Example sentences of "for an [adj] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |
| 2 | Agreements there have generally been concluded for an indefinite term and ( linked with this ) no ‘ peace obligation ’ has arisen by the application of the agreement , in contrast to Germany . |
| 3 | Mitchum had arrived on the set for an early call and found they were nowhere near ready for him . |
| 4 | We travelled on Friday , hoping for an early night and a crisp , prompt start the next morning , and so far everything was under control , right down to having remembered that all-important flask . |
| 5 | But now , her pregnancy and his ever-increasing work-load meant that at the end of the day they were both so exhausted that there was only the desire for an early night and a brief conversation about all their plans or what Brian called , ‘ the state of play ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I wo n't get a grant for an extra year and I do n't suppose you 'll pay up . ’ |
| 8 | The ballet was not originally announced for the London season , but the company was persuaded to stay for an extra week and The Witch was premiered on 18 August the night before the last . |
| 9 | If they are , there will be no need for an extra bridge and the projected cost of a second bridge could be used to strengthen the present structure . |
| 10 | A vacuum is then created because new employers have not been given a chance to develop sufficiently for an orderly takeover and employees have not been given opportunities for retraining . |
| 11 | He was always available to the press for an instant comment and was a politician in his own right . |
| 12 | Faced with a collapsing economy and the prospect of becoming the major player in a new government next year , the ANC 's national executive committee said it would call for an end to economic sanctions as soon as there was agreement with the government on dates for an all-racial election and for the establishment of an interim government of national unity . |
| 13 | The decision effectively kills off plans for an open-pit copper and gold mine , the US$430 million Windy Craggy project . |
| 14 | Sometimes you might have a vision for an entire song and sometimes the vision is just for a particular part that relates to the next particular part . ’ |
| 15 | With the help of recipe maker you will be able to plan out each meal for an entire week and in just minutes have a complete shopping list needed to make those meals . |
| 16 | Deadwood prospered and Costner was befriended by locals until they discovered he had drawn up plans for an 800-room hotel and conference centre nearby . |
| 17 | On June 12 the Bank had approved a loan of US$29,200 million for an environmental protection and resource conservation project . |
| 18 | The Interior Minister , Wu Po-hsiung , said that the government was considering demands from victims ' families and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party for an official apology and compensation . |
| 19 | Alternatively , major capital projects would be undertaken by private sector contractors who would finance and build the assets in question , operate them for a specified period in return for an agreed fee and then transfer them to the commissioning authority . |
| 20 | On Jan. 11 , 1990 , the left-wing Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Co-ordinating Board ( Coordinadora Guerrillera Símon Bolívar--CGSB — see p. 36278 ) proposed peace talks with the government which included a demand for an amended Constitution and for a referendum [ see above ] on the formation of a multiparty national assembly . |
| 21 | John Gorman says it 's good value for an international striker and he 's been given great support by the board to go and out and strengthen the side … he thinks Jan will help them in the premier league … , |
| 22 | The technology that Torstar could bring to the romance form , through its various subsidiaries , allowed for an international distribution and advertising network . |
| 23 | One such company took a finance director of a subsidiary out of the business for a whole year , sent him to Harvard for an abbreviated MBA and to work for a merchant bank in the City . |
| 24 | There is nothing at all romantic about this sympathy for the underdog : as a midshipman , we are told , Aubrey had been disrated for an unsavoury escapade and had served a long period on the lower deck , an experience which he never forgot . |
| 25 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 26 | For an introductory classification and discussion of auditory effects in poetry , see Leech(1969)Ch6. ( xii ) Once again , reference may conveniently be made to the treatment of these figures of speech ( paradox , metaphor , irony , etc ) in Leech ( 1969 ) Chs 8–10. ( xiii ) Some aspects of cohesion are discussed and illustrated in 7.8 . |
| 27 | Molly waited for an embarrassing reminiscence and got it . |
| 28 | The careful search for an abandoned house and a body would have to begin . |
| 29 | for harmony within the family — a disobedient child or revolting adolescent sets the scene for an unhappy home and disharmony between the parents ; |
| 30 | In his 1935 budget speech , Neville Chamberlain , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , commented on the implications of a decreasing birth rate for an imperial power and appealed for more babies . |