Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 2 | Placing her thumb in her mouth , she sucked on it furiously for a few seconds before settling down once more into a deep sleep . |
| 3 | For instance , observer bias would have occurred in our study if the endoscopist has looked more intensely for a hiatal hernia after noting that oesophagitis was present . |
| 4 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
| 5 | Speedy 's lay-off Thomson collides the Forest man Gemmell and the whistle has gone eventually for a free kick to Forest . |
| 6 | It is extremely difficult for workers in Community Mental Health Centres to focus their efforts effectively for a dispersed community of people with long-term problems if their work is constantly being interrupted by crises and emergency work . |
| 7 | If the application is urgent , eg for a non-molestation injunction under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 and there is no judge sitting , the court office will say at what court there is a judge and the application may be made and heard at that court , but the more usual practice is for the application itself to be made in the court which would otherwise have been appropriate , with the papers and order being sent back to that court after the hearing . |
| 8 | Final preparation of the bud consists of cutting square the top tip of the bud shield , and lightly bending back the other tongue end just enough for a tiny sliver of pith wood behind the eye to lift . |
| 9 | The phenomenon lasted perhaps thirty to forty-five seconds , long enough for a lasting impression to be gained but the phenomenon was very clear and distinct leaving the Woodwards very puzzled by the unexpected sight . |
| 10 | The world 's clearest sea water has been recorded in the Weddell Sea in early spring , clear enough for a Secchi disc to be seen at a depth of 79 m ( Gieskes et al . , |
| 11 | She was beginning to feel very hungry , hardly strong enough for a serious talk about religion . |
| 12 | A northern sense of identity concentrated by the frustration of spirit that knows it could manage better what its southern overseers only botch is pressure enough for a new drive for progress . |
| 13 | In the calculation of moduli , whether the " chain " modulus or the bulk modulus , it has been assumed that the displacements are small enough for a Hookean spring to be the model for the interaction . |
| 14 | Which left cash enough for a second-hand cloak in black wool and the button boots in the window — if they fitted . |
| 15 | It was just big enough for Angalo and Masklin , and big enough for a terrified Gurder with the two of them pulling on his arms . |
| 16 | Workers in a place like Spiralynx can only be organised if there is an explosion of anger and discontent inside the factory strong enough for a large number of workers to take a stand , at the risk of losing their own jobs . |
| 17 | On the third attempt James Dougal brought the lifeboat close enough for a heaving line to be thrown to the divers . |
| 18 | The likeness was remarkably good , certainly enough for a quick check at Immigration . |
| 19 | She began a letter a month after their arrival with the words , ‘ Here we are in a large mansion , in a large park , with seventy head of deer around us ’ , before going on to describe a house which contained ‘ furniture enough for a dozen families like ours ’ . |
| 20 | So much for a daring display of primitive combat ! |
| 21 | Thank you so very much for a lovely evening on Friday , it really was delightful . |
| 22 | The University acts as a magnet not only for a wide range of able students from across the UK , but world-wide . |
| 23 | For example , in Brazil , peripheral capitalist development is responsible not only for a lower level of participation of women in agriculture but also a lower level of integration of women in urban development . |
| 24 | One limitation of this as a punishment is that it may not be very severe — it may imply a moderate loss of profit relative to the collusive agreement — and so may support collusion only for a small set of discount rates . |
| 25 | But it is an agreement which is " restrictive of trade " in this sense , that it requires a man to give his services and wares to one person only for a long term of years to the exclusion of all others . |
| 26 | Hyde mentions a program that can automatically provide precis of news stories , but does not point out that it can attempt to do this only for a restricted range of stories . |
| 27 | If a group wittingly shares an attitude over a relevant issue but does so only for a limited period of time before falling into disarray , it would be difficult to refer to the group as an elite in any meaningful sense since the outcomes would be insignificant . |
| 28 | The battle of the Catalaunian Plains was proof that the imperial policy could work , if only for a limited period of time . |
| 29 | However he remained with the Wellington unit only for a short time before being posted to Control Office duties at Luqa . |
| 30 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |