Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is obviously a strong incentive to go for long periods . |
| 2 | Christie , 32 , confirmed : ‘ I have now made a definite commitment to compete for another two years . |
| 3 | There is a general objective to look around — not a specific objective to look for some particular thing . |
| 4 | There is a specific diet to follow for each of the four weeks . |
| 5 | There is also a political cost to pay for such ostensibly benevolent reforms . |
| 6 | This is also a popular place to stop for hot drinks in winter , cold in summer or coffee and brandy any time . |
| 7 | This period around 1967 was the time of the big change-over in the airline business from piston engines to jets , so it was clear that the programme I had selfishly pursued for my own good was in fact a proper course to follow for all Ops inspectors if they were to continue to be able to do their work effectively . |
| 8 | Each student on the parallel track was given a personal computer to use for electronic mail communication with tutors and other students and for access to bibliographic information . |
| 9 | ‘ Humanism is a positive philosophy — it believes human beings have a moral responsibility to care for each other . ’ |
| 10 | Notice in particular that we have not used , anywhere in our analysis , the " shape " of the tubes T and S , so we can expect a similar analysis to hold for all homoclinic orbits to the origin which occur in the Lorenz equations . |
| 11 | Interference conditions can be quickly checked with a simple expression to test for any of the four possible interference states : remote , touching , interfering , and inserted . |
| 12 | Then , if this happened again , it would be a simple thing to account for each animal . |
| 13 | Leave the dough in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes . |
| 14 | Police fought with students at Yaoundé University on April 2 , as they demanded the end of President Paul Biya 's rule and a national conference to prepare for political reform . |
| 15 | Given the move towards a common European community with common citizenship and agreed rights , this is a well-selected moment to press for this radical reform . |
| 16 | A EUROPEAN Commission document has made it plain that politics rather than economic criteria will determine whether the Highlands and Islands win a long battle to qualify for increased cash aid from Brussels . |
| 17 | We have established that video is a good medium to use for extensive listening . |
| 18 | It is never a good idea to sit for long periods but , if this is essential , get up from time to time in order to move the body . |
| 19 | they never have a good word to say for each other ! |
| 20 | I have often suggested that a good place to look for worthwhile ideas is in the bankruptcy fields , for failure can he due to so many causes other than the failure of the basic concept ( poor management , cash-flow problems , dainty investors , competition at the time , technical problems , etc . ) . |
| 21 | Put simply , if there is a good reason for HIV antibody testing then there is likely to be a good reason to examine for other sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 22 | The railway made it worth while for Gustave : he could get to Mantes and back without too much trouble ; and Louise 's complaints perhaps seemed a reasonable price to pay for such accessible pleasure . |
| 23 | In the 1940s such economic management was slightly inflationary , but this was broadly seen as a reasonable price to pay for full employment and economic growth . |
| 24 | His success shows that Mr Yeltsin has a useful service to perform for Soviet democracy . |
| 25 | And the effect for Locke is this , and again I , I quote the legislative being only a fiduciary power , that is to say a power based on trust a fiduciary power to act for certain ends , there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust imposed in them and thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of every body even if their legislators whenever they shall be so foolish or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject . |
| 26 | Mandeville , imperious as ever , ignored us as he issued instructions to a bleary-eyed sheriff to send for more men . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | If you missed Turry 2 the first time round , four pounds is a small price to pay for one of last year 's best games . |
| 29 | ‘ But that 's a small price to pay for all the beneficial effects of laughing and smiling . |
| 30 | A donation from your club to the mayor 's charity each year is a small price to pay for some good coinshooting sites . |