Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the target is eventually sold for a profit , the benefit of the realised reserves can only be transferred to the original purchaser ( by dividend ) if the IHC has adequate distributable resources . |
| 2 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 3 | he 's only coming for an hour . |
| 4 | He 's only , he 's only going for a couple of weeks |
| 5 | In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ? |
| 6 | Youngsters love it but the 220-year-old automaton is only operated for a minute , once or twice a day . |
| 7 | Without having suffered the turmoil of a leadership contest , Labour can boast that it is better prepared for an election than the Conservatives . |
| 8 | Well I want , now I want yeah well I understand but I wonder how long since they will leave it she 's already looked for an answ , you know she does n't get an answer , that 's the point , I should think by now he 'd |
| 9 | The equity method is generally used for a holding of 20-50% of the outstanding voting shares ( that is , shares which have been issued and which are currently held by shareholders ) because it is assumed , on the basis of this level of ownership , that an investor has the ability to exert significant influence in the affairs of the company . |
| 10 | An account of the study and its main findings is separately written for a termly evaluation newsletter which is distributed to all staff . |
| 11 | But man is not made for a solitary , self-sufficient existence . |
| 12 | The post-mortems continue but the truth is , that from an operational viewpoint , the 1,500V DC Woodhead line is not missed for a moment . |
| 13 | Despite this , Federated Farmers , the farmers ' lobbying group , is not calling for a return to subsidies . |
| 14 | In Rangoon Nu announced : ‘ AFPFL is not calling for a general strike among workers at the present time . |
| 15 | The right of rejection is not given for an ordinary breach of warranty . |
| 16 | If the resist is not exposed for a long enough period , it will not develop fully and so some traces will remain on the board . |
| 17 | So I really , my , my , my advice is not to aim for a hundred percent efficiency but always to programme five percent optimistically . |
| 18 | This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education . |
| 19 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
| 20 | Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) . |
| 21 | If you plan to eat in the living room , try to buy as generous a table as possible but one which will look quite in keeping with the room when it is not laid for a meal . |
| 22 | This standard Planner is designed to give a general purpose catchment for each centre and is not designed for a specific retail sector . |
| 23 | For that reason the acquirer may insist that the trust fund or estate is not distributed for a period , unless the beneficiaries accept liability . |
| 24 | If a property is not specified for a context that property is inherited , for each instance of the context , from the containing context . |
| 25 | If the applicant is not applying for a grant there is no obligation to consult . |
| 26 | In some circumstances , security is not required for a loan — written requirements regarding security are available from your local branch . |
| 27 | The coast and the resort of Morecambe with its seaside attractions and four-mile promenade is easily reached for a day trip . |
| 28 | Though other , and earlier , examples are known , the term is normally employed for a typically English technique first evolved in the seventeenth century but not fully developed till the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries . |
| 29 | The latter is normally intended for an operator in a central exchange to tell a subscriber engaged in a conversation on an automatic exchange that he has an incoming trunk call . |
| 30 | So the reason I put Jasper Carrott up here is just to think for a moment , here 's somebody who 's obviously a really effective and great communicator . |