Example sentences of "[adv] for a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not enough for a business to be responsive only to its present environment . |
| 2 | 1.2 Advantages and It is not enough for a business to be disadvantages of responsive only to its present forecasting environment . |
| 3 | Paddlers are then faced with the choice of going upstream for a mile to Broomhill Bridge or downstream 3 miles to Grantown-on-Spey to lift out . |
| 4 | Such people are radically opposed to the idea of sociologists conducting research on the police and long for a return to a ‘ golden age ’ when the proverbial veil of secrecy surrounded police work . |
| 5 | Or perhaps for a return to the first Great Awakening of the eighteenth century , when Jonathan Edwards thundered against the evils of the age . |
| 6 | There may be more sheerly exciting accounts of the ‘ Pathétique ’ in the catalogue , but as a sound choice at bargain price — perhaps for a newcomer to the music — this would be a hard one to beat . |
| 7 | The Frenchman , before turning to her sons , let his glance fall pointedly for a moment to the swell of her breasts tightly bodiced beneath a new Fifth Avenue day dress of sheer white silk chiffon ; then he smiled secretly at her again and this undisguised expression of passionate interest brought a faint flush to her face . |
| 8 | He has all the new lags in for a talking to . |
| 9 | Cos I think we 're all in for a chance to getting it now , fifty thousand |
| 10 | They were preparing to check in for a flight to Tokyo . |
| 11 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 12 | A plan occurred to her ; she and Lucy would go away for a weekend to the heart of the country , roses round the door , and find out how they would be lovers . |
| 13 | Where did you go away for a fortnight to ? |
| 14 | Perhaps just for a while to tide you over a particularly bad crop of bills . |
| 15 | ‘ It is not just for a blow to be struck against Iraq when Saddam 's main victim has been innocent Iraqi people , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I think we can go back just for a final to White Hart Lane , and join up with Nick Harris — got his breath back now Nick , I think a tremendous afternoon though for you . |
| 17 | Nights , sometimes , Anton would cycle over for a visit to Rab , to play chequers . |
| 18 | There is a move by many environmental agencies both in Mexico and elsewhere for a return to traditional forms of agriculture , as they are considered to be better for the environment . |
| 19 | In the case of this applicant , he would have been happy to have obtained any place in the service , for he hoped to arrange thereafter for a transfer to the stations which he really desired , Coldingham or Eyemouth , where he had business interests . |
| 20 | The problem arose again thirty years later , when their energies were channelled off on a crusade which ended in defeat at Nicopolis in 1396 , and yet again in 1444–5 when , after the truce of Tours , the ‘ Ecorcheurs ’ who were , as their name implied , ‘ skinning ’ France , were led off for a while to Switzerland and the imperial lands . |
| 21 | Then they all went off for a visit to the zoo |
| 22 | Mr Yeltsin secured the required number of votes in his third attempt in four days , just as President Gorbachov flew off for a visit to Canada prior to his summit with President Bush in America . |
| 23 | Two friends from the paras — one an ex-member of the Irish Rangers , the other a deserter from the French Foreign Legion — were saving up for a trip to South Africa where they intended to join the South African Army . |
| 24 | The pilot therefore set the aircraft up for a diversion to the nearest suitable airfield — RAF Wittering — using residual engine power . |
| 25 | The moral decline of the West cries out for a return to the morals of protestant Christianity which will tell the nation what they must do to be strong once more . |
| 26 | The good nature and humour of most Scotsmen never failed to appreciate the situation , ( an immigrant father taking his kids out for a run to the country ) and they at all times were friendly . |
| 27 | The move will be seen as a further step towards a possible post-election deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats , who are holding out for a commitment to PR for the Commons as a pre-condition of backing a minority government . |
| 28 | He should legislate now for a referendum to be held once the negotiations at Maastricht are complete . |
| 29 | Your honour knows you went too far for a master to a servant or even to his equal and I can not bear it . |
| 30 | She leant forward , saying she wanted to go back for a moment to what the TV presenter had said about Jim Lancaster . |