Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could all fly to Paris in perfect safety if we were prepared to pay £1,000 for a ticket , since we would then travel with the same cast-iron safety precautions as do heads of state . |
| 2 | For example , if the current rate of interest were 20 per cent , no one would be willing to pay £100 for a bond that only yielded £10 per year . |
| 3 | Less than a year later , Fuji seems more than willing to pay £100m for a minority share in the music arm which , with sales of £260m , represents much less than half of the Virgin empire . |
| 4 | Although the Macmillan cabinet pressed management to delay a settlement , ministers were not prepared to take responsibility for a breakdown in negotiations ; when the industry settled , the Prime Minister publicly rebuked management for capitulating to the unions and breaching the pay pause ( 1982 : 225–6 ) . |
| 5 | I 'm supposed to take care for a while . |
| 6 | In one of his most vivid dreams , he saw a large aspirin bottle , labelled : ‘ Guaranteed to mask pain for a while ! ’ |
| 7 | The couple would like to care for Leah at home fulltime , but have been told they would be unlikely to receive funding for a night nurse to look after her while they slept . |
| 8 | Anyway Mike is ill in hospital at the moment and unlikely to play chess for a bit . ’ |
| 9 | What fixes the result of a particular experiment when the theory is only able to assign probabilities for a variety of possible outcomes ? |
| 10 | Lafontaine , although regarded as a better orator than Kohl , was unable to draw support for a campaign which concentrated on the cost of unification ( he had initially opposed the treaty on economic and monetary union — see pp. 37535-36 ) and on social and environmental issues . |
| 11 | And they are happy to pay £5 for a five-litre tub to spread on their roses . |
| 12 | But since it had been adopted , the Councillor mentioned above was able to get approval for a motion acknowledging that the Education Committee had voted to close the school on grounds incompatible with its own policy . |
| 13 | ‘ But , ha ! ha ! able to make time for a dance , ’ Herr Hocher said . |
| 14 | Unless they received an assurance , within twenty-one days , that the trustees of the church would not proceed until listed building consent had been obtained , our solicitors would seek leave of the Attorney General to bring proceedings for a declaration that listed building consent was required . |
| 15 | Lily Morrison was due to have treatment for a hernia but , after a three hour wait in a side ward , was told the operation has been cancelled . |
| 16 | Mm yeah there , there is a need to exceed proper limits , he says , that proper limits have to be exceeded in order to right a wrong er it 's also he says necessary to create terror for a while . |
| 17 | And they 'll be keen to take revenge for a defeat at Pollock Park a fortnight ago , a grave setback to Waringstown 's bid for a third successive crown . |
| 18 | He came virtually as an unknown to join Hampshire for a season , as temporary replacement for Malcolm Marshall . |