Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Gospels , indeed the whole of the Bible , are sketchy documents , which no responsible scholar would for a moment consider absolutely reliable as historical testimony .
2 But their minds must for a moment have flowed together , for Freeborn said :
3 Nationalistic sentiment may for a while distort commercial viability .
4 In less serious cases the operator may for a while maintain certain parameters at appropriate levels without diverting his attention to detailed diagnosis , this is called function control .
5 The implications of this failure are very far-reaching because , it is only if market forces can be counted on to produce good , or even tolerable , results that the abdication from all responsibility for strategic policy-making can for a moment be justified .
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