Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [adj] for a " in BNC.

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1 The report said for over 10 years , IBM has been booking immediately all the revenues from some long-term computer leases , getting a residual value guarantee from Merrill Lynch & Co to bring the total of the lease payments plus the residual value up to the 90% of the sale price that accountants regard as prudent for a sales-type lease .
2 Jinny stood very quiet for a moment , with a fist pressed to her mouth .
3 Coupled with the appointment of Sir Walter Marshall , an enthusiastic proponent of the PWR , first as chairman of the UKAEA and then of the CEGB , the door looked wide open for a third generation of British built , if not designed , nuclear power stations .
4 ALL-IRELAND Division 1 side Greystones proved too strong for an under-strength Malone team at Gibson Park .
5 When the number of enquiries gets too large for a logarithmic search , or even some form of interpolation search , an indexing technique can be used to retrieve records more quickly .
6 Thus today French media subscribers pay relatively little for a ‘ French-made ’ service of national and international news : the French press gets a major news-service cheap ( despite its protests to the contrary ) , and in exchange it serves as a guarantee of the independence of the agency .
7 Thereafter their history remains virtually invisible for a hundred million years .
8 Jerry looks quite cheated for a brief second .
9 In the mens final Annadale/Queens proved too experienced for a young All Star team winning by 71–61 .
10 We will require employers to release their employees aged under 19 for a minimum of two days a week further education and/or training for nationally recognised qualifications .
11 In many respects , the level of detail appeared too fine for an organisation where most internal communication was of an informal nature , and unlikely to be suitable for enhancement by electronic means .
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