Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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31 If the client is willing to pay for a comprehensive pro-active search , MAS will generally refer the search to MC Strategy Services .
32 In the final analysis all power relationships depend on resources , be it those obtained from the state , the respective local authority or the private individual who is to be willing to pay for a specific service .
33 Such an approach also assumes that management would be willing to pay for a large project , accept the risks involved and get little reward in terms of information systems for a number of years .
34 This continued for a long time during which he shuffled his feet uncomfortably , controlling his immediate impulse to shout at her to be quiet .
35 This argues for a local exposition of gliadin related antigens .
36 DataEase 's menus are n't overlaid GUI-style and do n't drop down , but this makes for a simple approach to building and using your database .
37 This makes for a remarkable degree of working-class homogeneity , at least for the descendants of those who arrived before 1920 when what had been the world 's wealthiest and most productive industrial region outside the USA went into a very rapid decline .
38 We should not find it easy to go for a single currency if we had already moved down the federalist route in a dangerous way on foreign and defence policies .
39 The first relates to providing for any children of the marriage and the second allows for a temporary income to be given to either partner who is likely to suffer immediate hardship — this support may last for up to three years .
40 However , the incoming Conservative government of 1979 opted for a different approach .
41 It is trivially easy to select for a particular genetic formula , so long as you can read the genes of all the animals .
42 Nevertheless , unless the transaction is a management buy-in , for which it is appropriate to ask for a full set of warranties , a reasonable compromise is for the vendor to give the purchaser a set of warranties shorter than normally appropriate on a share sale .
43 A company 's management policies might be just as much to blame for a particular ‘ accident ’ as the actions of the driver , pilot , or captain : Sheen J made this point in his report on the Zeebrugge ferry disaster , but English prosecution practice has tended not to invoke the criminal law against managers of transport systems .
44 Only in the political disarray which followed the deaths of Offa and Ecgfrith is there evidence of an eagerness to abandon Lichfield , when Coenwulf , king of the Mercians , proposed in letters to Pope Leo in 797 and again in 798 the creation of an archiepiscopal see for a single southern province for Aethelheard at London to replace both Canterbury and Lichfield .
45 Standard periods would be prescribed for different types of business , although it would be possible to apply for a special timetable at an early stage and for detailed variations of the timetable .
46 Th keep that going for a wee while again .
47 New work patterns , such a partial shifts , mean that senior house officers are less likely to work for a single consultant and also make it more difficult for all junior doctors to attend teaching sessions at set times .
48 Feeling reflective and pensive we are more likely to reach for a sensitive ultramarine or restful cobalt than a stinging chrome yellow or vivid lime .
49 We seem to have two kinds of ‘ existenceworthiness ’ : the dewdrop kind , which can be summed up as ‘ likely to come into existence but not very durable ’ ; and the rock kind , which can be summed up as ‘ not very likely to come into existence but likely to last for a long time once there ’ .
50 In the Spring of 1966 , six of the Commissioners , led by Radzinowicz and Wootton resigned , having become persuaded that , with substantial legislation pending , and in the absence of conclusive research to support recommendations likely to last for a lengthy period , the opportunity no longer existed for the Commission to make a comprehensive report capable of setting the direction for a generation .
51 An Amnesty International report published on Nov. 21 called for a public commission to penetrate an official wall of silence and secrecy surrounding the disappearance of 100 people in the south of Morocco and the Western Sahara over the previous 15 years .
52 With both Holloway and national coach Ian Birtwell looking ahead to the England v Canada international at Wembley on October 17 it was natural to hope for a good start to the new season against incoming U.K. tourists .
53 The Possessed looked for a long time like losing its way , and Dostoevsky would surely concede that in so far as the design was , to use his own word , tendentious , this was bound to be so .
54 He has been toying with various possibilities ( we suggested he could come to us & repeat the year at Oban High — a somewhat unlikely proposition , I admit ) but seems likely to plump for a 4-year course at Birmingham , leading to a BSc in Computer Engineering .
55 The terms of reference for his review explicitly allowed Mr Large to call for a new act .
56 ‘ The front door is locked now but the caretaker will let you out at the back , so you 'll be welcome to stay for a wee while longer .
57 They are likely to stay for a long time with one organisation , and indeed many organisations seek to bind them to them by offering fringe benefits , particularly in the form of " loyalty bonuses " to encourage them to return at the start of each new banqueting season .
58 These call for a minimum level of earnings at strategic intervals throughout the relationship .
59 Our sponsored walks/treasure hunts can generate mainstream publicity with celebrity support and a sum like £5,000 can be very little to spend for a thorough branding exercise .
60 Superbly intelligent and well-crafted on record , surfing along upon churning , chiming guitars , Chadwick 's crew have proved unpredictable enough onstage to make for a compelling night out .
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