Example sentences of "[verb] for a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conversion of fractions to decimals is a requirement for effective use of the calculator , and a further calculator question about the wages received for a 37½ hour week produced evidence that a number of pupils worked out the wages for a 37 hour week using the calculator and then made , or tried to make , a pencil and paper calculation for the remaining half hour 's money . |
| 2 | Christopher swiftly arranged for a six foot wall to be built along his boundary , and angrily muttered that it was going to have to be the Scottish islands . |
| 3 | It rubs hoarding space with Howard Hodgkin , whose paintings sell for a million pounds and more . |
| 4 | Net , adjusted for a three-for-two stock split paid in December 1992 , per share fell 89.7% to $0.03 . |
| 5 | Net earnings per share , adjusted for a three-for-two stock split paid in August 1992 , rose by 12.3% to $0.91 in the quarter , and by 14.4% to $3.58 in the year . |
| 6 | Net per share , adjusted for a three-for-two stock split paid in February 1993 , was $0.43 . |
| 7 | Net per share , adjusted for a three-for-two stock split last time paid in May 1992 , rose by 16.7% to $0.28 . |
| 8 | Net per share , adjusted for a three-for-two stock split paid in April 1993 , remained at $0.20 . |
| 9 | Net earnings per share , adjusted for a three-for-two stock split paid in July 1992 , fell by 58.3% to $0.05 in the quarter , and by 70% to $0.51 in the year . |
| 10 | Net earnings per share , adjusted for a one-for-ten consolidation on February 26 rose 117.6% to $0.37 in the year . |
| 11 | Net earnings per share , adjusted for a three-for-one stock split paid in February 1992 , rose by 38.5% to $0.18 in the quarter , and by 19.1% to $0.56 in the year . |
| 12 | Net earnings per share , adjusted for a five-for-four stock split paid in November 1992 , rose 3.7% to $0.28 in the quarter , and 9.1% to $0.84 in the nine months . |
| 13 | Net per share , adjusted for a five-for-four stock split paid in June 1992 , and rose 6.3% to $0.17 . |
| 14 | Although the syntactic filter could no doubt be improved , it probably could not compensate for a 20,000 word lexicon and/or poorer acoustic-phonetic discrimination . |
| 15 | Then Swindon asked for a million pounds , Chelsea offered nothing , and Hoddle was valued at a maximum of 175 thousand pounds . |
| 16 | Simon Lawler , prosecuting asked for a 14 day adjournment so that the charges against the two officers could be finalised . |
| 17 | Wasps , defending the only unblemished record in Division One , lacked their usual buzz , but had former England international Huw Davies 's try to thank for a 10–6 win over spirited London Scottish . |
| 18 | Although the Guaranteed Capital Bond is designed for a five year term , early encashment is allowed before the end of the fixed term . |
| 19 | First and foremost erm there is an assessment of those officers by their immediate supervisors and er a then ensues whereby er suitable officers are s selected to come for a two day assessment at er police headquarters . |
| 20 | And it was not rebuilt for a hundred years . |
| 21 | What the hell does one buy for a two year old ? |
| 22 | Well over a hundred of Oxfordshire 's lowest paid and angriest health workers attended a mass meeting to hear that almost all the region 's clerical staff had voted for a one day strike . |
| 23 | Rail workers have voted for a twenty-four hour strike over job losses . |
| 24 | Friesians cleared at £265 , while fat cows made £109.65 for M Mairs for a 570 kg Friesian and to £108 to A Doherty for a Simmental . |
| 25 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 26 | Furious Saints fans ran on to the pitch in anger just before the final whistle as their team headed for a 2–1 defeat by QPR . |
| 27 | The X300 saloon , which replaces the XJ6 , is destined for a 1994 launch . |
| 28 | Some of the stimulus for this came from a survey of senior medical students , yet when 30 current house officers were consulted all but two said that , though they would be happy to have the opportunity to apply for both jobs at one hospital , they would not have applied for a one year block contract that restricted them to one hospital . |
| 29 | His solicitor , David Watson , applied for a two week adjournment and Hodkinson was remanded on unconditional bail until June 29 . |
| 30 | If we were biologically capable of living for a million years , and wanted to do so , we should assess risks quite differently . |