Example sentences of "that [verb] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that often it was jealousy — mixed with booze — that made for a lethal cocktail , with Bogie as the stirrer . |
| 2 | However , the bulk of LDCs have neither oil resources to export nor a diversified manufacturing base , and it is these countries that account for a high proportion of the world 's poor . |
| 3 | Mr Jencks concludes that to search for a comprehensive policy to tackle the underclass is a waste of time ; different policies are needed for different problems that may be only loosely related . |
| 4 | It is true that to search for a legal framework in which the ill-articulated wishes of a testator can be given effect is to regard the testator 's intention . |
| 5 | Like plants that jostle for a bare minimum of soil and light , human beings would eventually fill all the available territory , he warned . |
| 6 | He would recognise the need for utility , the same need that provided for a discreetly-concealed compost and refuse heap in the ancient gardens of his homeland . |
| 7 | then star that stands for a wild card , that 'll do all files which have got the back up . |
| 8 | A treatment that allows for a basic continuity underlying the emergence of novelty . |
| 9 | I know that looking for a Purple Heart , or V C , erm are but I do believe it needs to be it needs to be clarified . |
| 10 | PACHE LEAVES THOSE THAT HOPE FOR A HAPPY OUTCOME TO BULL 's TRAVAILS WITH LITTLE TO CHEER |
| 11 | If BR could not make a case for seven trains for one of its most profitable routes , it was clear that plans for a second tranche of HSTs for the Cross Country group of services would not satisfy the new criteria . |
| 12 | The following month , however , the President announced that plans for a multiparty system were to be implemented and that elections would be held in February 1991 . |
| 13 | Independent test laboratory LANQuest has found that support for a new protocol can be added to a 100-node Boundary Router network in under 10% the time taken on a network routed by standard means , says 3Com . |
| 14 | ‘ Feeling the necessity that exists for a better regulation in the management of our profession and for a more organised system of educating and examining its practitioners , we have condensed in the annexed Petition the principal substance of our wants and to which we most humbly but most anxiously solicit your Lordship 's kind attention ’ . |
| 15 | The freehold was purchased at a reasonable price in a complicated deal that allowed for a sensitive refurbishment of the grade 1-listed building and a limit of 30 hotel bedrooms . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll let that set for a little while , then X-ray it again to check that it 's nicely lined up . |
| 17 | It is also observed in procedures that control for a possible contribution from direct associations between the context and the US . |
| 18 | Several years ago , when General Motors reached agreement on a contract with the United Auto Workers that called for a new relationship based on cooperation and shared sacrifice , and then , on the same day , announced a new formula for generous executive bonuses , long-time union members simply nodded to themselves . |
| 19 | Indeed , food requirements can rise anywhere from five to ten times that needed for a similar ectotherm . |
| 20 | You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes . ’ |
| 21 | Choose flowers that complement your outfit , as well as blooms that clash for a startling effect . |
| 22 | Just voices echoing in the dark ; images that burn for a few centuries and then fade ; stories , old stories that sometimes seem to overlap ; strange links , impertinent connections . |
| 23 | It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . |
| 24 | A recent investigation of moorhens is one of the first studies to show exactly what it is that makes for a high quality mate ( Science , vol 220 , p 413 ) . |