Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 This would almost make it only eligible for a speculative developer who reckoned he might be able to pull the right political strings to get the site suitably rezoned for a later sell-on .
2 Whitehall asked for a slower offtake of the gas , a guarantee that UK companies would share in the development of three platforms in 1990 , 1992 and 1994 , and that the natural gas liquids ( NGLs ) from Sleipner should go by UK pipelines to Flotta in the Orkneys .
3 At the 1890 Convention of Local Phonograph Companies in Chicago , delegates asked for a longer cylinder with a section specifically set aside for an announcement , but this did not come about .
4 LPS-specific monoclonal antibody was added in a solution of PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20 , 1% BSA and 0.05% sodium azide ( PBSB-Tween ) and incubated for a further hour at room temperature .
5 After washing , 100 µl of anti-transferrin horseradish peroxidase conjugate in buffer was added at a dilution of 1 in 2000 and incubated for a further 60 minutes .
6 After washing , 100 µl of substrate ( tetramethylbenzidine in DMSO ( 10 mg/ml ) dilutes 1 in 100 in 0.15 M citrate buffer and containing H 2 O 2 to a final concentration of 1.3 M/l ) were added and incubated for a further 15 minutes .
7 After 6 washes in PBS , the third layer HRP-conjugated rabbit anti-goat antibody ( Sigma ) was added , the plates incubated for a further hour at RT , washed 6 in PBS and the reaction developed with ABTS ( 2'2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazolone)sulphonic acid ) .
8 Briefly , approximately 10 ng of purified protein A-fusion protein was preincubated in 20 µl of binding buffer ( 10 mM Hepes ( pH 7.9 ) , 60 mM KCl , 1 mM DTT , 1 mM EDTA , 0.25 mg/ml bovine serum albumin and 12% glycerol ) with appropriate competitor DNA for 5 min at room temperature , then 10 fmol ( approx. 20,000 cpm ) of 32 P-labelled , annealed octamer oligonucleotides were added and incubated for a further 20 min at room temperature .
9 After a 20 minute incubation at 22°C , MgCl 2 ( to 10mM ) , CaCl 2 ( to 2mM ) and 0.0625 units of DNase I were added , mixed and incubated for a further 60 seconds , after which time 20µg of proteinase K in 100µl of a buffer containing 1% SDS , 100µg/ml tRNA , 200mM NaCl , 20mM EDTA was added and the reaction incubated at 50°C for a further 20 mins .
10 This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent …
11 Perhaps it made for a safer relationship if , instead of arguing to a standstill , the party who felt herself misunderstood took her grievance elsewhere and satiated it in transgression .
12 And they Sought for a Better Sign from Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) , and there was a Sign ; ii .
13 The government on Sept. 29 approved an amended budget for 1993 which provided for a further BF21,800 million to cover the budgetary shortfall , including BF5,200 million in social security cuts .
14 After three hours incubation at 37°C the medium was replaced with fresh medium and reincubated for a further three hours .
15 She tried for a brighter smile .
16 On June 12 the UN Security Council renewed for a further six months , until Dec. 15 , 1992 , the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus ( UNFICYP ) .
17 The faecal pellet was resuspended in 45 ml 80% ethanol and refluxed for a further two hours .
18 The faecal pellet was then resuspended in 45 ml chloroform-methanol ( 1:1 ; vol:vol ) and refluxed for a further one hour .
19 Later she also campaigned for a better understanding of anorexia .
20 A member of the Eugenics Education Society , the Clerical and Medical Committee of the BMA — where he campaigned for a stronger moral lead from the profession — and the National Council for Combating Venereal Disease , he moved freely between religious , political and scientific spheres .
21 Ill health dogged his period at St Mary 's , and he returned for a further period of treatment while he was the curate , and in September 1962 he came to Coniston as the Parish priest and significantly , no further setbacks were experienced to his health while he was living in proximity to Coniston Old Man and during the period he was Parish Priest .
22 We worked for a wider Europe , international peace , development and disarmament .
23 While Singapore was enthusiastic , Malaysia remained cautious , and Indonesia called for a greater concentration on intra-ASEAN rather than external economic relations [ for Indonesian relations with ASEAN countries see p. 37580 ] .
24 They called for a broader curriculum in a survey that revealed that 14 per cent believe bank loans are interest-free .
25 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for a tougher line , including an arms embargo , against the junta which has held the democracy campaigner under house arrest since July 1989 .
26 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors spokesman Peter Miller called for a further one per cent reduction on the stroke of midnight on New Year 's Eve .
27 It called for a further postponement of the legislative elections which had already been deferred to begin on June 21 .
28 After the equilibration period the perfusion medium was changed to buffer containing 15.8 mmol/l glucose and sampling started for a further 30 minute period .
29 Mike Towers , with a background of newspaper journalism — he 'd worked for the Evening World in Bristol — assumed control of " Here Today " and he went for a harder , more newsy approach .
30 The next day he and I went for a shorter walk and returned about 6 .
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