , lowers installation and running costs and allows for a more sympathetic hearing from councils when applying for planning permission . |
| 8 | While in new York , I learned that plans for a virtually new Flushing Meadow complex have been dropped |
| 9 | Its more complex area — socially , economically and politically — bringing with it a new and more complex set of issues , calls for a more sophisticated policy response . |
| 10 | Interpreting , particularly of the simultaneous kind , calls for a very high degree of skill . |
| 11 | Nowhere is the art of the Designer needed more than when a script calls for an entirely new world to be created , as was so often the case in Doctor Who . |
| 12 | It aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools . |
| 13 | Some moves have been made to deregulate the private rented sector , but this still accounts for a relatively insignificant part of the housing stock . |
| 14 | Manufacturing accounts for a relatively small proportion of employment in rural areas , and in the more remote regions it has been estimated that this can be as low as 10–20 per cent ( Gilg 1976 ) . |
| 15 | Furthermore , we will assume that the sector to which we are referring accounts for a sufficiently small part of consumer expenditure that income effects are unimportant . |
| 16 | In ‘ The Unhappy Father ’ Leapor opts for a highly conventional view of the domestic servant , providing a straightforward contrast between the villainy of Plynus and the loyalty of Timnus who dives after Polonius ‘ to partake his Fate ’ [ ML , 2 , 208 ] , that is , to be eaten by a shark . |
| 17 | His supporters prevented the SPD from writing their ideas for social and economic change into the Basic Law , defeated SPD hopes for a more centralised government and later ( in November 1949 ) ensured that Beethoven 's birthplace , Bonn , would be the capital of the new Republic . |
| 18 | So if you complain about your council tax , do n't , students are exempt anyway so that 's alright , if you complain about your council tax do n't because it only pays for a very small fraction of what local authorities spend . |
| 19 | The stretch of river below Barden Bridge makes for a particularly rewarding walk . |
| 20 | How it all works out makes for a highly entertaining come-uppance of look-downers-on-others . |
| 21 | It 's er erm a little bit more straightforward a we 're looking straight onto this wall , looking straight onto the steps , and we 're looking straight onto the door , so everything is looking , sort of erm full-faced as it were and I think that makes for a less interesting composition than the previous one . |
| 22 | The problem for the unassisted plaintiff is that the expert 's fee and the cost of any application makes for a very expensive gamble on liability . |
| 23 | It is a recipe which makes for a very good read . |
| 24 | The clearing system , being nationwide and increasingly computerized , makes for a very efficient system of transmitting payments . |
| 25 | However , with increasing store capacities and the presence of addressing mode fields , the use of three-address instructions makes for a very long instruction format , and the technique is not now used . |
| 26 | This makes for a very compact representation of a map ; for example the YAC map in Figure 3 can be completely specified by a file listing the 180 probes in order , with the chromosome/contig breaks marked . |
| 27 | A tense connection between the Sun and erratic Uranus , makes for a very unpredictable week , but this blend of energy and tension could spur you onwards . |
| 28 | By having an in-house legal department , there is better control of legal costs which makes for a more profitable business . |
| 29 | Third , additional education makes for a more rational labour market by improving information and choice of occupation . |
| 30 | This makes for a more stable environment , but also means that the creatures of the sea tend to live within a smaller temperature amplitude than terrestrial creatures . |