Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | stated that he had the authority to give a supplementary grant of £100 , but asked Southern Division to plan ahead for 1994 and to produce a budget showing anticipated expenditure , to be sent to National Office . |
| 2 | It takes about half an hour to set up for 2 shots , which will take up about 5 seconds each on screen . |
| 3 | Additional low intensity bands after major blockages , such as at 43 ( Fig. 2A ) , probably represents the ability of RNA polymerase to transcribe weakly for 3 or 4 nucleotides past stereochemically small blockages by a partial polymerase dissociation mechanism , and has been observed with other small DNA adducts ( 16 ) . |
| 4 | Gorbachev , finally , was able to visit Peking in May 1989 , the first Soviet leader to do so for thirty years . |
| 5 | But Lillywhite said : ‘ My Banana squad and manager Keith Lambert give me confidence to hold on for two more stages . |
| 6 | Leave the cake to dry out for 24 hrs . |
| 7 | It 's an income redistribution to make up for 12 years of Reagan and Bush in which the rich got richer and the poor got poorer . |
| 8 | YOUR LAST CHANCE TO FILL UP FOR 30 MILES it read . |
| 9 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
| 10 | The Arkell Travelling Fellowship was established in 1985 to encourage young people with a proven interest in conservation and the environment to travel abroad for two or three weeks to study a subject of their choice . |
| 11 | Later on , they encouraged the beat man to take over for five minutes — for a man to go and stretch his legs . |
| 12 | A HINT of Liverpool 's long lost glamour as Britain 's premier passenger port will return this autumn when a Ukrainian liner will operate several cruises from the Mersey — the first cruise ship to do so for 16 years . |
| 13 | Oh it seems a long way to go just for five days skiing . |
| 14 | Adrian Nastase visited Japan on Aug. 4 , the first Romanian Foreign Minister to do so for 16 years . |
| 15 | So I 've got time to sit down for five minutes before we go out ai n't I ? |
| 16 | Then she turned towards the stairs , resisting with all her strength the temptation to turn back for one last glance of the man who 'd sent her normally sane and steady world into turmoil . |
| 17 | It would n't be realistic to expect Christmas to make up for three flat years , ’ commented Sue Butterworth at Silver Moon Bookshop on the Charing Cross Road . |