Example sentences of "[verb] for an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is necessary to wait for an incoming aircraft which might cause a slight delay before you proceed to the resort . |
| 3 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
| 4 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 5 | With planning consent now received for an improved access for the physically handicapped and an extension to provide a parish office and toilet for the disabled , tenders will shortly be invited for the building works . |
| 6 | Occasionally a reservation is received for an older work missed ( or turned down ) when originally published . |
| 7 | He says : ‘ Small budgets , apologetic councils strapped for cash , and a complex social and sometimes ethnic mix of young customers and their parents do n't make for an easy life . ’ |
| 8 | But it did n't always make for an easy life . |
| 9 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 10 | It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'm going with a Scum season ticket holder and Newcastle Utd fan should make for an interesting evening all round . |
| 12 | They derive their strength from the realization that not to abide by them would make for an unworkable constitution . |
| 13 | Sadly , the forty-five-year-old 's rotund physique proved too much and he was forced to retire for an early bath . |
| 14 | For a bigger event , it is always better to go for an empty room that allows you scope to do your own thing rather than a place which has limiting fixed features . |
| 15 | Poland restored relations on Feb. 27 , calling the rift a mistake , apologising for an anti-Semitic purge in March 1968 and offering to restore citizenship to about 30,000 Jews forced to emigrate at that time . |
| 16 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 17 | Both are well up on the old 1.8 's 89hp and 101lbf ft , and ( even allowing for an extra 234kg/516lb of flab ) power/weight ratio has improved by 19% . |
| 18 | Total revenue would increase by S$1,900 million , to S$17,200 million , allowing for an overall surplus ( that is , surplus minus net lending and plus net capital receipts ) of S$3,500 million , or 5.3 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 19 | Some of his actions , in particular the unexpected introduction of a constitutional amendment allowing for an elected Vice-President and the subsequent appointment of Moudud Ahmed to that post , caused some disquiet among party members . |
| 20 | erm I 've arranged for an independent assessor to view this vehicle , and the view of that independent assessor is this is a straightforward claim against the insurance company , and I at the moment am pursuing that , so it 's a little bit of a conflict of interest that one , but that does give you some background on that particular case . |
| 21 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 22 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 23 | When 20,000 people gathered for an illegal festival at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire last May , they brought misery to thousands living nearby . |
| 24 | On the final evening almost two hundred people gathered for an informal service in which young people 's sergeant major Eva Burrows was one of the leaders . |
| 25 | Approximately 800 demonstrators , including many Jewish settlers from the occupied territories , gathered for an anti-government rally in Jerusalem on Aug. 8 . |
| 26 | Japan was not unique in the problems faced by her rural population , but her attempts to search for an external outlet for domestic discontent were unusually vigorous . |
| 27 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 28 | Admittedly you often do have to search for an underlying structure in Berlioz 's work . |
| 29 | Therefore , in the subsequent 56 patients adjuvant therapy with chenodeoxycholic acid 7 mg/kg/day and ursodeoxycholic acid 5 mg/kg/ day was given for an arbitrary period of three months after the procedure . |
| 30 | The right of rejection is not given for an ordinary breach of warranty . |