Example sentences of "[adv] for [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 It 's extremely noisy because the surfacing at one stage just did n't take properly for all sorts of reasons the traffic along there is increasing quite dramatically and I hope that will be part of those schemes .
2 Both arbitration and litigation have an independent existence beyond any specific application , because they can be used very widely for all kinds of dispute resolution .
3 It voted overwhelmingly for continued membership of the USSR in the March 1991 referendum , and elected its own president .
4 As Graff argues , literacy can only be understood in context : ‘ it can be established neither arbitrarily nor uniformly for all members of the population ’ ( 1979 , p. 292 ) .
5 Amendments to the Act have now abolished mandatory retirement altogether for most categories of workers .
6 Typical examples of this are the inability to have biosensors that can operate effectively for any length of time in blood and the need for anticoagulants during extracorporeal procedures such as dialysis and heart-lung bypass operations .
7 ‘ Got to observe strict ARP , you see , Miss , though here we are gettin' on for five months of war and not a peep out of a Jerry plane .
8 ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’
9 Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5-micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all due to arrive next year .
10 Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year .
11 It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round .
12 On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show .
13 Is the Fiction too slight a foundation to build on for some understanding of these intermediate years ?
14 So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again .
15 Is she staying on for another couple of Luxembourg performances ?
16 ‘ We were woken at 10.30pm and told to put our kit on for three hours of night-time navigation exercises , ’ says Peter .
17 But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour .
18 I could put another one on for any member of staff who wishes to take one to use at interviews .
19 Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’
20 Erm , and , and I think sadly , as well the problem is that if this recession does go on for any length of time then we will be losing many of our
21 A whole complex system of muscles is brought into paly for each movement of the body : bending an arm involves the shortening of the biceps , while the tricep muscles at the back of the arm must relax and lengthen in unison .
22 It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will .
23 It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will .
24 Each packet of ORS produced had contents enough for 1 litre of solution .
25 However , US intelligence sources cited in the Guardian of Feb. 8 claimed that there were still 30,000,000 barrels of refined petroleum in storage , " enough for four months of sustained combat " .
26 Full tanks ( 60 imp. gallons in this model ) would remove 432 lbs from that and leave a payload of 804 lbs — enough for four people of average weight 160 lbs and 164 lbs of baggage .
27 Not fast , but it 's fast enough for that sort of distance between each oth
28 She 's making it very clear she does n't believe Anna 's good enough for that brother of hers .
29 It 's bad enough for one member of the family to hibernate — ca n't you persuade her ? ’
30 The area so far excavated was the size of a football pitch , and deep enough for three levels of laboratories and workshops that would be concrete-lined .
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