Example sentences of "for [prep] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Novices who had been in the London Road End for at least a good part of one season displayed quite a detailed acquisition of social knowledge which was appropriate to correct conduct in the Rowdies . |
| 2 | I do not know any ( secondary ) school teachers who , in private , are not willing to say that they are substantially dissatisfied with the job that schools are doing , for at least a substantial proportion of pupils . |
| 3 | The United States had taken the initiative in this development , since it appeared the only means by which the Americans could disengage gradually from Korea with some hope that the UN could produce a solution that would sustain south Korea for at least a limited period . |
| 4 | It has to provide the financial resources for at least a minimum number of services — defence , roads , education , income support , etc. — which are generally deemed to be necessary for the survival of any modern society . |
| 5 | Likewise , ‘ moral rectitude , social conformity , clean living , and a clean rent book on occasion seem to be essential for eligibility for at least a new house ’ ( Central Housing Advisory Committee , 1969 , p. 32 ) — qualifications that a woman left on her own with dependants on a low income or social security benefit may well find hard to fulfil . |
| 6 | Quite apart from the question of the right of return , or even the strong feelings which this issue engenders , there are compelling physical and economic reasons for at least a partial return . |
| 7 | But the conditions of farming in a largely self-sufficient community , where needs could be satisfied without moving out of the village , made for at least a formal unity in the rural group . |
| 8 | Allow to set for at least a short while before serving garnished with lime wedges . |
| 9 | Keep your notes for at least a full year — and probably for the whole length of the course . |
| 10 | It is my contention that a similar process is occurring for at least a significant part of the people of Tyneside today , although it is not affecting everyone in the same way and involves a complex process of what may be more apparent than real social differentiation . |
| 11 | The medical , legal and local government discipline should have the facilities to enable their potentially bilingual students to study for at least an additional term in order to enhance their language and cultural knowledge to a defined level and to extend their professional expertise to accommodate the main different professional dimensions — such as Islamic matrimonial law and sickle cell anaemia . |
| 12 | The Unionists concluded that there was a basis for at least an interim settlement . |
| 13 | Whatever kind of music we are writing , we must move forward with the most essential factor ( usually melody ) for at least an adequate distance before turning back to consider the rest . |