Example sentences of "[v-ing] that for a " in BNC.

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1 These findings are also in line with figures produced by the Justices ' Clerks ' Society ( 1992 ) which we cited earlier , suggesting that for a given range of offence types , Crown Courts are very much more likely to resort to custody than magistrates courts , and to do so for longer .
2 This band had such an enormous impact on the rock world in the late '60s , and it was only some years later that I fully appreciated my own debt , realising that for a ( heavy ) rock band , Zep often had an underlying funkiness , due in large part to the style of J.P.J. which allowed for some very subtle and interesting grooves .
3 Then , realising that for a supposedly experienced sailor her enthusiasm was a little over the top , she added quickly and with complete honesty , ‘ I 've never sailed a boat like Seawitch before .
4 A similar state of affairs had existed only at the very dawn of coinage when , in a number of areas including Asia Minor or Athens , a variety of personal designs had appeared , perhaps implying that for a short time after its inception coinage was sometimes produced on the authority of prominent individuals rather than of the state .
5 Assuming that dl → 0 and noting that for a closed contour the line integral of the electric field vanishes we get
6 That must be extremely dubious , considering that for a number of years the payments were made under protest .
7 ‘ What ? ’ she gasped , so shocked at what he was saying that for a moment she could n't do anything other than stare at him with her mouth open .
8 The thought of Montaine was so arresting that for a moment he could not speak .
9 This follows from ( 5.47 ) as recognizing that for a perpetual bond rm = rc ( see ( 5.5 ) and ( 5.7 ) ) .
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