Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now is it not they 'll ask you , reasonable to recycle some of those savings and surely regain the into the provision of those ten fire officers that the service so badly needs for a number of years now the Fire Inspector 's report has identified the confidence levels as we in our service . |
| 2 | Furthermore , there was a danger that they would stay in service long enough to qualify for a retirement pension — an even more expensive proposition . |
| 3 | lies in the fact that ‘ the offspring behave like wolves and look like dogs … this ‘ camouflage ’ gives them a tremendous competitive advantage because , as ‘ dogs ’ , they can approach garbage dumps in populated areas or herds of sheep without anyone taking special notice , much less reaching for a rifle ’ . |
| 4 | I 'd only once asked for a transfer and not because of any discontent or fall- out with the club . |
| 5 | The Home Office said one company had so far applied for a licence . |
| 6 | A relaxed , informal atmosphere prevails , with energy only really needed for a walk to the beach — 500 yards away down 300 steps . |
| 7 | Getting older may be ‘ less profoundly wounding for a man ’ , because throughout life being physically attractive counts more in a woman 's life than in a man 's , and for women especially beauty is identified with youthfulness . |
| 8 | As a physical presence , Lanegan is oddly compelling for a man who clings solemnly to the mic stand throughout , breaking off only occasionally to reach for a glass or perform his quaint little bop routine at the outset of ‘ Nearly Lost You ’ , another gast-flabbering newie . |
| 9 | Airborne gets a reputation for quick service from the companies they 're interested in because the bikes are cruising round outside just waiting for a call . |
| 10 | Once a system has been pushed too far out of equilibrium , it takes just a little further input for a period of turmoil to ensue , followed by a new equilibrium . |
| 11 | According to Alan Leslie , assistant director of GUARD , business has not been affected by the recession : ‘ We are working on contracts from Shetland to Galloway and the Borders and although business from the construction sector has eased off , we are still successfully tendering for a lot of work in the maintenance and upgrading of sewerage , gas , water and roads facilities . ’ |
| 12 | Grants of any kind are usually only given for a proportion of the cost of the work to be done , but when necessary , local authorities can make loans for the balance , on which interest has to be paid . |
| 13 | ‘ Making Their Mark ’ could equally well have been called a mixed exhibition ; but this is a term more often used for a show put on by an exhibiting society , that type of artists ' organisation whose importance in Europe was created by the middle classes , who sought in the eighteenth century to buy pictures rather than give commissions , as aristocratic patrons had been accustomed to do . |
| 14 | hi again — as we ( norway ) once again prepare for a clash against Poland i thought i bring an update on a posting a made some weeks ago . |
| 15 | Town planning as we know it today was created out of the initiatives taken to tackle the problems of the late Victorian city , particularly its housing and environmental inequalities ; the late twentieth-century urban crisis is once again calling for a re-assembly of skills and methods of approach which cut across established ways of doing things . |
| 16 | Those moths that settle there will probably only stay for a day and then continue higher still . |
| 17 | Harald was probably also recognised for a time as ruler of part of Norway . |
| 18 | The Commission may also otherwise provide for a derogation from suspension at any time , even before notification or after the transaction . |
| 19 | Now just think for a minute what that involves . |
| 20 | ‘ She can damn well wait for a minute , ’ McLeish decided . |
| 21 | By mid-March he was far behind with the reviewing on which he now chiefly depended for a living , Cottle was becoming ‘ clamorous ’ about preparations for the new edition of poems , and Osorio was a commitment which seemed likely to reach for months into the future . |
| 22 | ‘ The Vetch ’ is a really good restaurant ; so good , I ca n't afford to eat there , but I have played there on occasions and most of the staff know me well enough to stop for a drink and a chat . |
| 23 | ‘ If so I 'll walk down with you , and then we might do a bit of visiting afterwards or even just go for a walk . ’ |
| 24 | So saying , when my wife Catherine died of cancer , Anthea sent me persistent invitations to spend a few days at her cottage , or even just come for a meal . |
| 25 | The act of conception , staring at a typewriter for much of 1985 in a flat in Notting Hill Gate so depressed me that I immediately thereafter applied for a job as doctor for Amoco , who were then exploring for oil near Morondava . |
| 26 | It was small , but seemed surprisingly well stocked for a peasant 's shack . |
| 27 | The idea of doing some private nursing , then perhaps travelling for a while , had stayed in the back of her mind during the days since that disastrous exchange with Deana in the cafeteria , and a small voice kept saying inside her , ‘ Perhaps you should . |
| 28 | It flew a total of 26 hours in this configuration before it was sold again and again and again , and then finally traded for a two-place P-51 . |
| 29 | She had indeed once worked for a silversmith but had discovered that it was much easier to buy beads and acquire old pieces of jewellery , rearrange them artistically and sell them on market stalls throughout the country . |
| 30 | In any case , you 're almost never bailed for a rape charge . |