Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] for a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he has also argued for a tougher approach to environmental enforcement and development of environmental technology . |
| 2 | In the US , the National Resources Defense Council has also petitioned for a faster phase-out of ozone depleters , calling for the CFC deadline to be moved from 2000 to 1995 , a 1993 ban on production of methyl chloroform and methyl bromide , and a 2005 ban of HCFCs which are not yet included in the protocol . |
| 3 | Throughout the rehearsals our choreographer , Geraldine Stephenson , had often pleaded for a larger space than the laundry in which to practise the swooping choreography she had devised . |
| 4 | All subjects studied were regular smokers but the duodenal ulcer patients were significantly older and had therefore smoked for a longer period ( Table I ) . |
| 5 | On the morning she was expected in the office for the signing ceremony , Stephen Navin , Virgin 's lawyer , telephoned the singer 's lawyers , only to learn that she had actually signed for a larger sum to CBS the day before . |
| 6 | See , just after the last spate of dates , when they were bolstered by an extra guitarist from Attic Head , The Boos have now plumped for a classier kind of act altogether . |