Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said he expected the project to proceed , but did not say whether the government would take the unprecedented step of overriding the commission ; environmentalists have pressed for a tunnel to be built instead . |
| 2 | Under this scheme we have arranged for a firm of Solicitors to deal with the remortgage legal work for just £175 ( excluding Land Registry fee ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I have arranged for a picnic lunch . ’ |
| 4 | Whatever we become aware of , we have attracted for a reason — because it can help us to learn and grow . |
| 5 | Instead they have voted for a man who promised change , who believed in change and who recognised that change had to come . |
| 6 | Like their colleagues in further education , the 17,000 lecturers in the sector have voted for a marking and exam boycott . |
| 7 | ‘ Members have voted for a change of leader . |
| 8 | British Rail maintenance staff have voted for a series of twenty-four hour strikes , starting next week . |
| 9 | If one subtracts the vote of this vulnerable group from the remaining 76 per cent , this means that they have to live with the knowledge that more than one in four of voting co-residents have voted for a party that is rabidly hostile to them . |
| 10 | The Man of Law 's " " I speke in prose " " need not be a description of the tale he is about to tell — it may be read as equivalent to " my speech is ( normally ) prosaic " — but several critics have looked for a prose work of Chaucer 's which could be identified as the once-intended tale of the Man of Law . |
| 11 | There do not appear to have been any empirical studies which have looked for an increase in the amount of information reflected in share prices as a result of the commencement of trading in index futures ( except in so far as volatility reflects information ; see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 12 | Its the first time the two men have met for a week and the outcome is that |
| 13 | ‘ None of the things you have done for a start . ’ |
| 14 | Radical economists have argued for an escape to a market system before it is too late , but the conservative establishment has always over-ruled them . |
| 15 | Although both the National Land Use Classification ( DOE , 1975 ) and Dickinson and Shaw ( 1978 ) have argued for an activity ( functional ) based classification , most geographical studies have employed use ( formal ) classifications , as shown in Table 8. 1 , since these are easier to ascertain in field surveys or from remote sensing sources . |
| 16 | If you have applied for a grant or scholarship and are awaiting the outcome , give the name and address of the body to whom application has been made , and the amount and period applied for . |
| 17 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 18 | Two creditors , the consultant engineers on the project and the architects involved , have applied for a court order that the convent should be sold off to meet the debts . |
| 19 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 20 | Two creditors , the consultant engineers on the project and the architects involved , have applied for a court order that the convent should be sold off to meet the debts . |
| 21 | Renault Senior League winners Randalstown , were scheduled to meet the Dubliners along with the Munster and Connaught champions in Cork on May 22–23 but Muckross have applied for a re-scheduling to help their preparations for their European Club Championship campaign in Italy which begins a few days later . |
| 22 | For there is n't one name from Northern Ireland among a list of 500 people who have applied for a holiday which promises to be ‘ out of this world ’ . |
| 23 | In 1896 , the minutes state ‘ that seven owners of property have applied for a supply of water from the Railway Company , which will necessitate the laying of 230 yards of 3 ’ cast iron main at an estimated cost of £55 , and there are several more houses along the proposed extension of the main which will probably soon want a supply' . |
| 24 | ‘ If I am correct , you have applied for a job with the British . |
| 25 | Stephen Dent 's family have applied for an extension to Roman Rudyayev 's visa because he 's achieved remarkable results with their son . |
| 26 | It will allow the sense of frustration many of us have felt for a number of years to be replaced by a new sense of purpose . |
| 27 | In one spectacular piece of incompetence , HMG has thrown away everything you have suffered for a decade . |
| 28 | This is followed by a brief outline of the continental legal system to which critics have turned for a solution to our problems . |
| 29 | Most of those leaving the cities have done so through the commercial market and they have moved for a variety of reasons ( Kennett and Hall , 1981 ) : more freely-available , cheaper , owner-occupied housing might be found beyond the cities in environmentally-attractive locations ; households are more mobile — car-ownership rates doubled between 1961 and 1981 and the electrification of some InterCity lines has encouraged a marked decentralization of people away from London to areas such as Peterborough , Stamford ( Lincs. ) and even Newark ( Notts. ) ; many move out of cities on retirement ; and for the economically active in the south of England , movement out of London becomes ever more attractive as many commercial activities leave the capital . |
| 30 | We have advanced for a price |