Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is not easy to find a general definition of the normal meaning of irony , but it usually stands for a process by which the content of a statement is qualified either by the reader 's attribution of a contrary intention to the author , or by the reader 's awareness of factors that are in conflict in one way or another with what is being said . |
| 32 | Sharing a home with relatives ( other than parents ) before marriage is another phenomenon which was more common in the past than in the present ( Anderson , 1971 ; 1980 ) Very little is known about circumstances under which young people now may go to live with a non-parental relative , although Gill Jones ( 1987 ) has shown that it still happens for a substantial number , especially those designated as working class on occupational criteria . |
| 33 | ( Chlorine , though , already one of the main commodity businesses when ICI began in the 1920s , still accounts for a remarkable 12% of total sales ; the proportion will be reduced by last month 's decision to shut two chlorine plants at Hillhouse , Lancashire . ) |
| 34 | Some moves have been made to deregulate the private rented sector , but this still accounts for a relatively insignificant part of the housing stock . |
| 35 | Despite the decline in the growth rate of public service employment since the late 1970s , the public service sector still accounts for a significant proportion of total employment in the service industries . |
| 36 | Thus , they reckon , a director who weighs up the burden of meeting interest charges , and still opts for a big loan , has got to feel assured of success . |
| 37 | Mr Deaves still hopes for a settlement from his firm , which sacked him for allegedly taking an extra £387,000 pay — which he denies . |
| 38 | She usually plumps for a lamb rogan josh ( £7.25 ) , a traditional dish cooked with spices , browned onions , ginger and garlic and simmered in yoghurt . |
| 39 | Disturbed , she at once falls for a kind , handsome Italian woodcutter , becomes pregnant and elopes . |
| 40 | I had taken a package tour to Moscow and Leningrad primarily for the White Nights Festival of the Arts in June — an annual event of Soviet cultural life when the sun hardly sets for a fortnight and old men sit in the public gardens for half the night playing speed-chess . |
| 41 | Classical criminology clearly allows for a loose association between antecedent variables and outcomes : the probability of crime varies according to the degree of rationality of individuals and the efficiency and consistency of the criminal justice system . |
| 42 | This formulation also allows for a rather more subtle and flexible notion of the relationship between the literary and the non-literary . |
| 43 | However the plan also allows for a 36 per cent rise in carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industry and power plants . |
| 44 | If the light intensity increases , the rate of turning also increases for a time , before falling back to its initial level . |
| 45 | For example , if we chose to make see and see also references for a work on Gravity waves , the following entries could result : |
| 46 | It also calls for a higher price threshold for company car tax . |
| 47 | The London Society , in its hard-hitting commentary , also calls for a director general . |
| 48 | It also calls for a rigid speed limit to be imposed on motorists and for short-term parking bays to be made available . |
| 49 | It also calls for a simplified system of authorization , with industrial licensing being concentrated in a single agency . |
| 50 | The Financial Services Act also requires for a body such N C V O that their Memorandum of Association should actually include an explicit power to use investment advisors . |
| 51 | This probably calls for a basic two-part structure , with part one detailing your assumptions , deductions and conclusions , and giving your analysis of the problems , while part two looks at possible alternative courses of action and spells out your ‘ solution ’ . |
| 52 | However , this also applies for a retired wife supporting a husband dependent by reason of invalidity . |
| 53 | Although the fossil record is much poorer , coevolution with the terrestrial angiosperms probably accounts for a major component of the radiation of insects and birds . |
| 54 | If he also asks for a large deposit , the alarm bells should be ringing . |
| 55 | But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words . |
| 56 | Our own Planning Committee County Council Planning Committee recommends route A on environmental and ecological grounds and route A is the popular choice the town speak and the Brandon Action Group and indeed the Suffolk member of Parliament , however the Norfolk County Council and the Weeting Parish Council oppose for the day and the Norfolk Member of Parliament supports their case , worth noting that Breckland District Council , the local planning authority in Norfolk also opposes for a day , now though it appears to be so this is not altogether a case of |
| 57 | In second place was Tony Jones , of Langley Park , who also qualifies for a place in the semi-finals at the Rose Manor Hotel , Boroughbridge , near York . |
| 58 | As well as the children of local residents Scorton also caters for a large number of seasonal visitors . |
| 59 | The President also serves for a four-year term ; if no presidential candidate gains a majority of the vote under direct elections , then the President is elected by the Congress . |
| 60 | Millett ( 1983 ) also argues for a raised joist and plank floor . |