Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Salford intend to advertise for a full-time successor to the First Division 's longest serving coach . |
| 9 | But given that Poidevin turned 33 just days before the World Cup final , will the national selectors prefer to look for a long-term leadership continuity as both Australia and England did when appointing Farr-Jones and Will Carling respectively ? |
| 10 | They are equally suitable for 16 to 19-year olds in school and further education , and adult learners , including returners to the workplace and those who wish to prepare for a major career change . |
| 11 | I have to search for a two-way adaptor and a tape to try it out . |
| 12 | They have to go for a dental inspection |
| 13 | In these cases I either have to wait for a passing walker and ask for assistance , try to reverse my direction or take the plunge and risk damage to chair and body . |
| 14 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 15 | However , seven countries still refuse to vote for a total prohibition , including Japan , which is the leading protester and which today has the largest whaling fleet . |
| 16 | Once you have decided which tense to use for a particular section of your essay , check that you are consistent — do not for example start a narrative in one tense and later change into another , unless you have a very good reason for doing so . |
| 17 | So we have to hope for a fine day for this on Sunday , obviously . |
| 18 | In the United States cities already have to argue for a notional amount to compensate for such under-recording : the same will probably have to happen in Britain . |
| 19 | Whatever the vertical and lateral changes in the Coal Measures , we still have to account for a general facies development in late Carboniferous times that extends in essentially the same form all the way from Texas to the Donetz coal basin , north of the Caspian Sea in the U.S.S.R. This amounts to some 170 of longitude , and closing up the Atlantic by a mere 40 does not really help all that much in explaining this remarkable phenomenon . |
| 20 | In addition to the cultivated crops , we need to allow for a wide range of wild plant resources . |
| 21 | And will the sartorially-conscious supporter have to pay for a new wardrobe in which to battle the carabinieri ? |
| 22 | I thank you Chair , I mean , clearly I have to ask for a little bit of license on this one , in that I have to comment on things outside of my own district , erm but you will not be surprised to hear , given my evidence earlier that the City Council 's view is quite clearly that there is sufficient land with , on the edge of York , the main urban area , which could accommodate this type of level of development and obviate the need for a new settlement in the structure plan period , I accept , however , of course that that is dependant upon the definition of the inner boundary of the greenbelt , if the City Council 's view on that is er acceptable then Inspector , I believe there will be sufficient sites to obviate the the need for a new settlement , clearly if the Inspector takes a tighter view on the greenbelt , then there will be little land opportunity within the main urban area for this . |