Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] for a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His solution to the problem of scholarship is to call for a closer alliance between literary criticism and the historical study of language , to be achieved through the kind of emphasis on literary language which he himself had favoured since the 1930s . |
| 2 | If the money plus the bonus is left for a further two years , an additional bonus of another 14 months ' interest is paid , boosting the tax-free return to 8.62 per cent ( worth 11.49 per cent to the basic rate taxpayer , or 14.37 per cent to a higher rate taxpayer ) . |
| 3 | Elections were last held in August 1987 [ see p. 35490 ] , when the ruling coalition was returned for a further term of office . |
| 4 | Elections to the 125 elective seats in the Assembly last took place in October 1988 ; at the same time the President was re-elected for a further five-year term , having held the office since independence [ see pp. 36264-65 ] . |
| 5 | Meanwhile many secondary schools north of the Border are opting for a cheaper option , the Scottish Computerised School Administration Programme , or SCAMP . |
| 6 | Quite apart from the program differences there are changes in the way the output is handled for a higher resolution device and there may be significant changes in the versions of PostScript being used . |
| 7 | The NCVO is pressing for a simpler SORP and for the timetable for compliance to be extended to mid 1994 to allow charities more time to prepare . |
| 8 | After this , pentagastrin ( 6 µg/kg ) was administered subcutaneously and gastric juice was collected for a further 60 minutes for estimation of maximal and peak acid output . |
| 9 | The directors propose , as Resolution No.7 , that this authority be renewed for a further year up to an aggregate nominal amount of £9,260,761 . |
| 10 | At this time , certain pre-existing conditions may be excluded , as will happen if a new policy is negotiated for an older person . |
| 11 | The meal was given with an additional volume of 500 ml water and imaging was continued for a further 40 minutes after the meal . |
| 12 | Little seemed in Mrs Whitehouse 's eyes to change at the BBC and , in early 1964 , the Corporation 's Charter was renewed for a further twelve years without any of the additional ‘ safeguards ’ that Mrs Whitehouse would have liked to have seen written in . |
| 13 | A JUDGE gave police investigating the murder of schoolgirl Lesley Molseed 17 years ago the go-ahead to hold a man being questioned for a further 36 hours . |
| 14 | ( c ) Ensure that no voucher is retained for a longer period than 14 days from receipt . |
| 15 | After injection , bile was collected for a further three house . |
| 16 | After a two minute exposure to acid , the perfusion was resumed for a further 90 minute period . |
| 17 | But inevitably , others in the company were pressing for a greater commercial awareness . |
| 18 | for example , the maintenance of blood pressure when changing from a lying to a standing position is achieved less rapidly as we age ; as a result the blood supply to the brain is decreased for a longer time and there is a greater tendency to feel dizzy . |
| 19 | Caterham 's turnover has suffered during the recession and the company is budgeting for a further drop to £7.96m in 1993 . |
| 20 | Trial was fixed for a later date . |
| 21 | Thus where the issue is the width of the use covenant , the application of the contra proferentem rule points towards greater freedom of use on the part of the tenant rather than narrower , even if the tenant is arguing for a narrower use so as to secure a benefit on rent review ( Skillion v Keltec Industrial Research [ 1992 ] 1 EGLR 123 ) . |
| 22 | Occasionally a reservation is received for an older work missed ( or turned down ) when originally published . |
| 23 | The tank was left for a further two weeks , during which regular checks were made on the quality of the water . |
| 24 | The ban on political activity imposed when the NRM came to power was extended for a further five years in March 1990 . |
| 25 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |