Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | In this sense the privileges and goods that pupils can ‘ purchase ’ with the points they earn provide for an effective degree of control . |
8 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | The active Paul Mitchell Systems team campaigning for a better world |
12 | You sound poised for a pleasant Christmas , which is nice . |
13 | 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 ) . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | You have now set sail for a new destination and it 's too late to turn back . |
16 | Leeds 0 Ipswich 0 ; Ipswich get praised for a resolute defence . |
17 | ‘ 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Will Her Majesty 's Government continue to press for an orderly transfer to open elections on a free and fair basis ? |
21 | In 1989 outline planning for a similar development there by Bellway was refused by Middlesbrough Council 's economic development and planning committee . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Try to arrange for a written record of what has been agreed for the next meeting , so that you can work to an explicit plan . |
24 | ‘ There 's a real danger in the field of design these days that you become known for a specific style , like a particular type of chair , for instance , and that is all that people will ever want you to do . ’ |
25 | Give yourself a treat and go shopping for a new body with the INDEPENDENT TROLLEY TRAINER ! |
26 | So , as with lathes and the skilled turner , so also with the CAD system and the designer , possibilities do exist for a symbiotic relationship between the worker and the equipment . |
27 | The deployment of other groups of staff should take account also of the needs of the service and aim to provide for an even distribution . |
28 | ‘ We do go for a certain amount of fragility . |
29 | Er during my comments yesterday sir , I you 'll not be surprised that if with a very strong emphasis on if , er the the panel do go for a new settlement , we do in York feel very strongly that er the issue of priority for public transport usage should be a very high one in this criteria . |
30 | Those employed by the state do argue for an expanded state role in their sphere — doctors argue for more health spending as do teachers for more educational spending . |