Example sentences of "and [vb base] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute before adding the cooked onion , extra oil and chopped olives . |
| 2 | They emerge and merge , co-operate and co-ordinate for a while , but they have a relatively short active lifetime . |
| 3 | Once in the field turn left , following the hedge through a gap at the top and make for a stone stile in the top right hand corner . |
| 4 | Whatever the colour scheme , whatever the style , these pretty white duvet covers and pillowcases from Lace Lady will fit in like a dream — and make for a good night 's sleep . |
| 5 | They get the argument out of a tight corner , and make for a less fatalistic scenario . |
| 6 | However , lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision and make for a slowly changing scheme . |
| 7 | Optimistic views , not shared by Freud , that liberation from sexual prohibitions would eliminate neurosis and make for a healthier society have proved to be wrong . |
| 8 | The first is that with another ten years of John Paul 's rule , the silencing of awkward bishops and theologians , the appointment to the episcopate of a most carefully selected team of neo-conservatives , a rather traditionalist form of Catholicism will , in fact , harden and remain for a long time effectively unchangeable . |
| 9 | How dare he speculate on the subject , then write his conclusions on a document I must carry round with me and display for a month ? |
| 10 | 2 Add the mushrooms and spring onions , then stir in the tomato purée and soured cream and simmer for a few minutes . |
| 11 | Bring to the boil and simmer for a few min . |
| 12 | Add the milk , bring to the boil and simmer for a further 10 minutes . |
| 13 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 14 | As EMS currencies are pegged to each other and account for a big part of each other 's baskets , the stability of the trade-weighted values of the French franc and the D-mark compared with the dollar and the yen is no surprise . |
| 15 | In spite of knowledge of precautions , injuries from accidents during sport and leisure activities are common-place and account for a significant proportion of emergency admission to hospitals . |
| 16 | These predisposed combinations are called co-occurrence relations or collocations , and account for a large proportion of English word combinations [ Smadja , 1989 ] . |
| 17 | Capitalism is a system of producing profit and gain for a few at the expense of others . |
| 18 | NCR Corp 's Hauppauge , New York-based subsidiary Applied Digital Data Systems Inc has signed a co-marketing agreement with Structured Software Solutions Inc for ADDS to distribute the latter 's FacetTerm Window and session manager software with ADDS ' AlphaWindow and character terminals , making ADDS the only terminal manufacturer to offer windowing systems on both character and AlphaWindow terminals ; to encourage evaluations , value-added resellers can currently buy a single AlphaWindow terminal and FacetTerm for a reduced price of $350 . |
| 19 | Karelius awoke that morning at half-past six , and lay for a while thinking about Fräulein Müller . |
| 20 | Cannon , after a miss , hit and lay for a single at the fourth and then they stole two at the fifth where Muirhead just failed by a fraction with a raised take out . |
| 21 | support a continued moratorium on hunting the great whales , and push for a similar body to the International Whaling Commission to take responsibility for the 66 small cetaceans currently unprotected |
| 22 | And I shall picture all those thousands of appreciative ducks — and swans and waders — in their safe winter quarters ; and forget for a while ‘ the troubles of the world . ’ |
| 23 | This recipe gives the option of choosing the traditional sauce , or one using green peppercorns , red wine and yogurt for a lighter but very hot variation . |
| 24 | Maybe if she could just curl up on her bed and sleep for a while she 'd feel better . |
| 25 | She wore a belted Japanese kimono that emphasised her cottage-loaf figure and had a warm , rumpled , half-awake look that made Maxim just want to curl up beside her and sleep for a week . |
| 26 | Contact your local authority to determine what their plans are and press for a coherent strategy that includes maintaining community and voluntary sector initiatives . |
| 27 | In particular , will he urge that the Indonesians should immediately abandon the trial of the two East Timorese survivors and press for a full United Nations investigation ? |
| 28 | At a future review conference — such conferences will occur every few years in the Community — it might be desirable to go even further and press for a clause in the Community body of law that makes it crystal clear that all powers that are not specifically allocated to the Community should remain as of right with the member states , as is the case in the American constitution . |
| 29 | They feel cold , and rest and cry for a while , and then mount the cleared table . |
| 30 | Melt the butter , add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk , straining it into the roux mixture . |