Example sentences of "be [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Goody Two Shoes has n't been to work for a week apparently . |
| 2 | The other strategy has been to look for a species that is alive today that has physical characteristics similar to those of our common ancestor , and has the same lifestyle , and to use its brain as a model for the primitive brain . |
| 3 | There may be a general tendency to exaggerate ; couples seem to be more willing to abandon expectations of a third child than they are to opt for a third child after stating an earlier preference for two . |
| 4 | ONE of the most popular Liverpool 60s bands , The Dennisons , are to reform for a one-off tribute to their late bass guitarist , Terry ‘ Tex ’ Carson , who died of multiple sclerosis last year . |
| 5 | ORKNEY fishermen are to campaign for a seal cull controlled by the Government after claims that numbers are getting out of control and threatening the livelihood of fishermen . |
| 6 | However , the key to the avoidance of uncontrolled complexity in any engineering domain may be to go for a complete and as rigorous as possible a description of the problem in hand before any detailed calculations are made on the precise properties of the postulated design . |
| 7 | We all know how difficult it can be to arrange for a contractor to carry out repairs to our home . |
| 8 | Editor , — The Today radio programme has reported that police surgeons or forensic medical examiners are to call for a ban on methadone for prisoners in police custody . |
| 9 | Such prodigality makes little appeal to professional scientists , whose instincts are to seek for a tight and economic understanding of the world . |
| 10 | Would you like me to check the mail — or attend to the women who were to go for a bush walk ? ’ |
| 11 | Mr Newham said the PPL would have ‘ no qualms ’ about seeking redress from those who consistently ignored them , but added : ‘ If you were to apply for a licence today we could be lenient about past fees . ’ |
| 12 | Bangladesh and India were to extend for a further three years the trade agreement due to expire in October 1992 , All-India Radio reported on Aug. 6 following talks in New Delhi . |
| 13 | Its main aims were to press for a new constitution based on a formal state treaty and to slow the moves towards a market economy . |
| 14 | Peter 's first thoughts were to call for a vicar to make an honest couple out of them , but after a lengthy investigation he suggested the family consult a veterinary surgeon . |
| 15 | If a constable were to ask for a ladder to rescue a cat from a tree , the person who declined to lend his assistance would commit no offence thereby . |
| 16 | Professor Stephen Holgate , chairman of the Department of Health 's Committee on the Medical Aspects of Air Pollution , cited recent research in Aberdeen which suggested that car fumes were to blame for a doubling in the numbers of children suffering from asthma and hayfever . |
| 17 | The normal ‘ use ’ is to go for a joyride , to get home after missing the last bus or train or for the use in crime . |
| 18 | If they like it , the answer is to go for a swim by buying PEPs , ’ says Amanda . |
| 19 | In the first year Armstrong 's concern is to go for a minimum safe agenda — ‘ make sure clients are safe and then build on that . ’ |
| 20 | PPC If you are dead set against replacing your motherboard ( which is the option I 'd go for ) then your only alternative , other than buying a new set up , is to go for a processor replacement card . |
| 21 | ‘ What I 'd really like to do now is to go for a drink with you . |
| 22 | The third option is to go for a strategic exceptions policy in the structure plan and obviously this is what er the borough considered considers is appropriate . |
| 23 | One aim of experiments is to search for a compact spelling which can show sound and meaning as directly as possible , meet the needs of all who learn and use it , and is still close to existing spelling which has , so to speak , been ‘ cleaned up ’ . |
| 24 | That is to try for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict through a United Nations peace conference . |
| 25 | If the problem is to be resolved now , the only option open to the Killinchy Club is to try for a date outside of the month of May 1994 , which would leave all the options open for any North West date . |
| 26 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best way to preserve the integrity of Croatia is to work for a permanent settlement after a lasting ceasefire , and that recognition is just one of the issues that has to be sorted out before there can be a successful conclusion ? |
| 27 | Increasingly , the tendency is to work for a large number of companies in rapid succession . |
| 28 | The objective is always the same , however , and this is to aim for a real , worthwhile improvement in bottom line performance . |
| 29 | Our normal response is to look for a comparatively minor adjustment near the periphery ; if we can not see the cake when we expected to we would normally suppose , perhaps , that someone has eaten it , rather than that cakes now have a tendency to dematerialize . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) Where there is such a material alteration , the proper procedure is to apply for a fresh grant . |