Example sentences of "for a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic Income Support rate , including allowances for two people , their dependent children and the family or lone parent premium , from April 1991 are as follows : for a couple with two children under 11 is £97.30 per week , and for a lone parent over 18 with one child under 11 £63.05 per week . |
| 2 | In 1979 the average disposable income ( after tax and National Insurance contributions ) of households consisting of a lone parent and children was £70.46 compared with £123.30 for a couple with two children ( DE , 1980 ) . |
| 3 | Supplementary benefit for a couple with two children aged 6 and 8 was equivalent to 51.1 per cent of average weekly earnings in April 1979 . |
| 4 | For a couple with one child it is Can$20,400 in cities , Can$15,000 in the countryside . |
| 5 | — producing , for example , an increase in income support for a couple with two children aged 10 and 12 from £104.55 to £111.85 , and for a pensioner couple aged under 75 from £83.15 to £88.95 . |
| 6 | For instance , IVF embryos can be used for a kind of surrogacy where a woman bears a child for a couple with the embryo created from their egg and sperm . |
| 7 | He 's er , three winners out of four days , and a second , and er , he 's going for a couple at Cheltenham today , in the twelve thirty five , number four , Book of Music , and in the two fifty five , number two , Flashing Steel . |
| 8 | As a result the SB level for a couple on the ordinary rate has fallen from 61 per cent of personal disposable income per capita in 1978 to 53 per cent in 1987 . |
| 9 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 10 | ‘ Look , I 've been bounced around like a rubber ball between you people for a couple of months now . |
| 11 | The conversation continued for a couple of hours . |
| 12 | Once filled , the sides and riser were gently tapped with a hammer for a couple of minutes to expel trapped air , which can cause surface voids . |
| 13 | He usually stops eating for a couple of days but I talk him out of it . |
| 14 | The sneezing bouts continued for a couple of days , accompanied by shivering and coughing fits . |
| 15 | When the sister was summoned up and said it was her grave had been dug , he realised there was nothing more he could do and the whole thing was adjourned to the community centre for a couple of hours while big men with shovels rather grudgingly got to work . ’ |
| 16 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
| 17 | At least I shall miss all that for a couple of hours or so . |
| 18 | To ease the pressure , a truckload of Commandos were taken to the rear where they could relax for a couple of days . |
| 19 | I could be in London this evening with Colonel Vaughan having a good piss-up , then probably on leave for a couple of weeks . |
| 20 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 21 | A girl I was seeing pretty regularly had gone to France on an exchange visit to Tours I took a job for a couple of weeks in a lino warehouse with the idea of getting some money together |
| 22 | Then for a couple of years she helped set up a women 's bookshop and café run on high but unmanageable collective principles . |
| 23 | I could tell he was keen from the fact that he did n't mention it again for a couple of years . |
| 24 | ‘ For a couple of hours I feel like a man again , ’ said one . |
| 25 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 26 | We now have our own ducks and they have nested and hatched their eggs , and a male moorhen and his family have been in residence for a couple of years . |
| 27 | We are looking for a couple of acres owned by the UMWA member which has become the focus of the strike : Camp Solidarity . |
| 28 | If I had gone away for a couple of days , I returned expecting almost to have to push the door open but to my amazement , the place was immaculate . |
| 29 | I 'd started my album ‘ Were n't Born A Man ’ and Mick Ronson was the arranger and producer for a couple of tracks , and David produced a couple of tracks too , but during the making of the album , David became even bigger and bigger in America and the move to America was absolutely imminent so I had to finish my own album without the help of him because he was n't around — which I did . |
| 30 | It was a bit of a pain for a couple of weeks . |