Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents who have watched their children grow and develop are just as likely to have insights into the development of their child as the teacher who has taught for a couple of years . |
| 2 | It has fallen for a number of reasons . |
| 3 | Does he further agree that the time has come for a period of consolidation ? |
| 4 | Notwithstanding the recent flurry of statutory and quasi-statutory regulatory activity in relation to insider dealing in the UK , there has operated for a number of years a range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse in both the corporate/ unorthodox context and the individual/traditional context . |
| 5 | This change in the law and in the locus of power will not end the debate , which has prevailed for a number of years , about control of the curriculum of schools ; such a debate emerged once the content of the curriculum become a controversial subject in the 1960s and has continued since . |
| 6 | Economic decline is tangled up with political turmoil in a way that has made for a crisis of the constitution . |
| 7 | A mother has called for a brand of bubble gum to be taken off the shelves after her eight-year-old son nearly choked on one of the sweets . |
| 8 | A mother has called for a brand of bubble gum to be taken off the shelves after her eight-year-old son nearly choked . |
| 9 | The recently-formed Bootle Miners Support Group has called for a lobby of Gladstone Dock tomorrow lunchtime . |
| 10 | The Economist has called for a bill of rights as a bulwark against what Lord Hailsham once described as an ‘ elective dictatorship ’ . |
| 11 | Pandolfi has called for a supplement of 136 million ecu to enable a number of projects to be revived . |
| 12 | This further sign of disunity among the opposition comes just as the former president , Valery Giscard d'Estaing , who is also the leader of the UDF , has called for a fusion of the seven parties of the centre-right into ‘ one big party of the centre-right by the beginning of 1992 ’ . |
| 13 | Friends of the Earth has called for a boycott of all timber products from Britain 's leading " do-it-yourself " chain stores , on the grounds that their import of tropical hardwoods is contributing to rainforest destruction . |
| 14 | The organization has called for a review of Hong Kong 's detention policy for asylum-seekers . |
| 15 | The Metropolitan Police Commissioner , Paul Condon , has called for a review of deportation procedures following the death of a Jamaican woman after a deportation order was served . |
| 16 | Barbados has benefited for a number of years from a wide treaty network , including treaties with the UK , the US and Canada . |
| 17 | England boss Reilly , lacking the muscle of Wigan forwards Denis Betts , Andy Platt and Kelvin Skerrett , has opted for a blend of youth and experience . |
| 18 | But , with Iago , Nunn has opted for a congruence of scales . |
| 19 | Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways . |
| 20 | But liquidity has increased for a number of the larger issues of recent years and certain gilt-edged market makers are now active dealers in a range of non-gilt securities . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , Dr William McCord has pleaded for a rethink of plans to close the South Tyrone maternity unit , claiming it will lead to deaths . |
| 22 | Call me suspicious , but this implies that the crampon , far from adhering steadily to the spot upon which its owner has chosen to commit his or her weight , has decided it prefers an altogether different rock and has gone for a bit of a slide . |
| 23 | While the company has observed for a number of years the thrust of most of the recommendations put forward in the code of best practice , some of our procedures have been adjusted so that the form as well as the spirit of the code is met . |
| 24 | The dispute between Huddersfield Polytechnic and Kirklees Metropolitan Council which has continued for a number of years illustrates most of the tensions which may develop between a polytechnic and its local authority . |
| 25 | the failure has continued for a period of , or periods amounting to , at least five years , |
| 26 | The following fall into this category : ( i ) step-parents ; ( ii ) anyone with whom the child has lived for a period of three years within the last five ; the relevant period of three years need not be continuous but must not have ended more than three months before the application is made ; ( iii ) where the child is in care , anyone who has the consent of the local authority ; ( iv ) where the child is not in care , anyone who has the consent of each person with parental responsibility for the child . |
| 27 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 28 | Sir James was reported as having called for a return of capital punishment , launched an attack on the parole system , favoured the abolition of the right to silence for accused persons , referred to a black person as a ‘ nig-nog ’ , and made a remark about ‘ murderous Sikhs ’ involved in a case he was hearing at the time . |
| 29 | In France , Michel Rocard usurped the leadership of the Socialist Party after the election , having called for a realignment of the left and the creation of a social-democratic party . |
| 30 | ‘ If you 're up in London tomorrow — ’ Guy broke into the conversation calmly , having opted for a wedge of Virginia 's baked raisin cheesecake in preference to fresh strawberries , or rich chocolate gâteau , ‘ I 've got two tickets for the American Ballet Theatre . ’ |