Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then dis discontinuity , does the function exist for a whole range ? |
| 2 | Continuing through the scattered little climatic resort the road leads to the Heiligenschwendi Klinik , a large hospital originally treating respiratory diseases but in more recent times catering for a wide variety of patients . |
| 3 | At Maastricht , the Germans argued for a common foreign policy for the European Community . |
| 4 | An NIS Domain license goes for a one-time fee of $25,000 . |
| 5 | The establishment of the West German state in the latter part of 1948 , enabled plans to proceed for a general election there , in August 1949 , resulting , in 139 Christian Democrats ; 131 Social Democrats and 52 Free Democrats being elected , with extreme parties winning very few seats . |
| 6 | Marsh was dismissed with three minutes to go for a late challenge on Dimitr Radchenko , scorer of Spartak 's first goal , in their 2–0 success which made it 6–2 on aggregate . |
| 7 | Clearly in simple population terms the older age groups account for a disproportionate amount of health care expenditure . |
| 8 | Once again , you have an opportunity to go for a perfect ton , providing you have produced the goods during the first two days play . |
| 9 | But we still have to train people to be able to cook under any conditions — a young soldier can often find himself on his own in the field cooking for a given number of people . |
| 10 | On-shore activities make for a lively and exhilarating festival . |
| 11 | It is interesting that , as the opportunity to paint for a specific exhibition has offered itself , a freer and less tentative approach can be seen both in subject matter and technique . |
| 12 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 13 | Mr Castro said it would be ’ arbitrary , capricious and absurd ’ to apply policies designed for a big country to little Cuba . |
| 14 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 15 | There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come . |
| 16 | In seeking to make these aims operational , the plan set out the general characteristics of the proposed polytechnic : it was to be a ‘ broadly-based institution catering for a wide range of higher education for the over-18 age groups ’ , giving priority to sandwich courses , but providing courses other than degree courses for those able to benefit from ‘ advanced courses of a specialist nature ’ . |
| 17 | On coming to power in Tbilisi , the new military council expressed its readiness to search for a negotiated solution to the problems in South Ossetia and , as a gesture of goodwill , on Jan. 7 released the Ossetian leader Torez Kolumbegov who had been held since January 1991 [ see pp. 37971 ; 38014 ] . |
| 18 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 19 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 20 | The voice of the Scottish people was made clear on April , when 75 per cent of the electorate voted for a Scottish parliament in some form . ’ |
| 21 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 22 | As members will recall , the Association petitioned for a Royal Charter a few years ago . |
| 23 | Town had their chances against Barnsley , but their finishing looked somewhat second rate for a first division side pushing for a premier league place . |
| 24 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 25 | Rosemary Cargill ( Mrs Raza ) has since 1986 been a journalist writing for a current affairs publication . |
| 26 | Setting sail for a deep — sea El Dorado |
| 27 | But le Havre and Cherbourg opted for a simple and austere classicism , with the new vogue for geometrical emphasis to the fore . |
| 28 | After his visit to the hospital he spoke to shoppers in Stockton High Street about the community charge and Labours plans for a fair rate . |
| 29 | Among the throngs of passing students I was thinking fondly of Jordi when someone who was obviously an American passed by , and our eyes met for a split second . |
| 30 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |