Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb base] for a " in BNC.

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1 Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers .
2 The average wait for a routine appointment at our department 's outpatient clinic was eight months , with a further wait of two years for a prostatectomy .
3 Apart from that , the hon. Gentleman should acknowledge that the Government have for a number of years , under the farm and conservation grants scheme , provided a 40 per cent .
4 Will the Leader of the House arrange for a statement early next week by the Home Secretary ?
5 Will the Leader of the House arrange for a statement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on yesterday 's meeting of the Anglo-Irish intergovernmental conference , especially in the light of the Prime Minister 's failure to respond to the second part of the question that was asked by the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) ?
6 Other 3000 boxes can be upgraded to a 987 with a board swap for a third of the cost of a new system .
7 No laughs from this move in which Gloucester should have had a penalty try for a deliberate knock on .
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