Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb base] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When confronted with the prospect of a nuclear holocaust , peace campaigners sometimes search for a legal expression for their moral outrage , and some layers are indeed able to offer such legal comfort . |
| 2 | Expeditions typically last for a three months . |
| 3 | It is important to note that such courses only last for a MAXIMUM DURATION OF 12 MONTHS . |
| 4 | In it young children , with the great enthusiasm children always show for a colourful ritual which they do not fully understand , recite with actions an English nursery rhyme for his benefit . |
| 5 | Males without harems sometimes opt for a frontal attack . |
| 6 | In the present generations of younger women , very few never marry so this particular source of family care has almost dried up , although there is evidence that never-married women still account for a disproportionate number of unpaid carers ( Finch and Groves , 1980 ; Lewis and Meredith , 1988 ) . |
| 7 | Some schemes deliberately opt for a non-expressive notation . |
| 8 | ‘ Women always ask for a good contraceptive because they really need one . |