Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Jim McCorry , who twice played against Fermanagh in the championship , is desperately hoping for a prolonged run to compensate for a disappointing and dismal league campaign . |
| 2 | The idea — a version of managed competition — is that each pool , with its thousands of members , will be in a strong position to negotiate for a menu of medical-benefit packages.Health-care providers — physicians , hospitals and pharmaceutical companies — will be compelled to come together to offer these packages or risk losing patients . |
| 3 | These two facets are complementary rather than necessarily exclusive — an EEIG could come together as a multi-disciplinary vehicle to tender for a construction , engineering or hi-tech project , whether within or outside the Community . |
| 4 | They decided at a meeting of the Labour group of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in Dunblane yesterday to set up a working group to prepare for a referendum . |
| 5 | During the takeover battle , questions were raised about the desirability of allowing a foreign airline to bid for a British airline , providing access to Britain 's second largest ‘ hub ’ . |
| 6 | He says this morning one of our postmen was asked to work a different shift to cover for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 7 | For the Executive Committee of the District and , especially , for Jacques it was also a fresh opportunity to strive for a rejuvenation of Tawney 's basic principle that the WEA was a social movement endeavouring to promote political , social and cultural democracy in post-war England through the processes of liberal adult education . |
| 8 | Forty thousand pounds he had paid for it , a sum which now seemed laughably small , but which in those days had been a vast amount to pay for a private house , even in such a prime position . |
| 9 | Once the usual carpetbaggers , liars and opportunists had been discounted , there was a heart-lifting common thread , a real desire to work for a paper promising to lift them out of the cynicism and virtual despair of the current newspaper scene . |
| 10 | Leave the dough in a warm place to rise for a further 20min , then brush with melted butter and place in the oven . |
| 11 | We often reached our overdraft limit because of a sticky cashflow — and after taking on a large mortgage to pay for a new factory we could n't raise any further borrowing for the second production line we needed much sooner than expected . |
| 12 | He was first jailed and then compelled to leave Rome ; he is said to have died in the Punic city of Utica , a remarkable place to go for a disgraced Roman intellectual ( St Jerome , Chron. a. 1816 , p. 135 Helm ) . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a long way to go for a 45-minute service and a reception — even if you 're not 92 years old , ’ said one of her aides , who insisted that her absence was not intended as a snub . |
| 14 | You may find it a long way to come for a comparatively short meeting and I should also mention that we have a regular reporter who covers the meeting on behalf of the Courier and the Garstang Guardian . |
| 15 | Forty years may be a long time to wait for a 19p basic rate of tax . |
| 16 | Seven days — a week — is a long time to wait for a telephone service nowadays . |
| 17 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |
| 18 | The church was acting on behalf of all , and had a prime obligation to push for a public morality which matched its perception of the natural law lest the very fabric of society be torn asunder and its members cast on the road of moral decline . |
| 19 | Two other key Senate committees ( appropriations and foreign operations ) subsequently aligned themselves with the intelligence committee , thereby creating a powerful lobby to push for a change in policy . |
| 20 | You 're quite right , though — it 's a good idea to ask for a breakdown of charges first and , if you 're not happy , shop around . |
| 21 | It is more likely the Goblin will be smashed apart — which although sad is considered a good way to go for a Goblin and infinitely better than being eaten by a peckish troll . |
| 22 | He was a good man to have for a friend but a dangerous one to have for an enemy . |
| 23 | There is more to this speech , but this seems a good place to stop for a short and effective audition . |
| 24 | Thurne Mouth is a good place to stop for a while and there is a seat to take your weight . |
| 25 | the Bank is now seen very much more as a bank to save with and a good place to go for a mortgage . |
| 26 | Given the significance of patronage in securing a promotion , or in placing an officer in a situation where he might have an opportunity to distinguish himself , and thus strengthen his claims to advancement , there was a good incentive to arrange for a transfer to another ship where favour might be expected . |
| 27 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 28 | In October 1956 , Worrell joined Manchester University as a mature student to read for a BA in Economics , changing in his second year to a BA Administration , which included social anthropology . |
| 29 | To do this they arranged a movable slit to open for a wide ΔΕ when the photodiode array is operating and close up for a narrow ΔΕ for the spectral detector . |
| 30 | For Chapman , however , Jack was no less of a bargain , the record fee a small price to pay for a player of his class . |