Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Plans are already well advanced for a new formal which will have the added attraction of a free champagne reception and all-night party afterwards . ’ |
| 2 | In any case , you 're almost never bailed for a rape charge . |
| 3 | Grants of any kind are usually only given for a proportion of the cost of the work to be done , but when necessary , local authorities can make loans for the balance , on which interest has to be paid . |
| 4 | According to Alan Leslie , assistant director of GUARD , business has not been affected by the recession : ‘ We are working on contracts from Shetland to Galloway and the Borders and although business from the construction sector has eased off , we are still successfully tendering for a lot of work in the maintenance and upgrading of sewerage , gas , water and roads facilities . ’ |
| 5 | Then in September 1983 , ‘ Wally ’ Fuentes Morrison let him know that his skills were once again required for a special operation . |
| 6 | The foundations were now securely laid for a long period of prosperity rising to a peak in the early fourth century , if one can judge from the mansion-type houses in the towns and countryside . |
| 7 | Town planning as we know it today was created out of the initiatives taken to tackle the problems of the late Victorian city , particularly its housing and environmental inequalities ; the late twentieth-century urban crisis is once again calling for a re-assembly of skills and methods of approach which cut across established ways of doing things . |
| 8 | ‘ I believe the time is now fast coming for a fresh look at the way we grant planning applications , ’ he said . |
| 9 | We know , therefore , that the frequency of landslides is quite enough to account for a major part of the wearing down of new mountain chains . |
| 10 | Financially troubled Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its PA-RISC-based fault tolerant machines back on the tracks . |
| 11 | Financially troubled Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its Precision Architecture RISC-based fault-tolerant machines back on the tracks : Hewlett has hitherto seemed doubtful about further involvement . |
| 12 | The Wightman Cup is no longer shown for a similar reason . |
| 13 | As Miss Barraclough says , there 's nowhere else to go for a star like me . |
| 14 | Target is therefore usually sold for a nominal sum and is then capitalised after the acquisition by Newco to enable it to repay the inter-company loans . |
| 15 | They are very nicely proportioned for a cottage . |
| 16 | There was already enough cover for a large number of sepoys to approach very close to the enclave without being detected . |
| 17 | Harald was probably also recognised for a time as ruler of part of Norway . |
| 18 | It also began to occur to her that he was very well dressed for a pickpocket — but no doubt the streets of central London provided rich pickings . |