Example sentences of "[verb] for [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 2 | Visuals are very important in terms of information recall I modelled for this a couple of years ago . |
| 3 | It is like those cases where women were , perhaps are , discriminated against because they were not ‘ strong ’ enough for a job or part of a job ; but most people would prefer for such a task a strapping wench to a seven-stone male weakling , who gets the sand kicked into his eyes by the beach bully , courtesy of the Charles Atlas advert . |
| 4 | But at the time they thought that was all they could get , and they decided to go for half a loaf rather than the whole . |
| 5 | It 's the first time so many have gathered for such a prolonged period . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 7 | In my opinion , moreover , if the answers to both those questions are in the affirmative , leave ought to be given for such a substantive hearing unless , taking into account the other matters to which I have referred , the court is clearly of the opinion that such further proceedings would not be in the child 's best interests . |
| 8 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 9 | In these circumstances it will be important for organizations to plan for such a future , so as to ensure that : |
| 10 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ This crisis takes two forms : the size of the prison population ’ ( combined with the lack of prison places and the running expenses of locking up and catering for such a large number of prisoners ) ‘ and the demands on the probation and after-care service ’ ( Bottoms , 1990a : 5 ) . |
| 12 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 13 | Payment is at the discretion of your Manager who will tell you whether or not you qualify for such a payment . |
| 14 | They are all welcome but my right hon. and hon. Friends — together with responsible interests outside the House , such as the British Medical Association and other medical authorities — have pressed for such a policy for some years . |
| 15 | Also , SHe did n't think Parmedes ' handiwork was exactly designed for such a pummelling . |
| 16 | Eversley has stressed that too much should not be claimed for such a class . |
| 17 | there was a communicating door in one corner of the room and from behind it came the third movement of the Mozart , which was working itself up to that frantic minor-key Turkish routine which I 've never thought a good enough ending for such a great beginning ; but then that complaint went for just about everything in my life . |
| 18 | Which is very light so to compensate for this a ply line is used this is a rubber line which is quite thick and the rod is flicked backwards and forwards to let line out . |
| 19 | Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian . |
| 20 | In order to provide for such a constitutional amendment , Parliament passed the European Communities Act in 1972 , which stated that the requirements arising now or subsequently from the Treaty ‘ are without further enactment to be given legal effect or used in the United Kingdom ’ ( European Communities Act , section 2(1) ) . |
| 21 | The precise directions in respect of which the penal notice is sought should be specified by the solicitors when applying for such a penal notice . |
| 22 | Any model of the mind which allows for such a possibility is not a simple one , and hints at , if it does not actually affirm , the existence of the unconscious . |
| 23 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 24 | As Falk points out , Builder himself has argued for such a shift ( Builder , 1979 ) . |
| 25 | You need n't worry any more , because you arouse nothing in me and have n't done for many a year . |
| 26 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 27 | A case could be made for such a ritual being enshrined in the legend of Lady Godiva of Coventry , riding through the city on a white horse ( fig. 13.1 ) , though this idea has been dismissed by Hilda Ellis Davison in her otherwise full and admirable account of the legend . |
| 28 | However , no general case can be made for such a switch . |
| 29 | There is a slowly burgeoning market for this type of entertainment , with many music and arts societies looking for such a programme . |
| 30 | Einstein spent the later years of his life looking for such a theory . |