Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is obviously a strong incentive to go for long periods . |
| 2 | This is also a popular place to stop for hot drinks in winter , cold in summer or coffee and brandy any time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We have established that video is a good medium to use for extensive listening . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | His success shows that Mr Yeltsin has a useful service to perform for Soviet democracy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The private sector must be given a fair chance to compete for local authority contracts . |
| 14 | In addition , the Northern Region calls for a full open , and more importantly , independent , investigation into the tendering arrangements for the L P H. We demand a full unequivocal commitment from this government that Swan Hunters be given a fair chance to tender for future Navy work . |
| 15 | These findings could help to explain the higher incidence of gastric cancer among coal miners and we suggest that this would be a suitable group to screen for premalignant gastric pathology using an upper gastrointestinal symptom questionnaire . |
| 16 | Presumably , there are psychological needs at work influencing a young person to look for suitable father figures of which there are many in sport . |
| 17 | Goalkeeper Stephen Pears is prepared to play after his cheekbone operation , and Lawrence has decided not to recruit a young player to deputise for suspended Jimmy Phillips . |