Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 2 | Companies are under no obligation to do so but , for those people lucky enough to work for an organisation willing to amend its pension scheme rules accordingly , this new provision could make an immense difference to the financial position of early retirees . |
| 3 | That threat , she said , was the reason why interested parties had come together to work for an improvement . |
| 4 | Having to laugh when everyone else does so as not to appear stupid , hoping no one would be shrewd enough to ask for an explanation . |
| 5 | When considering whether or not to apply for an Alexander teacher training course you should be aware of the following : |
| 6 | If it decides not to apply for an order it must inform the court in writing . |
| 7 | If it decides not to apply for an emergency protection , child assessment , care or supervision order it must consider whether it would be appropriate to review the case at a later date ( s47(7) ( a ) ) . |
| 8 | At least have the honesty to admit it and not to vote for an a management initiative that says we 're gon na become an enabling authority and then it subsequently to deny every single measure that will allow that to happen . |
| 9 | She used a car phone … but not to send for an ambulance or police . |
| 10 | It is a good idea not to eat for an hour or two beforehand , or you may end up with some serious indigestion . |
| 11 | We are often also faced , however , with the need to tolerate contradictions , not to strive for an illusory or impossible ideal , and to avoid self-punishing forms of anxiety , defence and guilt ( and feminist guilt can be as punishing as any other kind ) . |
| 12 | A daughter ( or more rarely a son ) who has never left the parental home , or who has returned after widowhood or divorce to stay on indefinitely to care for an elderly parent or parents , does not make this choice automatically . |
| 13 | Turn over then and go back to sleep for an hour and thought oh I 've got ta get up now the dog 's whining to go out , then we get up then when the dog starts whining to go out . |
| 14 | In his first State of the Union message , Reagan reiterated the essentials of his programme and went on to call for an increase in defence spending of $7.2 billion and cuts in excess of $40 billion from the proposed 1982 budget of $740 billion . |
| 15 | But actually to press for an out of court settlement which will mean we have to stop other services or stop er building schemes , seems to me wrong whilst we are being advised that we have a strong defence . |