Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | If this is not possible ( and it usually is n't ) , the golden advice at the present time must be to sell first rather than risk lumbering yourself with the crippling expense of having to borrow for several months or possibly longer . |
2 | Any well-drafted transfer will therefore provide for the transfer of the right to sue for such breaches . |
3 | The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet . |
4 | Well he 's so badly parked you see , he 's got to wait for both traffics to go whereas I could go easily |
5 | We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January . |
6 | Though debt-for-equity swaps represent one way for banks to recover part of their developing country debt exposure , they still stand to lose money and look likely to have to wait for some years before they can cash in their equity stakes . |
7 | We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready . |
8 | ‘ We will not stop ( reforms ) to wait for any decisions from the G7 , whether we receive aid or not , ’ he told reporters . |
9 | Customers are no longer prepared to wait for several months for their chosen pattern . |
10 | One of the best places to rummage for these antiques is Antarctica . |
11 | Her children had families of their own and her husband was n't due to retire for several years . |
12 | ‘ The game is about guts and determination and the drive not to lose , and Sarah has the instincts to go for those shots , ’ said Jones . |
13 | BBC engineers are divided between hacking a Scandinavian proposal to standardise across Europe on eight-channel sound in a gaggle of different languages or , as many want , to go for fewer channels carrying the kind of sound quality available on the new digital discs that are now in British shops . |
14 | Get you some victims to be included because presumably they want to appeal for more members |
15 | There are a number of Acts of Parliament which empower a magistrate on sworn information to issue a warrant to search for such things as stolen goods , forged documents , drugs . |
16 | The area was sealed off , sniffer dogs were called in to search for more explosives and the bags taken to the Metropolitan Police forensic science laboratory for examination . |
17 | Time to move on , maybe , to search for some answers before the whole thing comes down around my ears . |
18 | ‘ I really came to search for some things for my collection . ’ |
19 | We do not yet know the implications for job numbers of the reorganisation , but as stated in the AEA Times Bulletin there may be a need to plan for more reductions than previously anticipated . |
20 | The legend that Crabb was taken back to Russia alive continued to circulate for several years and indeed still does , helped by a number of books claiming to be based on secret information from the East . |
21 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
22 | Australian Cricket Board manager Graham Halbish said doctors had ordered Waugh not to bowl for several months after diagnosing a stress fracture of his lower back — a legacy of the recent Ashes tour of England . |
23 | If it gets into your eyes , you may be unable to see for several hours . |
24 | I enjoy my work at the playgroup and hope I will be able to continue for many years to come ’ |
25 | The United Kingdom holiday industry was in a period of rapid change and flux in late 1985 and this is likely to continue for some years to come . |
26 | The research to find a European version of taxol is likely to continue for some years . |
27 | Average rates of commission have tended to fall for all clients , but particularly for institutions ( see Figure 11.1 ) . |
28 | It is sometimes possible to arrange for both ministers to be at the ceremony , sharing the responsibility between them . |
29 | IL to arrange for these items to be ordered . |
30 | It would also be my advice to arrange for several quotations for the finance . |