Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the GP has asked for a drug to be dispensed in a special calendar pack , or has prescribed a small quantity of an unusual medicine that is only available from wholesalers in large quantities , the pharmacist will want to make sure that the pricing authority is aware of the extra costs . |
| 2 | With a jolt of excitement , as if his heart has stopped for a moment , his mind leaps to the image of a pyramid-shaped mountain . |
| 3 | The Economist has called for a bill of rights as a bulwark against what Lord Hailsham once described as an ‘ elective dictatorship ’ . |
| 4 | The document has caused a political storm and Labour has called for a statement from Mr Major . |
| 5 | After so-far fruitless attempts to create a ‘ scrambler ’ signal which could be inserted onto a disc or tape to prevent copying , the record industry has lobbied for a royalty to be placed on blank tapes and tape recording hardware . |
| 6 | ‘ The roof has leaked for a year , ’ John said , ‘ and I had to cover over the electrics to protect them from the rain . |
| 7 | When he left for Canada six years earlier , Northern Ireland had the lowest crime rate in the United Kingdom and no political violence had occurred for a number of years . |
| 8 | The British actors ' union Equity had called for a halt to Australian TV actors appearing in British pantomimes . |
| 9 | Labour had pressed for a programme to boost jobs and investment . |
| 10 | De Gaulle reacted like a sullen schoolboy ; the august professor had gone for a while . |
| 11 | The Cuban President had asked for a $500 surety per refugee , plus a subsidiary guarantee to cover food and lodging during the period of transit on the Isle of Pines . |
| 12 | Two conferences of the Football Supporters ' Association have called for a re-think , but it seemed we were banging our heads against a brick wall . |
| 13 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA 's European labour-management committee has asked for a meeting with Gerard Longuet , French minister of Posts & Telecommunications , before he ‘ takes any decisions concerning [ our ] company , ’ according to La Tribune . |
| 14 | You may recall that this committee has asked for a health and housing conference but we seem to get under it rather a lot of times , nothing it appears to be happening . |
| 15 | The following fall into this category : ( i ) step-parents ; ( ii ) anyone with whom the child has lived for a period of three years within the last five ; the relevant period of three years need not be continuous but must not have ended more than three months before the application is made ; ( iii ) where the child is in care , anyone who has the consent of the local authority ; ( iv ) where the child is not in care , anyone who has the consent of each person with parental responsibility for the child . |
| 16 | Like their colleagues in further education , the 17,000 lecturers in the sector have voted for a marking and exam boycott . |
| 17 | Thank You'-You are about to deflate the small plastic paddling pool in the garden in which no infant has paddled for a month until you realise that it is now full of strange vegetation and even stranger swimming insects and you decide to keep it as a nature reserve . |
| 18 | ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach . |
| 19 | the failure has continued for a period of , or periods amounting to , at least five years , |
| 20 | The recently-formed Bootle Miners Support Group has called for a lobby of Gladstone Dock tomorrow lunchtime . |
| 21 | The Farm , stude , are the most courageous , committed and righteous band to have emerged for a decade . |
| 22 | But MEPs complained that the package had reappeared for a second reading minus the crucial proposal to create a European Medicines Agency . |
| 23 | Her body had stiffened for a moment but she made herself relax and huddle against him . |
| 24 | Masha had suffered when her husband had applied for a visa . |
| 25 | But liquidity has increased for a number of the larger issues of recent years and certain gilt-edged market makers are now active dealers in a range of non-gilt securities . |
| 26 | She has told the local Home Care Organiser about Mrs B and the Organiser has arranged for a Home Help for the old lady , and is now arranging for the Community Laundry Service to be provided . |
| 27 | The intensified fighting at the end of April was apparently due to a report disseminated by Tanjug news agency on April 29 that the Bosnian leadership had called for a blockade of JNA forces in Bosnia-Hercegovina , and that Moslem forces had virtually declared war on the JNA . |
| 28 | Almost all these carrying on in full-time education had registered for a PhD : 91 per cent . |
| 29 | In 1987 I worked with a chief inspector who had just returned from university having read for a Bramshill scholarship in what he called ‘ black letter law ’ . |
| 30 | He would have liked a more advanced drawing course , but as that is not on offer has settled for a painting course . |