Example sentences of "[to-vb] for an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is necessary to wait for an incoming aircraft which might cause a slight delay before you proceed to the resort . |
| 3 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
| 4 | Sadly , the forty-five-year-old 's rotund physique proved too much and he was forced to retire for an early bath . |
| 5 | For a bigger event , it is always better to go for an empty room that allows you scope to do your own thing rather than a place which has limiting fixed features . |
| 6 | Japan was not unique in the problems faced by her rural population , but her attempts to search for an external outlet for domestic discontent were unusually vigorous . |
| 7 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 8 | Admittedly you often do have to search for an underlying structure in Berlioz 's work . |
| 9 | Not all practices will want to contract for an expanded range of services and local circumstances will also affect contracting decisions . |
| 10 | The county court , often in the person of the chief clerk , will arrange for the debtor to attend for an oral examination as to his means , The debtor 's answers are recorded and signed , becoming the basis of a realistic payment order by instalments in many cases . |
| 11 | This scheme allowed individuals to arrange for an interest-free loan of up to DFl.12,500 ( £4,460 ; $7,140 ) to finance the purchase of a work of art . |
| 12 | Nevertheless separate meetings which President Vassiliou and Denktash held with the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , on Nov. 29 and Dec. 4 , 1989 , resulted in both sides accepting an invitation from Pérez de Cuéllar to meet for an indefinite period in search of an agreement , starting on Feb. 26 , 1990 . |
| 13 | If it is said of a barrister that he has refused to appear for an unsavoury criminal , the ordinary reader may applaud , but his professional reputation is lowered amongst colleagues who understand the story to mean that he has betrayed his ethical duty to appear for all who seek his services . |
| 14 | According to Edward Altman , that would have been enough to compensate for an annual default rate of 5–6% — around three times actual default rates — so the returns looked delicious . |
| 15 | A Swiss referendum vote on Dec. 6 against ratification , while it did not dissuade the other participants ( including Liechtenstein ) from proceeding , did necessitate " technical " modifications to provide for an 18-member EEA . |
| 16 | The deployment of other groups of staff should take account also of the needs of the service and aim to provide for an even distribution . |
| 17 | Born Lynda Titchmarsh , she went to RADA at 15 to train for an acting career . |
| 18 | We must always remember that there is nothing that compels anybody to work for an individual company even in an era of high unemployment . |
| 19 | I commute from Dunfermline to Edinburgh to work for an enlightened firm of architects which designed into its office a shower facility , which allows me to cycle in all weathers . |
| 20 | After all , how would Ms Hamer like to work for an empty pay packet , day in and day out , like so many housewives do ? |
| 21 | Sadly I have n't got time to play right now , I 've got to split for an urgent dinner date . |
| 22 | If you are unsure of which style of lettering to choose for an initial design , look through some magazines or books for inspiration , or browse through a catalogue of dry transfer lettering until you had a typeface you like . |
| 23 | To arrest for an arrestable offence ( s.17(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 24 | The City 's sigh of relief at Barclays ' decision to look for an outside candidate to take on the role of chief executive was audible . |
| 25 | The sonnets may announce a compatibility between poetic convention and authentic expression ; or the sonnets may be the result of Astrophil staying within the muse 's domain , writing in imitation of familiar poetic norms and abandoning the muse 's advice to look for an authentic writing from the heart . |
| 26 | When several of us got down there the CO informed us that we had to fly down the Gulf to look for an Imperial Airways airliner , one of those Armstrong Whitworth Argosys which was named City of Glasgow , and had been overdue for sometime . |
| 27 | I can not see that any of this speculation helps us to understand the poem ; but if we must guess , it seems more to the point to look for an eight-year-old girl . |
| 28 | The method is for , say , a West Indian to pretend to apply for an advertised job and then to be followed a little later by a white person applying for the same job . |
| 29 | This Form should be used to apply for an ordinary driving licence and for entitlement to drive Large Goods Vehicles ( LGVs ) and/or Passenger Carrying Vehicles ( PCVs ) . |
| 30 | A further supervisors ' exam , taken after 18 months , enables staff to apply for an assistant kennel manager 's post . |