Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MEMBERS of LASMO Nova Scotia 's relative response team recently checked in for a flying visit around the Halifax international heliport . |
| 2 | College lecturers have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike and a total ban on flexible working over pay , the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education announced yesterday . |
| 3 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 4 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 5 | Artcare only use quality nylon zips , each of which has been designed especially for a particular portfolio ; and only square arch mechanisms are used making presentation much neater . |
| 6 | Craig Short , booked later for a crude foul on Gray , headed wide from a free kick by Draper . |
| 7 | He had n't let up for a single moment , questioning , probing , searching for clues in her answers like a scientist searching for new bugs on a microscope slide . |
| 8 | I think she 's probably just come out for a quick stroll , we wo n't spend our time over that at the moment , hello |
| 9 | The research was carried out for a doctoral dissertation on the princely sum of £410 per annum ( this was the ‘ married woman 's ’ rate of postgraduate grant at the time , £120 lower than the full grant ) . |
| 10 | And the advice was on the back of the most comprehensive research ever carried out for a new paper . |
| 11 | When we discuss computer design variations in the ensuing chapters , we will tend to make two assumptions which it is as well to clarify ; first , that each computer is designed independently for a particular application area and to purely technical criteria ; and second , that a computer design is implemented as a fixed set of facilities for all customers . |
| 12 | I also made a promise to myself that when I got picked again for a major championship I would progress beyond the first round . |
| 13 | Yet one more distinction is the conclusion that the Japanese use more unique parts — elements designed specifically for a particular model . |
| 14 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 15 | In patient 10 , who had been operated on for a bleeding ulcer seven years previously , a gastric lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of biopsy specimens . |
| 16 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 17 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 18 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 19 | Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating . |
| 20 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 21 | That report was sent to our national executive committee and on May the nineteenth the leader of the Labour party stated and I quote , the plant committee concludes that different elected bodies can be chosen by different electoral systems , that is the view which I share and I support the proposals made both for a reformed second chamber and the European parliament . |
| 22 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 23 | She has been through a marriage , a divorce , and a serious love affair ; learnt Russian , written regularly for a local paper and taught a young child disabled by a stroke to read again . |
| 24 | Three thousand tabs of Ecstasy were handed over for a thick wad of notes . |
| 25 | The charity already has plans drawn up for a ten-bed hospice at Middlesbrough to care for terminally ill people and contractors are currently submitting tenders for the work . |
| 26 | Plans are being drawn up for a new production line that will provide additional capacity of 60,000 tubes per day at the factory currently making 317,000 tubes per day . |
| 27 | Even agreed syllabuses , drawn up for a particular locality , only suggest ideas and very general outlines ; if given in any detail they will be more or less inappropriate for this particular pupil or this actual class . |
| 28 | All through this they 've cried out for a modern definition . |
| 29 | Will any teacher who raises funds in the name of the Society ( even if used immediately for a specific purpose ) please send a brief statement to the Treasurer , as we need to show the extent of our own fundraising in the Annual Report and to the Sports Council . |
| 30 | Here your lines should be fine , light and crisp and areas of colour must be blended carefully for a smooth result . |