Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Government warned that it would apply only for a short period . |
| 32 | Often , it was argued that science degrees qualified students to enter ‘ general ’ jobs such as management as well as specialized scientific ones , whereas arts students could apply only for the general jobs . |
| 33 | It did not take long for the Japanese to recognise the value of railways , and their natural imitativeness served them well in grasping the salient features of railway work . |
| 34 | The unusual thing about this was that at Binbrook there was an engineering type called Matthew , a corporal , who also played this instrument , and it did n't take long for the two to discover each other . |
| 35 | It did not take long for the two of them to agree that cost-cutting and restructuring were required . |
| 36 | Do they go on to buy other stock , or do they sell quickly for a swift profit ? |
| 37 | Every increase in the price expected will , as a rule , induce some people who would not otherwise have produced anything , to produce a-little ; and those , who have produced something for the lower price , will produce more for the higher price . |
| 38 | While there are instances of seemingly unnecessarily high pricing , some at least probably arise more from inefficiencies than from exploitation — which of course does not bode well for the long-term survival of those establishments . |
| 39 | An important product , Retardmac , is coming under increasing pressure due to the Government 's desire for permanent re-instatement of roads after patching and this does not bode well for the long-term future of the product . |
| 40 | ‘ I do n't think that will happen again for a long time , ’ said Davis , who comes to Goffs for this year 's event with confidence boosted by triumphs in the British and European Opens . |
| 41 | He hoped that it would express disquiet at the circumstances of the Tully-West shooting and would call publicly for an independent inquiry . |
| 42 | ‘ Then , if you would also remain here for a few moments , Madame Ash , perhaps Madame Craig would be so kind as to come this way ? ’ |
| 43 | ‘ That woman friend of the boss who clings to his arm in the moonlight — do you think she will stay here for a long time ? ’ |
| 44 | Can SHe stay here for a few days ? ’ |
| 45 | ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days . |
| 46 | If the hull is tilted to the right it will steer to the left whilst it will veer right for a leftward tilt . |
| 47 | We 'll go right for the awkward ones and put an X and a Y in as well . |
| 48 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 49 | However , he left the next day , calling later to ask Lorna to meet him nearby with £500 cash so he could go away for a few days . |
| 50 | One might pay more for a private company because a pre-acquisition investigation could be more thorough . |
| 51 | You know , you could pay more for a flashy car . ’ |
| 52 | And , although I did go home for a few holidays , most I seem to remember were spent elsewhere with friends or at special holiday camps that some of the other boarders went to . ’ |
| 53 | Yes well I 'll go fortnightly for a little while then it 'll tail off . |
| 54 | The 31-year-old ex-paratrooper 's prize for retaining his title at Wembley on Saturday night was £10,000 , which does not go far for a full-time body builder who downs half a dozen eggs after his breakfast cereal and eight to 10 chicken breasts a day when ‘ bulking up ’ . |
| 55 | It might go well for the first three or four months , and then all of a sudden we might have a lapse in a few months , |
| 56 | They also had previous experience , so we hoped all would go well for the second run . |
| 57 | Typist Mary Kupenda says : ‘ Such workplaces will be called brothels and men will flock there for a nice time ’ . |
| 58 | ‘ Well , I suppose you could go there for a new typewriter , though as I say , they 're mainly interested in bulk orders . |
| 59 | But we 're not content in in the government to let it rest there for the poorest countries , the very poorest countries , even more help is urgently needed . |
| 60 | Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 . |