Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternatives are designed to cater for a wide variety of abilities in S5 . |
| 2 | They also are expected to call for a UN arms embargo . |
| 3 | Northern Ireland , with the pressure off , are expected to go for a win . |
| 4 | It is the price you are expected to pay for a varied and entertaining job with an above average wage . |
| 5 | This is one way in which the stark anti-democratic arguments of Pareto are modified to allow for a more consensual perspective . |
| 6 | We had a very happy collaboration in Berlin over Mozart 's Die Zauberflöte , which he had been wanting to do for a number of years . |
| 7 | But in the two decades since this mindless butchery no one has been made to answer for a crime which sent shockwaves far beyond the shores of Ulster . |
| 8 | I mean fifteen hours in in a week is not much at all when you consider how much you 're expected to do for a degree |
| 9 | But if , if , if that beginning , you know , i if you 're going to go for a rich peasant economy , you 've got ta convince them that it 's , it 's their advantage and it 's gon na last . |
| 10 | Ken , we 're going to stop for a moment . |
| 11 | You 're going to live for a wee while yet , going to live for a wee while yet . |
| 12 | Following this direct action , BP Coal flew in its executives to meet LAG , a meeting that LAG had been attempting to organize for a year and a half . |
| 13 | Ebert , Fest and I. We were after the assassins of the T'ang 's Minister , Lwo Kang , and had been told to wait for a contact from our Triad connections there . |
| 14 | If you have been told to aim for a very precise figure , or have been following conventional height-to-weight charts , then you are almost definitely trying for an unrealistic weight . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've been waiting to move for a long time , and we need the money to build the new house . ’ |
| 16 | It is then assumed that these mortality measures correctly reflect more general health ( or morbidity ) differentials and , furthermore , that 10 per cent extra resources are needed to compensate for a 10 per cent excess risk . |
| 17 | Now some of the money raised from its sale has been used to pay for a new art Gallery . |
| 18 | Few , if any voters are going to opt for a high-risk economic strategy that could result in a real cut in living standards . |
| 19 | Although it is a good idea to make several copies at a time of your c.v. , especially if you are going to apply for a lot of jobs ‘ on spec. ’ , do not get too many done at once . |
| 20 | Wolves , who are beginning to look for a place in the promotion play-offs , hit back in the second half after Scott Sellars had poached a fine first-half goal . |
| 21 | Various methods are used , depending on market circumstances — the ‘ tap ’ method , where stock is issued gradually in order not to flood the market and depress the price ; the ‘ tender ’ method , where institutions are invited to tender for a given issue ; and the ‘ auction ’ method , where stock is sold to the highest bidders among the twenty or so gilt-edged market makers ( GEMMs ) . |
| 22 | He has only expressed what a lot of other people have been starting to fear for a long time , that unless the commercial manipulators in tennis are careful , they could cook the golden goose . |
| 23 | The likes of Terry Wogan , Michael Parkinson and Ernie Wise all have been known to clamour for a soul food supper in preference to other exotic foreign fare . |
| 24 | Staff believe the birds may have been stolen to order for a private collector |
| 25 | Leigh are set to advertise for a player-coach to succeed Jim Crellin , who quit last Sunday . |
| 26 | And although I am now tired , very cold and extremely hungry — with a headache into the bargain ! — I am compelled to continue for a little while longer . |
| 27 | The UN Charter would have to be amended to provide for a special security council which would not , presumably , include the rights of veto held by the five permanent members of the existing security council . |
| 28 | Agree either that there continue to be no lower limit for the remuneration certificate jurisdiction or that the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 be amended to provide for a lower limit of £100 profit costs . |
| 29 | In Venda , following a special session of the homeland assembly on March 13 , it was announced that a similar referendum would be held on reintegration , and also that the Constitution would be revised to allow for a multiparty system . |
| 30 | Those in working-class jobs and those with no jobs at all might be expected to opt for a party that offers some degree of social change and appears more empathic toward the " have-nots " than toward the " haves . " |