Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It planned for a more open democracy to include a revision of " anti-terrorism " legislation and improvements in the field of human rights , media censorship and academic freedom . |
| 2 | Lillie Moulton was invited to Fontainebleau in August 1866 on a day of ‘ intolerable heat in a crowded train which made for a highly unpleasant journey ’ . |
| 3 | It made for a somewhat strained atmosphere , but as a company they were used to that . |
| 4 | They were n't so much being difficult as simply teasing , and it made for a very amusing if unproductive hour . |
| 5 | Few Tories were quite as extreme as the Earl of Rochester , who at the renewal of hostilities in 1702 argued for a strictly limited naval war as the best way to check the power of France , and most recognised the need for some form of combined operations . |
| 6 | We argued for a more discriminating balance of questions , statements and instructions ; for fewer pseudo-questions and more questions of a kind which encourage children to reason and speculate ; for more opportunities for children themselves to ask their own questions and have these addressed ; for oral feedback to children which without being negative is more exact and informative than mere praise ; for both questioning and feedback to strike a balance between the retrospective function of assessing and responding to what has been learned so far , and the prospective function of taking the child 's learning forward ; and for much more use to be made of structured pupil-pupil interaction both as a learning tool and as a means of helping teachers to function in a more considered manner and therefore more effectively . |
| 7 | Such a view was challenged in the middle of this century by Robert Walcott , who argued for a more sophisticated understanding of the nature of the party structure under William and Anne . |
| 8 | Eugenists argued for a quite different understanding of how norms and averages were to be calculated . |
| 9 | Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out . |
| 10 | On Tuesday we opted for a more strenuous hike from Braithwaite village up the steep sloped of Grisedale Pike . |
| 11 | We opted for a more strenuous trip , packed out sunhats and set off . |
| 12 | From a therapeutic aspect , penicillin was marvellous because it cured many dangerous bacterial infections , but it was tiresome because it was inactive by mouth ( it was destroyed by the acidity of the stomach contents ) , it acted for a very short time ( it was rapidly excreted by the kidneys ) and so was of little value unless given by injection at intervals of not longer than 3 hours , and because , after a time , the normal processes of evolution led to the appearance of resistant strains of the microbes which had previously been sensitive to penicillin . |
| 13 | Instead , the Government had supported a daily press in Dar es Salaam , which catered for a relatively small and mainly urban readership . |
| 14 | The starting-point of that digression in time and place was that of leased prisons and the problems they increasingly raised for a socially responsible legislature . |
| 15 | The 'phone rang for a very long time and when Mrs Pettifer eventually answered she sounded quite put out . |
| 16 | In the end he settled for a rather Egyptian standing pose with both their faces front on and the bodies half turned away . |
| 17 | He also called for a more concerted moral drive to check the spread of AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) in Africa . |
| 18 | He called for a more critical approach , one which recognised the failures and shortcomings of what had been achieved , an accurate assessment of the intentions of policy-makers and legislators , and proper consideration of alternatives which might have been adopted . |
| 19 | At a meeting of Samaritans in Darlington he called for a more understanding attitude from the general public and the Government . |
| 20 | He called for a more energetic anti-colonial policy by the French and British parties and demanded that the Comintern take ‘ some concrete steps immediately ’ in South-East Asia . |
| 21 | ‘ It was my responsibility as a project to establish the whole thing , ’ he said proudly , adding that his work at Newcastle called for a very broad range of expertise . |
| 22 | Most of the technology ( apart , perhaps , from extensive voice recognition capability ) needed for a fully automated office has arrived . |
| 23 | ‘ With ‘ All Over My Face ’ we went for a rather professional production , ’ sighs Andy . |
| 24 | It reads : ‘ Went for a very long bike ride and I was n't tired but Dad was knackered . ’ |
| 25 | You know when they said , when they went for a very radical policy |
| 26 | I went for a very short while to the Royal Academy of Arts for a leaving party being given for Mrs William Kerr , who firstly as Griselda Hamilton-Baillie then as Griselda Kerr , has worked so hard on the public relations staff of the Royal Academy , since 1972 . |
| 27 | I chose as my subject the person of the Buddha , tried to relate his teaching to Christians , expressed my deep admiration for him and pleaded for a more tolerant and positive attitude towards the religion which he had founded . |
| 28 | The saturation resulted in rain , which fell for a very long time . |
| 29 | He reached for a more conventional musical palette , strings and woodwinds . |
| 30 | However , many thanks to my MP , Derek Foster , and all others who voted for a more civilised society and thanks on behalf of the unfortunate foxes , stags and hares , still running for their innocent , tormented lives and still relying on humanity to get moving . |