Example sentences of "[vb infin] for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says : ‘ Small budgets , apologetic councils strapped for cash , and a complex social and sometimes ethnic mix of young customers and their parents do n't make for an easy life . ’ |
| 2 | But it did n't always make for an easy life . |
| 3 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 4 | It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’ |
| 5 | I 'm going with a Scum season ticket holder and Newcastle Utd fan should make for an interesting evening all round . |
| 6 | They derive their strength from the realization that not to abide by them would make for an unworkable constitution . |
| 7 | The West had now to adapt itself to a lengthy period of Cold War competition with the USSR rather than prepare for an imminent crisis . |
| 8 | The centre , which cost nearly £1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community . |
| 9 | Sometimes children must wait for an empty chair at the milk table before they can sit down . |
| 10 | Although adults can wait for an expected reward , for example until the end of the month for their salary , pre-school children can not wait for even a few hours . |
| 11 | The procedure does not wait for an offline module to be transferred , however a value is returned in MODULES_ON_LINE to indicate that the module is offline awaiting transfer . |
| 12 | Poland had by now withdrawn most of its trade through the city to its own port at Gdynia , and the Reich could hardly be expected to maintain or guarantee for an indefinite period the subsidy the city required.20 Lipski and Göring agreed that Germany and Poland should draw together in an understanding that they would jointly stabilise the city if the League should either collapse or decide to withdraw from Danzig . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) Do not study for an extended period on one subject . |
| 14 | The local authority , the Croydon London Borough Council , had applied to the justices in circumstances to which I will refer for an interim care order . |
| 15 | If you have a pattern that will do for an ordinary machine I would be very grateful . |
| 16 | He knew he ought not to mark the books really , but it was only a tiny mark in pencil and no-one could accuse him of defacing library property , not really , it would n't do for an ex-library committee member to be caught defacing library property now would it . |
| 17 | And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation |
| 18 | You could look for an alternative course at a different university or college . |
| 19 | We must look for an equitable way of rewarding superior scrums . |
| 20 | I particularly welcome the comment which you yourself highlight which draws attention to the importance of mutual trust : ‘ Clients will increasingly look for an ongoing business relationship based on mutual trust when awarding contracts ’ . |
| 21 | So if you were a criminal then you would look for an open window to reach through t to open another window ? |
| 22 | you would look for an open window . |
| 23 | I 'm sorry , I just wanted to make a couple of points in response to erm things that people have said in relation to my opening statement , erm Mr Brook er mentioned the fact that er none of the employe none of the new settlement proposals of which he was aware , erm included an employment element , erm I just wanted to place on record the fact that our suggested reworking of policy H two does provide for an explicit land er amount of land for employment purposes , erm as part of the new settlement location , I wanted to say that because I , I 'm not invited to appear on your employment day , and I do feel that this is an important component of the the H two strategy , and clearly that employment component will be drawn from the Greater York allocation , the second point , Mr Sexton erm I believe said that in his view you could not find a site for a larger new settlement er within the or outside the Greater York er greenbelt , erm which would not result in physical coalescence with the existing villages in the area , now I 'm not sure whether he was referring to any particular size of larger new settlement , but I invite you to look at the er land range at one to fifty thousand er map of the area , and you will see that the area outside the greenbelt is characterized by erm a very rural area with sporadic villages , and my believe is that there are erm sites available within that area which could accommodate a larger new settlement , the planning point is of course the larger the new settlement becomes , I think the less that that the reduced number of sites you will have available to accommodate erm that proposal , because of its scale , and the third aspect I want to comment on Mr Cunnane and Mr Thomas erm said that Barton Willmore had not made a need argument for the new settlement , well if I 'm not mistaken that 's what we spent most of this morning discussing under policy H one , and I do n't erm I do n't wish , and I do n't suppose that I 'd be invited to repeat the comments made by Mr Grigson this morning , I do n't think there 's any need for that , but that establishes in our mind very clearly there is a need for a new settlement in the range of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , erm in the period up to two thousand and six , and I wo n't say anything more on that . |
| 24 | We think they are about right , they would provide for an appropriate level of development . |
| 25 | you may work for an overseas subsidiary of a UK company ; |
| 26 | The Blues want a partner for new signing Graham Harvey as the season reaches a crucial stage ; they may also move for an cross-channel centre-half as doubts about John McConnell 's fitness persist . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , he emphasised that ‘ a mere analysis of economic conditions does not suffice for an adequate understanding of the ups-and-downs of unionism ’ ( p. 627 ) . |
| 28 | There was nothing we could do for poor Victor at five in the morning ; we should meet for an early breakfast and decide then what to do . |
| 29 | A refusal to correct or apologise for an obvious mistake will enlarge the damages , as will the seriousness of the libel and the degree to which it is repeated . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) will apply for an early sitting of the Scottish Grand Committee to deal with clause 17 . |