Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROVERS had goalkeeper Paul Crichton sent off for a professional foul to complete a miserable afternoon . |
| 2 | base manager for WGOL who is also vice-chairman of the East Anglian branch of the Institute , commented : ‘ The agreement was reached because Trinity House was looking for a professional body to fill the void and the Institute has a good reputation and a presence in the majority of UK ports ’ . |
| 3 | Looking for a cosy doorstep to crash in : Whyte |
| 4 | Although all life and pension policy providers are now required by law to state their charges in writing , it is often extremely difficult for a lay person to work out exactly what is involved ; or to make meaningful comparisons between one organisation 's charges and another 's . |
| 5 | What is surprising is that a new colony has settled down to breed so quickly — it normally takes a year or even longer for a newly-formed pair to get down to breeding . |
| 6 | Where there is no further land for settlement and for people to set themselves up as independent farmers or pastoralists , there is an added reason for a land-controlling class to emerge , firstly because land hunger tends to differentiate a peasantry and secondly there is no alternative for those without enough land but to work for others . |
| 7 | The research points to the need for better targetting of assistance to achieve urban policy goals ; to the need for greater selectivity to reduce ‘ deadweight ’ spending and secure specific sectoral objectives ; and suggests the need for a strategic approach to co-ordinate the efforts of the various assistance agencies . |
| 8 | Also , he does not adequately discuss how to relate those critical success factors in a logically connected way through a model for improving competitive strength in a specific situation , and fails to recognize that it is essential for a strategic analysis to indicate who is responsible for which central success factor . |
| 9 | It is against the laws of chemistry for a dissolved substance to move of its own accord from a solution of low concentration to one of high concentration . |
| 10 | At this meeting there is considerable scope for adjustment , but the process would clearly fail if there were not also an understanding of the need for a consensual solution to emerge , and within a very tight timescale . |
| 11 | It seems very likely that although there seems to be little in the idea of subliminal advertising , it is quite possible for a familiar ad for a familiar product to have at least some effect of reinforcing a favourable attitude without , to all intents and purposes , being consciously noted by the consumer at all . |
| 12 | She would be considered a slut if she did , and since it is almost unheard of for a Ugandan man to do without sex for a year , her husband would usually seek another woman . |
| 13 | It was not impossible for a poor gentleman to rise in the army , even without political connections , but for those lacking the interest of a great man promotion depended upon opportunities to demonstrate outstanding gallantry and leadership qualities . |
| 14 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 15 | Lending money to someone who is unlikely to be able to pay back all their obligations is like betting on a probable loser : hardly a sensible way for a prudent lender to do business . |
| 16 | Nowadays it would be considered kinky indeed for a Catholic priest to acquire a tonsure at the hairdressers — or to parade around in soutane and biretta . |
| 17 | document for a communist party to base land reform on . |
| 18 | For many of those who do take the text seriously however , Christian teaching on the subject of wealth is summed up either by one of the easily remembered phrases from the Gospels such as ‘ Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor , and you will have treasure in heaven ’ ( Luke 18:22 ) or ‘ You can not serve God and Mammon ’ ( Luke 16:13 ) or that ‘ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God ’ ( Luke 18:25 ) or by the way in which the members of the Jerusalem Church as recorded in Acts of the Apostles shared their wealth according to the principle ‘ From each according to his ability , to each according to his need ’ . |
| 19 | And he followed it up by that shrewd observation ‘ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God ’ ( Mark 10:25 ) . |
| 20 | I 'm looking for a rich husband to take me away from it all . ’ |
| 21 | " It 's unheard of for a religious Order to dwell in a tent or wagon . |
| 22 | ‘ Lightness ’ was not an easy charge for a religious sheikh to bear , especially if he felt there was some justification for the charge ; and in his heart of hearts , away from the public arena , Osman might well accept the need for some self-examination . |
| 23 | Thousands of people flocked to the country 's newest prison over the weekend for a rare opportunity to see inside . |
| 24 | It is unusual for a major organisation to change its chief executive four times in less than a decade and the fact that they chose Roche each time — in a highly competitive market — is an impressive record in the headhunting world . |
| 25 | And since extraction for horticulture currently presents the main threat to the bogs , it calls for a major initiative to encourage the use of peat-free growing media and soil conditions . |
| 26 | However , by asking members of the elite group questions such as ‘ How many members of the group have you worked with on committees ? ’ , and ‘ How well do you know each member of the group ? ’ and ‘ Whose support would be necessary for a major project to get substantial community backing ? ’ , some elite studies of community power have revealed remarkable consensuses about the existence of elite groups , and about their power , and have supported such findings with demonstrations of the interaction of members of the supposed elite groups . |
| 27 | In July 1944 Bretton Woods was the venue for a major effort to devise plans and instruments to promote postwar world trade and to avoid a return to the inter-war economic policies of beggar-my-neighbour . |
| 28 | When the Stockton and Darlington Railway first rolled through the countryside in the 1820s , there really was n't very much in the Middleton area for a bored passenger to look out at from a window . |
| 29 | All of this does not mitigate well for a prospective owner to take on the airframe in an easily-delivered and/or operational manner . |
| 30 | At no time in history has there been more opportunity for a middle-class person to rise , yet , at the same time , the possibility of falling to great depths has similarly increased . |