Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The second is how to elicit people 's preferences , and though score sheets , questionnaires and semantic difference scales have been widely used , the search is still on for a more effective method ( Propst and Buyhoff , 1980 ) . |
2 | So the search is on for a more durable , ‘ horizontal ’ resistance to a variety of races of a pest . |
3 | Oh she 's alright , she just had double nappies on for a very long time |
4 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
5 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
6 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
7 | Anyone who seems suitable will receive an informal visit and then come down for a more formal interview . ’ |
8 | But if you went over the hill , after school time , then you were in for a fairly rough time the other end , you were challenged and all sorts of things . |
9 | These simply involve inviting a handful of neighbours in for a fairly informal plate-on-your-lap spaghetti meal . |
10 | A paint-effect wall makes a beautiful backdrop , whether you try your hand at sponging or go in for a more adventurous colour-wash finish . |
11 | Either that , or he was in for a very sticky evening indeed . |
12 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
13 | As environmental health officers become more aware of the implications of poor canopy design , manufacture and maintenance , and their own staffing levels and training improve , many kitchen operators are in for a very rude and expensive awakening ( in most cases the cost of replacing an inefficient system is considerably higher than fitting that same system from the outset ) . |
14 | Dorrainge was in for a very big shock . |
15 | We 're in for a very difficult time and we must be prepared for it . |
16 | erm If United can play as well as they did this afternoon and Oldham perform as well as we know they can , we 're in for a really tremendous game of football . |
17 | After the first couple of minutes I thought we were going to be in for a really entertaining game . |
18 | Make no mistake , you 're in for a really hard time , and it 's not made any easier by the baddies who wander across the screen . |
19 | I 'd lastly like to say a thank you to Kevin , because I think , as a man , it is obviously more difficult for him to broach this subject , and he 's been pursuing this through APEX through for a very long time , and has worked extremely hard , so I 'd like to say thank you to him , and thank you to you now for taking the message back home . |
20 | That victory set the Swede up for a seemingly difficult task against the 6th seed Wheaton , who had beaten Edberg 's former doubles partner Anders Jarryd , in the other semi-final , 6–3 , 6–4 . |
21 | ‘ I developed the pin curl looks about two years ago and have since changed the technique by dressing the hair more with back-combing and pinning it up for a more avant-garde finish . |
22 | They are not tremendously significant unless a person s name comes up for a more senior position . |
23 | TELEVISION viewers in the south may soon be seeing advertisements for undertakers , as funeral directors gear up for an increasingly competitive and high-profile market . |
24 | She was just using the fact that I was desperate to hold me up for an outrageously high fee . |
25 | True , it is Crush drummer Ric Menck 's ( 30th ) birthday , and he 's out for a grinningly good time , whatever the weather . |
26 | So someone would come and clean his car and he 'd give it to them , yet you would work your guts out for a fairly modest salary … |
27 | Not only that , but he had worked out in the gym that morning , then managed a half-hour nap before heading out for an unusually late lunchtime start from the VIP terminal at Heathrow . |
28 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
29 | Butler could n't adapt to his new defensive role , and Chapman began to look around for a more solid defender , not necessarily a player with much technical skill , but one who could clear accurately under pressure , feeding the ball to an inside-forward . |
30 | This can be so even where you have not had to shop around for a more favourable report . |