Example sentences of "for [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , we also announced at the same time as the Alton , er , Towers acquisition that Longman had acquired Rank Training for eleven and a half million pounds . |
| 2 | It succeeded a plain stone building , roughcast and whitewashed , with room for 500 and a general attendance of 400 . |
| 3 | She enjoyed dispensing their weekly portions from the store room on Monday mornings : a quarter-pound of tea for each that made one and a half pounds and quite enough too ; half a pound of butter ; one pound of sugar for each and a small tin of Epps cocoa between them all . |
| 4 | Yeah , a couple for each and a , and a , and a chocolate biscuit or something and a drink of milk . |
| 5 | Worcester finished on 184 for eight before a torrential thunderstorm washed out the last 90 minutes play . |
| 6 | It was a terrible job , standing there for eight and a half hours — because you did n't finish after eight hours . |
| 7 | For example , one Lambodar Gorain has been held in Ranchi Jail since 18th June 1970 , for an offence under Section 25 of the Arms Act … with the result that he has been in prison for eight and a half years for an offence for which even if convicted , he could not have been awarded more than two years imprisonment … . |
| 8 | The surprise is not that an accountant stands for Labour while an iron and steel worker is an Alliance candidate , but rather that the class basis of the two sets of candidates is so distinct . |
| 9 | Analysts believe it will pave the way for further cuts if the Conservatives retain power but fear a victory for Labour or a hung parliament could lead to higher interest rates . |
| 10 | But his disastrous 76 on Saturday cost him dearly as Zimbabwe 's Nick Price kept his head to take his first major title with a battling 70 for 278 and a three-stroke victory ahead of Faldo , John Cook , Gene Sauers and Jim Gallagher Jnr . |
| 11 | Wallace looked menacing and was through at one point when Burrows hacked him down ( the scouser should have been sent off for that and a clear ‘ professional foul ’ in the second half against Deane ) . |
| 12 | At a meeting on Sunday , the 300 strikers indicated they were prepared to agree to management plans to resolve a dispute over lay-offs , but would return to work under protest at part of the package which included a wage freeze for 1993 and a cut in fringe benefits . |
| 13 | Wasim Akram finished with 6 for 67 and an uncontrollable grin , and must have felt that this , of all his dramatic performances , must have won an important match . |
| 14 | . they were the last words he spoke for 2 and a half years |
| 15 | One thing is clear none of this OO stuff is imminent in Oracle as SQL 3 is pencilled in for 1995/6 and an object storage manager will most likely follow that . |
| 16 | Li Peng held " very fruitful " talks with President Hossain Mohammad Ershad during his visit to Bangladesh on Nov. 17-19 , signing four agreements and a note of exchange , including a long-term trade agreement for 1990-94 and a soft loan for Bangladesh worth about $40,000,000 . |
| 17 | ‘ Mrs Henry Cox ’ , too busy for some but a favourite with many for over a century |
| 18 | Early retirement may be a release from employment for some and a refuge from the severe insecurity of the labour market for others . |
| 19 | The Home Guard became a joke for some and a remark once passed in my company was " What use do you think you would be against trained troops ? " . |
| 20 | There were a lot of arguments for this and a lot against . |
| 21 | As I say I was sitting there adding it up , a pound for this and a pound for that and your meal , a fiver for Maggie , I 'm twenty pound short off you |
| 22 | Not all the the MPs are voting for this because a lot of people ca n't have work , let alone have a pay increase . |
| 23 | Our eleven purpose-built meeting halls and ten executive rooms can comfortably accommodate a meeting for six or a major conference hosting hundreds . |
| 24 | I 've been restraining myself for six and a half years ! |
| 25 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
| 26 | Powerful material for 1963 but a sample of how the show should have developed its characters to make them more rounded and believable . |
| 27 | Malcolm 's return brought him a straight push for three and a ninth Test hundred , but he immediately drove half-heartedly at Hemmings and gave Gooch a simple catch at mid-on . |
| 28 | In a long match like this it is really difficult to play your best for three and a half hours . ’ |
| 29 | It was there in 1903 that quarrymen went on strike for three and a half years , surviving on subsistence farming . |
| 30 | It was in New Zealand , where he stayed for three and a half years , that he first entered the world of Bohemia and found himself getting on best with artists . |