Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
| 2 | If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’ |
| 3 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
| 4 | BP and Shell account for a large slice of petroleum tax payments because they operate mature fields that have lost their tax shelter . |
| 5 | But if you want to play for a good cause and strap on your box in the company of famous faces , challenge The Lord 's Taverners to a match . |
| 6 | If the members of a section want to vote for a full-time branch secretary , there was a member of that section , who 's been a full time branch secretary for longer than eighteen months , what right has anyone got to say they ca n't ? |
| 7 | Have you got two tens you want to change for a twenty Paul ? |
| 8 | In this sense the privileges and goods that pupils can ‘ purchase ’ with the points they earn provide for an effective degree of control . |
| 9 | You therefore get an increasing tangle of bureaucratic instructions which seek to legislate for an endless series of unlikely events which have occurred at some time in the organization 's past . |
| 10 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 11 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 12 | The same applies in the labour market where workers made unemployed do not immediately reduce their asking wage and take up a new job — instead , they spend some ( possibly quite considerable ) time searching for a new job at the old wage . |
| 13 | The active Paul Mitchell Systems team campaigning for a better world |
| 14 | You sound poised for a pleasant Christmas , which is nice . |
| 15 | The governments that result , either a minority party governing with the consent of other parties , or a coalition of two or more parties , tend to last for a shorter period than one-party governments but the difference disappears if reshuffles of ministerial posts within single-party governments are taken into account ( Blondel , 1990 , p. 271 ) . |
| 16 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 17 | You have now set sail for a new destination and it 's too late to turn back . |
| 18 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 19 | Leeds 0 Ipswich 0 ; Ipswich get praised for a resolute defence . |
| 20 | ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings . |
| 21 | If you decide to go for a low-voltage set-up , work out how many lights you need and where they will be sited , so you can buy enough cable to connect them all up . |
| 22 | If you decide to go for a full conversion , it could cost about £8,000 to £10,000 of which 50 to 75 per cent could be added to the value of the house . |
| 23 | Gradually drizzle in the lemon juice and continue blending for a further 2min . |
| 24 | Remove the meat from the pan and allow to stand for a few minutes before slicing . |
| 25 | Turn off the heat and allow to set for a few minutes . |
| 26 | Will Her Majesty 's Government continue to press for an orderly transfer to open elections on a free and fair basis ? |
| 27 | Allow to rest for a few minutes then roll , on a lightly floured board , into rounds 5–6ins/12–15cm in diameter . |
| 28 | Allow to dry for a few hours before painting with gold food colouring . |
| 29 | In 1989 outline planning for a similar development there by Bellway was refused by Middlesbrough Council 's economic development and planning committee . |
| 30 | Wasps , defending the only unblemished record in Division One , lacked their usual buzz , but had former England international Huw Davies 's try to thank for a 10–6 win over spirited London Scottish . |