Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've said I 'd be prepared to work for between two and three days a week |
| 2 | ‘ This played for at least 10 minutes and finished and the phone went dead . |
| 3 | The actual sound ambience of this recording is less dry than the sort of sound that Philips is prepared to settle for in the same hall , and it is refreshing to hear Nicholas McGegan 's fine cast of soloists use the hall 's natural resonance to give the distinct impression that they are enjoying themselves and confirming , to one listener at least , that an important part of enjoying oneself is showing off . |
| 4 | An earnout provides a mechanism for vendors to receive some of the benefit of future profit growth which , owing to past performance of the target , a purchaser may not be prepared to pay for at completion . |
| 5 | This was interesting general confirmation that the element of ‘ serious , content that had been an important part of the deceased Daily Herald and News Chronicle was no longer something the non-quality reader was prepared to pay for in a daily paper . |
| 6 | Short-coated dogs are obviously much easier to cater for in this respect . |
| 7 | ‘ The excess of investible funds over the supply of securities looks set to remain for at least another financial year . |
| 8 | The OTO , founded by freemasons , has much to answer for in the last eighty years . |
| 9 | The old , and now much condemned , low-carbohydrate method of dieting had much to answer for in making social eaters fat . |
| 10 | The Labour Party has much to answer for from this perspective . |
| 11 | I can say to my honourable friend , the member for Rydale who takes such a close interest and is so well informed er on these matters , er I 'm very grateful to him for the welcome he 's given for the orders here , he 's absolutely right to say that we have gone beyond er what restrictive called for by Bingham , we have extended it to other sectors in the financial we welcomed the honourable gentleman from Edinburgh Central that these er orders are in some way timid , they are what was called for by the treasury select committee , they are what was proposed er by Bingham and we have er introduced them er here tonight . |
| 12 | The best we can hope for is rain and that may not be too much to hope for with Wimbledon on the horizon . |
| 13 | Just when it seemed that a try would be too much to hope for after 30 tedious minutes , the crowd were treated to two first-class efforts , from Ledger and Fox , playing his first game at Hilton Park since he left Leigh for Leeds three years ago . |
| 14 | What is far more important is that the balance between land and labour , which had been favourable to labour for about a century and a half , was now tilting back decisively in favour of the landowner . |
| 15 | The cows have a long , flat lactation curve and readily adopt a second calf for suckling , and are considered easy to care for as housecows . |
| 16 | The growth is likely to continue for at least two reasons . |
| 17 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 18 | Swindon Town still have it all to play for in their quest for a place in the Premier League , but the sounds emanating from this Manchester Road recording studio are enough to frighten the life out of their play-off rivals . |
| 19 | chappy responds For from Harlow to Monroe |
| 20 | The wide variety of proteins in the cells are all coded for by the genes in the nucleus . |
| 21 | The levels of smoking , alcohol consumption , and socioeconomic group , which were all asked for in the patient questionnaire , had no significant effect on control . |
| 22 | Erm it would have been better if they 'd given you some information to say , They all voted for at least one |
| 23 | That is not a matter that I can take into consideration other than to say that I am satisfied that the proper figure for a multiplier for working life , er which I shall take in this case , is the multiplier of sixteen contended for by Mr . |
| 24 | You 'd have to pay for exams and all that , but it 's all paid for at the end of the day in n it ? |
| 25 | No we would n't it 's all paid for in there . |
| 26 | And since the good doctor was a lousy pilot , it was a lot of hours and a lot of money , nearly half his government salary , and almost all paid for by sympathetic friends in East Berlin . |
| 27 | Activities including fishing , walking , company conferences , product launches or just a memorable break away from it all : they are all catered for at Aldwark Manor . |
| 28 | All in all , a not untypical day in Catterick , Which houses one of the largest garrisons in the Army , composed of a diverse range of units and all catered for by No 4 Region . |
| 29 | This increase is practically all accounted for through the provision of public funds , making legal aid the fastest growing social service in Britain . |
| 30 | Step-parent adoptions of marital children increased from approximately 3000 in 1965 to over 9000 in 1975 , almost all accounted for by post-divorce applications . |