Example sentences of "for [noun] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees .
2 The requirement was for vessels to operate habitually from a national port ( p. 222 , para. 28 ) and , hence , for vessels to be present at national ports with a certain frequency ( p. 224 , para. 40 ) .
3 Then they went into the lead , only for Peterborough to come back with a late equaliser .
4 Whatever the reason , for Scotland to swing even in a small way from Labour to Conservative is remarkable ; and there can be no doubt that the brave decision to put the Unionist case at the centre of the argument has been justified .
5 And if that was the case , then the idea for Artemis to move up to a horse must surely have sprung from him .
6 It operates as a conduit for ideas to flow freely throughout an organization .
7 Thus , it is possible for things to get out of a black hole .
8 Ipswich3 Newcastle2 IT IS still mathematically possible for Ipswich to miss out on a place in the Premier League next season , but with five games left against teams from the bottom eight only a fool would bet on it .
9 Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ?
10 Rangers are waiting for Keegan to come back with an improved offer after rejecting a staggering £3.3m bid , and Keegan could offer transfer-listed Franz Carr as the makeweight in a new player-cash deal .
11 ii In an otherwise cautious account of English Juvenile Courts ( 1938 ) Winifred Elkin also gave vent to ‘ the feeling that life has no sure foundations and that the future is utterly uncertain' , believing that ‘ it is not morally healthy for children to grow up in an atmosphere of restlessness and pleasure-seeking …
12 The Margaret Pyke Centre need volunteers for tests to find out of a diaphragm used with spermicide is more effective .
13 In fact , it was much more common for colonies to break up into a number of separate units as they grew larger .
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