Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , sea-trout never give themselves up easily ; you have to know your loch and be prepared to hunt for where the fish lie ; so be prepared for a lot of rowing , and a lot of finger-crossing on Oscaig . |
| 2 | The minimum and maximum periods for verification can only be determined for a particular installation . |
| 3 | Access can only be denied for a maximum period of thirty-six hours . |
| 4 | It could only be followed for a limited period of time . |
| 5 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 6 | That situation can only be tolerated for a while and following the Bank 's offer of 3% last June a series of consultation meetings with members overwhelmingly rejected the offer . |
| 7 | And at whatever time of the year you visit Edinburgh , there are the art galleries and museums — though the priceless and vulnerable collection of Turner water-colours can only be seen for a short period in winter . |
| 8 | This is because the egg can only be fertilised for a short period of time following its release . |
| 9 | The pedagogical grammar must not only be designed for a specific audience ; it must also teach materials that are culturally appropriate . |
| 10 | Because flat-rate unemployment benefit can only be drawn for a maximum of a year , a large number of today 's unemployed find themselves having to draw means-tested assistance . |
| 11 | A tranquillizer may help to reduce anxiety so that the person is better able to start tackling his problems , but the drug should only be used for a short time ( up to 2 weeks ) , and should be withdrawn once improvement in coping ability has begun to develop . |
| 12 | It was , again , an unsatisfactory solution , and Freud began to see that these earlier conceptualizations could only be used for a limited number of problems which arose in psychoanalysis , and that a new , more fundamental conceptualization was required . |
| 13 | The company of some elderly relatives can only be enjoyed for a limited period at the end of a busy day , and long evenings — every evening — spent together can be a strain on all concerned in different ways . |
| 14 | Therefore I would not necessarily be looking for a secretarial position , and would be open to other suggestions . |
| 15 | As part of the project , tenders will soon be sought for a backbone X25 service which will interlink national public or private networks used for research in European states . |
| 16 | Lucerne and Berne , Switzerland 's capital city , can easily be reached for a day 's sightseeing . |
| 17 | Sit behind the wheel of the Calibra and it could easily be mistaken for a Cavalier GSi . |
| 18 | To my mind , it begins so well that it could easily be mistaken for a translation of an eighth-century hermit 's verse , composed in a beehive hut by a contented holy man of Old Ireland . |
| 19 | It will tend to lie doggo in the light and , because it is flat , it can easily be mistaken for a small mole on the shin . |
| 20 | DAS really gives the creative artist a simple way to create fast moving , effective animations which could easily be mistaken for a real cartoon . |
| 21 | Radiological studies are not able to precisely define the muscular end of the oesophagus and when a Barrett 's oesophagus is present with gastric mucosa lining the distal oesophagus , it can easily be mistaken for a hiatal hernia . |
| 22 | This is why coaxial cable can more easily be used for a switched-star system , where the cable runs a short distance from switching station to TV set . |
| 23 | They can be turned into money on demand in most cases ; even where notice might originally have been specified this can usually be waived for a small interest penalty . |
| 24 | The reason for this is that the sub-continent 's representatives will still be competing for a one-day pot in Sharjah until the 20th . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ We are confident we will still be operating for a long time to come . |
| 26 | If any authorities do not succeed tomorrow , they may still be considered for a share of the extra allocation of £7.5 million next year . |
| 27 | Public funding is being withdrawn from research and development which is of direct benefit to growers — like the evaluation of different varieties in the National Fruit Trials at Brogdale — but the Government will still be paying for a substantial amount of horticultural research at a number of centres spread across the country . |
| 28 | But 1989 will always be remembered for a bizarre week that resulted in him playing for Munster without ever having worn the Cork senior colours . |
| 29 | Many more dishes can be made that go direct from stove to table than could ever be produced for a separate dining room or area . |
| 30 | Because they 're going to have to , at the end of their period of whether it 's a year or eighteen months , they will hopefully be qualified for a national vocational qualification level three and in order to gain that they have to be assessed constantly throughout their eighteen months , there 's no kind of |