Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It argues that renewable energies are not developed enough for a higher goal , but if more money for research was made available , the future could be very different . |
| 2 | MEMBERS of LASMO Nova Scotia 's relative response team recently checked in for a flying visit around the Halifax international heliport . |
| 3 | College lecturers have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike and a total ban on flexible working over pay , the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education announced yesterday . |
| 4 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 5 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 6 | Colours can of course be mixed together for an infinite variety of results . |
| 7 | Artcare only use quality nylon zips , each of which has been designed especially for a particular portfolio ; and only square arch mechanisms are used making presentation much neater . |
| 8 | Craig Short , booked later for a crude foul on Gray , headed wide from a free kick by Draper . |
| 9 | He had n't let up for a single moment , questioning , probing , searching for clues in her answers like a scientist searching for new bugs on a microscope slide . |
| 10 | Instead , we gradually get the horse used to having its feet picked up , little by little , until it will tolerates having its feet picked up for a longer time without causing any fuss . |
| 11 | I think she 's probably just come out for a quick stroll , we wo n't spend our time over that at the moment , hello |
| 12 | The research was carried out for a doctoral dissertation on the princely sum of £410 per annum ( this was the ‘ married woman 's ’ rate of postgraduate grant at the time , £120 lower than the full grant ) . |
| 13 | And the advice was on the back of the most comprehensive research ever carried out for a new paper . |
| 14 | The JCT designed this form for use where minor building works are to be carried out for an agreed lump sum based on drawings and/or specifications and/or schedules but without detailed measurements , and where an architect or supervising officer has been appointed on behalf of the employer . |
| 15 | Here again they state that the form is for use where works are carried out for an agreed lump sum and where an architect or supervising officer has been appointed on behalf of the employer . |
| 16 | When we discuss computer design variations in the ensuing chapters , we will tend to make two assumptions which it is as well to clarify ; first , that each computer is designed independently for a particular application area and to purely technical criteria ; and second , that a computer design is implemented as a fixed set of facilities for all customers . |
| 17 | I also made a promise to myself that when I got picked again for a major championship I would progress beyond the first round . |
| 18 | Yet one more distinction is the conclusion that the Japanese use more unique parts — elements designed specifically for a particular model . |
| 19 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 20 | In patient 10 , who had been operated on for a bleeding ulcer seven years previously , a gastric lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of biopsy specimens . |
| 21 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 22 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 23 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 24 | Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating . |
| 25 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 26 | That report was sent to our national executive committee and on May the nineteenth the leader of the Labour party stated and I quote , the plant committee concludes that different elected bodies can be chosen by different electoral systems , that is the view which I share and I support the proposals made both for a reformed second chamber and the European parliament . |
| 27 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 28 | She has been through a marriage , a divorce , and a serious love affair ; learnt Russian , written regularly for a local paper and taught a young child disabled by a stroke to read again . |
| 29 | Police marksmen were then drafted in for a 12 hour siege after he barricaded himself in . |
| 30 | Three thousand tabs of Ecstasy were handed over for a thick wad of notes . |