Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think in advance about using Dacron tape for a spar pocket , and how it will fit into the plan of the kite , taking the ripstop into the pocket , not outside ! |
| 2 | Successes have included gaining removal expenses for a woman who had been refused them , and furniture from Calderdale Voluntary Services for another woman who was not entitled to a Single Payment from the DHSS . |
| 3 | A ginger group , the Washington-based United Shareholders Association plans this month to start soliciting shareholder proxies for a motion that if approved would force IBM 's non-executive directors to call in a firm of investment bankers to advise on a plan to maximise shareholder value by spinning off or selling one or more units of the company . |
| 4 | If in a protracted descent , warm the engine every 500 ft in cold conditions by applying cruise power for a few seconds . |
| 5 | A family was blacklisted after signing nomination forms for a relative standing as a Communist in a local election . |
| 6 | ‘ After the demise of our great team in ‘ 86 we were building sand castles for a while — they were collapsing all the time . |
| 7 | After eating dairy produce for a week , you should have a pretty good idea about whether it suited you or not . |
| 8 | Tyne Tunnel Trading Estates Ltd. were seeking planning permission for a 360 000 sq . |
| 9 | Small Luxury Hotels of the World will be appointing a tour operator to provide worldwide breaks , including transport , to its 90 properties worldwide ; and Forte , which was already seeking ABTA bonding for a new programme of flight-inclusive packages to overseas hotels , decided to include UK breaks in the bond , scheduled for early-summer approval . |
| 10 | There are any number of sensible diets set out in paperbacks or reputable magazine supplements , many of them suggesting specimen meals for a week or a month . |
| 11 | I think she 's designing carrier bags for a living . |
| 12 | In this method , the phase difference between the phases from the normal and anomalous scattering in the structure is estimated by measuring Bijvoet pairs for a reflection at two or more wavelengths . |
| 13 | OEMs will have to pay USL $60,000 to get the source code in-house and another $25,000 in sublicensing fees to ship to customers over and above paying OSF $150,000 for a DCE license . |
| 14 | There could be asset stripping , with the new owner selling bus stations for a quick profit . |
| 15 | B. in clearing a site of demonstrators who were impeding survey work for a new nuclear power station . |
| 16 | He had stayed up three nights researching south-east Asia for a speech planned for a big demonstration against the Vietnam War . |
| 17 | I can not find a definition within the Companies Act 1985 , but in s 224(3) , relating to automatic fixing of accounting reference date for a company incorporated after 1 April 1990 , there is a reference to ‘ the last day of a month ’ . |
| 18 | One day on the weary way up from school a truck stacked with furniture ground past Martha ; when she reached Nana 's house she found the truck stopped in the overgrown yard next door , and a fat woman in a pink dress buying soda pop for a brood of children who stood around her looking fearfully at their new home . |
| 19 | Figure 7.6 Example of table holding attribute data for a set of areas . |
| 20 | looking at the other person for at least half the time and holding eye contact for a complete thought ( usually about five seconds ) |
| 21 | Petsos received a 10-month suspended sentence for corruptly facilitating planning permission for a press complex which Koskotas had built near Athens . |
| 22 | DESERT Orchid had his first proper meal yesterday since undergoing emergency surgery for a twisted gut . |
| 23 | They are , Hemingway writes , ‘ doing coolie labor for a top wage of $45 a month and they have been put down on the Florida Keys where they ca n't make trouble . |
| 24 | The Federation , which represents more than 50,000 members nationwide has emerged as a strong national voice in Parliament and is constantly badgering Government ministers for a better business deal . |
| 25 | Imagine having Mystery Miguel for a boss ! |
| 26 | The next day , she was in church at Farnham Road , doing flower arrangements for a wedding . |
| 27 | Ten of the 25 practices in the Oxford Regional Health Authority which entered the first wave of the fundholding scheme were asked to continue collecting referral data for a further year . |
| 28 | In constructing structure drills for a pedagogical grammar , the following principles should be kept in mind : The drills must deal adequately with the differences between the structures of the language , and the structures of the student 's own language . |
| 29 | Next door , another room has bee converted to house more of the latest technology , this time substituting a manual system of producing hand samples for a mechanical one in the shape of a ‘ rapid pegging machine ’ . |
| 30 | A brine crock is great for storing runner beans for a really long time . |