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 . |