Example sentences of "[vb base] for a [adj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Support for a round table is also building among Mr Gorbachev 's men . |
| 2 | Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers . |
| 3 | The idea that American gynaecologists have abandoned dilatation and curettage for a cheaper alternative is interesting but unfounded . |
| 4 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |
| 5 | Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU . |
| 6 | Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label . |
| 7 | I have for a long time been suspicious of the doctrine of gradualism in politics and the foibles of the Foreign Office , which uses the double-speak of diplomacy , as I saw in the Anglo-Irish diktat and now smell in Maastricht . |
| 8 | There is a relaxed atmosphere and everything you need for a great holiday is here . |