Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dominant reason for applying for a particular course was vocational ( see Table 1 ) . |
| 2 | After allowing for a few thousand of natural increase , the Serb and Montenegrin population of Kosovo would have fallen from 237,000 in 1981 to about 220,000 in 1986 . |
| 3 | He picked it up crossly , but after listening for a few moments , his expression softened and he nodded twice . |
| 4 | After deliberating for a little while , the priest selected one and carried it towards the fire . |
| 5 | Middlesbrough deserved their win after leading for a long spell , though manager Lennie Lawrence 's heart must have sank when Tranmere snatched an 86th-minute equaliser . |
| 6 | Transport cost so much that it was virtually impossible to make a profit by importing anything that could be produced locally ; although salt cod was brought across the Atlantic , in general nothing but luxury goods like gold , silver , furs , and spices would yield a reasonable return after paying for a costly ocean voyage . |
| 7 | Then , after waiting for a specified length of time , the hair can be shampooed in the usual way . |
| 8 | José Napoleón Duarte , 64 , President of El Salvador in 1980-1982 and 1984-1989 , died on Feb. 23 after suffering for a long time from cancer . |
| 9 | The voyage took eight months , and after stopping for a short time in Malaysia , we arrived in the Gulf of Tongking . |
| 10 | CHARTBUSTERS Was ( Not Was ) wo n't return to France in a hurry after touring for a few miserable days . |
| 11 | ‘ I tell you what , ’ he said , after thinking for a few seconds , ‘ as you 're so keen on horses why not come up to the farm when you 've got some time to spare and help my young niece in the stables ? |
| 12 | The enterprising Campbell Freight Agencies ' company was formed in May 1979 when Alan decided to go out on his own after working for a multi-National freight firm . |
| 13 | I did n't think you 'd be that stupid , but I was curious enough to consent when Jones brought your name up with Giles Estwick when we started thinking about looking for a new programme manager six months ago . ’ |
| 14 | It has been taken for granted for a long time that criticism and the academy go naturally together , and a large pedagogic and publishing industry has been built on that assumption . |
| 15 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 16 | Among attractions of a combined survey is the economy of mobilising for a larger survey with fewer turns for the ship . |
| 17 | It will cover many kinds of shaping for a huge variety of subjects and once learned will save you a good deal of time in making up and garment fitting . |
| 18 | The bias erm of British producers towards producing for a British market is likely to persist erm historically it 's been very difficult for all but er select minority to achieve significant sells sales overseas . |
| 19 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 20 | The art of palpating for a pyloric mass should be taught by experienced senior staff to junior staff and students . |
| 21 | The Profitboss , in developing his contacts , never forgets that the friendly Steven Cook he met at the conference last month might just be the head of purchasing for a major customer in two years ' time . |
| 22 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 23 | But the Stokesley sprinter , whose season has been delayed by the combined effects of study and injury , summarily dismissed her chances of qualifying for a second successive Olympic Games after winning the 200 metres title for the third time in seven years . |
| 24 | Roxburgh put the occasion , a friendly with no bearing on Scotland 's prospects of qualifying for a sixth , successive World Cup , even more sharply into perspective . |
| 25 | If we were biologically capable of living for a million years , and wanted to do so , we should assess risks quite differently . |
| 26 | The closest thing to a suggestion of further co-operation with the SNP was Dennis Canavan 's argument that talks could be held on the narrow agenda of pushing for a multi-option referendum , and a reserved hearing the conference accorded to the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie . |
| 27 | Pauline is also in the middle of writing for a new BBC programme about women 's health to be screened around next April . |
| 28 | Hilton was certainly conscious of writing for a wide monastic audience , but The Ladder is ostensibly written for a nun , who was enclosed in a convent and bound by traditional monastic disciplines , but who also seemed about to begin a more solitary life . |
| 29 | It is perhaps the imperative of writing for a national gallery with international exposure which prompts this emphasis on ‘ mastery ’ and ‘ genius ’ . |
| 30 | You , you ha you establish a rapport of listening for a little while to whatever it is that they 've got to say , and their troubles and their anxieties and I was n't happy that |