Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] have [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Health and Medical Organisations : All the leading British and international medical and health organisations that have studied the problem of smoking have called for a total ban by legislation on the promotion of tobacco . |
| 2 | If she would like the family and close friends to gather together for a meal or light refreshments after the service and committal , you will of course have prepared for this beforehand . |
| 3 | Siyad Barre was meanwhile reported to have left Nairobi , the Kenyan capital , for Nigeria on May 17 , after more than 200 Kenyan members of parliament had called for his expulsion , expressing fears that the instability in Somalia might spread to Kenya . |
| 4 | There were recalls of the Jarrow marchers , as if a volcanic lava that was the death of security had devastated the country and with it peace of mind had gone for ever . |
| 5 | An air of hesitancy had prevailed for most of the day as the City waited nervously for the Budget . |
| 6 | The clearest example in Britain concerns trade union rights in which this process of redefinition has continued for about 150 years and shows no signs of abating . |
| 7 | If , however , Gavin had stomped in and told her she was a piece of shit , would the audience with the Goddess Of Tedium have lasted for more than one sentence ? |
| 8 | The number of people out of work has fallen for the third month running . |
| 9 | The number of people out of work has fallen for the fifth consecutive month . |
| 10 | In some respects they use new language and embody in a formal text rules that have not been specified in that way before ; this has indeed been the way the laws of war have developed for 150 years . |
| 11 | He had been knocked unconscious on so many occasions that the process of revival had become for him little more than the formality of asking three simple questions as soon as his senses could be trusted to provide reliable answers . |
| 12 | This strange kind of polygyny has accounted for at least nine different hypotheses attempting to explain the birds ' bizarre mating system . |
| 13 | But where results can be presented in tabular form it does seem reasonable to expect that there is sufficient uniformity of approach to have allowed for more than one interviewer , and , of course , for subsequent repetition of the interviews , so as to replicate the enquiry . |
| 14 | In addition to work in the courts , the Office of Communication has lobbied for legislation guaranteeing employment at decision-making levels for women and minorities in the media . |
| 15 | The new political atmosphere challenged the self-satisfied pecking order of the social ladder of pre-war years , and made certain that an accepted way of life had changed for ever . |
| 16 | In 1896 , the minutes state ‘ that seven owners of property have applied for a supply of water from the Railway Company , which will necessitate the laying of 230 yards of 3 ’ cast iron main at an estimated cost of £55 , and there are several more houses along the proposed extension of the main which will probably soon want a supply' . |
| 17 | And then when we see you then we 're going to sort sort of summarize what three months on effected levels of lithium has done for you . |
| 18 | A batch of film had gone for processing along with footprint casts and soil samples believed to be contaminated with blood or other tissue . |
| 19 | The girl was glued to the spot , terror-struck , pop-eyed , quivering , knowing for certain that the Day of Judgment had come for her at last . |
| 20 | But the exercise of editing had become for him a mechanical one , and he was glad to be rid of it . |
| 21 | Certainly Edward 's last ( and only surviving ) letter to the critic suggests that the period of mentorship had lasted for a reasonable time , probably at least a year . |
| 22 | The World Wide Fund for Nature has called for tougher safeguards to protect Britain 's remaining natural forests . |
| 23 | Patients with adenocarcinoma had smoked for more years in total ( median 38.5 , range 4–54 years ) than patients with CLO ( median 29.5 , range 6–55 years ) ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 24 | Patients with adenocarcinoma had smoked for more years in total ( median 38.5 , range 4–54 years ) than CLO patients ( median 29.5 , range 6–55 years ) ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 25 | Much of the comparative analysis of tenure and mobility has been based on US experience where an average worker aged 55 would , for example have worked for 10 different firms compared to only four in Japan . |
| 26 | In 1987 I worked with a chief inspector who had just returned from university having read for a Bramshill scholarship in what he called ‘ black letter law ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ The bank account in question has existed for at least 40 years . |
| 28 | What is documented in the book is what everyone in sport has known for years — that the use of steroids has been widespread in many sports since the sixties . |
| 29 | TRADE : The gradual improvement in trade has held for the first four months of 1993 according to the Builders Merchants Federation . |
| 30 | Some young people in care have voiced for a long time their preference for residential rather than fostering care ( Page and Clark , 1977 ) . |