Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] for a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the majority view the defendant was actually left free to work for a subsidiary of GUS which was not involved in the mail order business in the United Kingdom even though that would have been in clear breach of the restriction . |
| 2 | If you are resident in a country and intend to spend the rest of your days there , it could be sensible to opt for a change of domicile . |
| 3 | ‘ Collectors are very active and are prepared to pay for a painting of a particular breed or artist . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ Swan ventured , ‘ I might be prepared to pay for a copy of the plans . ’ |
| 5 | The P/E ratio may be interpreted as the price investors are willing to pay for a unit of earnings . |
| 6 | This ratio gives investors a common yardstick to measure the attitude of the market as a whole to all companies regardless of size or industry by reducing the comparison to the simple question ‘ How much is the market willing to pay for a unit of earnings ? ’ . |
| 7 | I relate this because some ten years after the conflict , that is to say when the wounds of bereavement had only superficially healed , my father was called into Mr John Silvers 's study to be told that this very same personage — I will call him simply ‘ the General ’ — was due to visit for a number of days to attend a house party , during which my father 's employer hoped to lay the foundations of a lucrative business transaction . |
| 8 | As noted in pp 30–31 , the life of this committee is not easy to chart for a number of reasons , and this has made it difficult to determine precisely what has been achieved and to what extent this is attributable to the project . |
| 9 | Food was short ; they had no sugar , and the large denominations of Dutch guilder coin in the Company 's cash box were too valuable to exchange for a basket of minute potatoes or two bottles of milk . |
| 10 | They had declared at his accession , they had repeated often since , that they desired him to reign upon the selfsame terms as his predecessors ; and yet they made him aware , whenever it was needful to ask for a grant of money , that in fact he stood upon ground subtly changed , and must ask as a favour what had been Richard 's unquestioned right . |
| 11 | Will my right hon. Friend be sure to ask for a branch of the kiosk in any new catering facility for visitors , and will he make sure that it has House of Commons fudge and humbugs on sale ? |
| 12 | Y'know that somehow um , perhaps rather like the psychoanalytic notion of repression , something like that , somehow um er they 've been unable to remember for a number of years , possibly even decades , and er something triggers it . |
| 13 | Flotation advisers revealed that investors will be able to apply for a minimum of £240 worth of the shares , with an initial instalment of £100 . |
| 14 | Over many years we have together worked towards the day when all the people of South Africa are able to vote for a government of their choice and be in control of their own destiny . |
| 15 | No doubt Sir David is off on another of his trips to an exotic location soon — but for now he 's happy to settle for a spot of exploration a bit nearer to home . |
| 16 | In survey conditions it is unreasonable to ask for a ranking of more than ten objects . |
| 17 | It would be a foolish and expensive form of self-indulgence to pay for a course of treatment just for the pleasure of making up fancy tales about previous incarnations . |
| 18 | It may also have a negative effect on prosecutors who might be inclined to settle for a plea of guilty to assault instead . |
| 19 | A characteristic Lord Joseph approach : honest , serious and keen to apologise for a complexity of thinking even before being quizzed . |
| 20 | Bear in mind , though , that the witness is entitled to ask for a copy of the statement and can show it to any one they choose , including the other side . |