Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |
| 2 | There was indeed a steady brain drain ; and some , like Lieberich , had intended to come for a visit rather than to stay permanently . |
| 3 | It was not until 1965 , however , that the treaties were revised to provide for a single Commission and Council of Ministers . |
| 4 | The UN Charter would have to be amended to provide for a special security council which would not , presumably , include the rights of veto held by the five permanent members of the existing security council . |
| 5 | Agree either that there continue to be no lower limit for the remuneration certificate jurisdiction or that the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 be amended to provide for a lower limit of £100 profit costs . |
| 6 | All rooms are pleasantly furnished to provide for a relaxed and comfortable stay . |
| 7 | Newman had stopped walking for a few moments , his mind racing . |
| 8 | Northern Ireland , with the pressure off , are expected to go for a win . |
| 9 | They were expected to continue for a month , with a 10-day break in early September . |
| 10 | The peer review methods adopted by the Research Councils in the evaluation of research proposals were designed to provide for a fair distribution of national R & D funding , ( which some consider to be inadequate at present ) . |
| 11 | When the converted attained the faith they were no longer merely formal Christians and were predisposed to work for a righteous world . |
| 12 | This was expected to provide for a President and National Assembly , to be elected for a five-year term under a multiparty system , with the President eligible for re-election once only . |
| 13 | The initial allocations ( $9½ billion spread over three years ) were expected to provide for a reasonable growth of reserves in the context of a staunching of the flow of dollars . |
| 14 | Confronted with a murder charge , defence lawyers resolved to try for a verdict of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility . |
| 15 | Oh I was c come come for a holiday . |
| 16 | Sampson , like many others , had come looking for a kill before the numbers fell . |
| 17 | £80–120,000 ( $150–220,000 ) is expected for a Florentine bronze statuette of the Knife-Grinder after the antique , No.14 from the French Royal Inventory of Louis XIV , and a Netherlandish figure of Venus Marina of the early seventeenth century is expected to sell for a similar figure . |
| 18 | One car is expected to sell for a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 19 | I mean fifteen hours in in a week is not much at all when you consider how much you 're expected to do for a degree |
| 20 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 21 | The hearing is expected to last for a number of days . |
| 22 | We had resolved to press for a route which would take the march into the walled centre of the city and expected opposition from the moderate members of the CRA . |
| 23 | Those in working-class jobs and those with no jobs at all might be expected to opt for a party that offers some degree of social change and appears more empathic toward the " have-nots " than toward the " haves . " |
| 24 | In Sabah the United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) won 14 of 20 federal seats , and was expected to press for a better return from the exploitation of Sabah 's natural resources . |
| 25 | They also are expected to call for a UN arms embargo . |
| 26 | With BCM delegates reserving their position , the remaining delegates adopted the Harare declaration and further resolved to call for a ‘ constituent assembly , established on a non-racial basis and representing all the people of South Africa , to draw up a new constitution for our country ’ . |
| 27 | But this is a misleading term , even when " myth " is understood in the technical sense of a " religious text designed to account for a custom , institution or other phenomenon " . |
| 28 | New boys were excused fagging for a fortnight until they had found their feet . |
| 29 | If feeding and antibiotics continued to be administered Tony could be expected to live for a few more years . |
| 30 | This is one way in which the stark anti-democratic arguments of Pareto are modified to allow for a more consensual perspective . |