Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [conj] for a " in BNC.

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1 In view of the changes in glucose tolerance in pregnancy Lind has recommended that for a 75 g glucose tolerance test the two hour cut off should be 9 mmol/l and for the one hour test , 10.5 mmol/l .
2 Mercury Communications Ltd has announced that for a monthly subscription of £135 , any customer , whether a subscriber to British Telecommunications Plc or Mercury , can now use two of the latter 's range of Callink services .
3 Prosecution counsel Mr CHristopher Clarke QC said the plan would have succeeded but for an important factor which Jones had overlooked .
4 She continued , ‘ I would have thought that for a man in your position , required to make countless decisions every day , such a weakness would prove to be a considerable handicap . ’
5 ‘ … shall not be treated as due to the fault of the person suffering it by reason only that he could have prevented it by fencing ; but [ the defendant ] is not liable … where it is proved that the straying of the livestock on to the land would not have occurred but for a breach by any other person , being a person having an interest in the land , of a duty to fence . ’
6 Quentin had said that for a moment Kate had reminded him of Miss Trimm , and for another moment Lavinia imagined that : Kate at eighty-two , passionately involved with God .
7 ‘ Micky , you 've said that for a fortnight , and there 's no sign of it happening .
8 He had contacted UNIT HQ and had confirmed that for a period in the 1970s and 1980s there had been a scientific advisor to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart .
9 I have said that for a student to make a truth claim , whether original or not , the student has to own it .
10 We have seen that for a reaction to be spontaneous must be positive .
11 The excavations , a joint venture between British and Italian authorities ( Provincia d'Isernia ) and directed for the last twelve years by the School 's director , Dr Richard Hodges , have shown that for a brief period in the early ninth century San Vincenzo was an exceptional place with far-flung connections .
12 Indeed , the APU results have shown that for a national sample of pupils ( c ) is harder than ( a ) , which is harder than ( b ) .
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