Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beautiful blooms only last for a day or two , but there 's a continuous succession from spring to autumn . |
| 2 | As evidence they would point to the government 's growing practice of giving funds already allocated for a specific purpose : for example , the £1 million contribution to the Royal Opera redevelopment decided by Lord Donaldson , Minister for the Arts 1976–79 , or the Enhancement Funding Scheme , introduced in 1991 to stimulate private sponsorship . |
| 3 | In other words not to provide for a continuing level of migration as it has been in the past . |
| 4 | She was sitting on the veranda , her ears still straining for a sound of the departing plane . |
| 5 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 6 | Alternatively , they are organizations originally created for a non-political purpose ( for example the British Medical Association was originally formed to circulate medical and scientific information to doctors ) which have acquired political purposes over time . |
| 7 | Suzanne left school eight months ago to look for a job . |
| 8 | A framework for interpreting memory results for complex stimuli was discussed in the introduction , this was the idea that memory results depend on the type of schema subjects previously held for a situation . |
| 9 | Nor were the Russians always spoiling for a fight . |
| 10 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 11 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 12 | A broad , flat dish of papery petals just pleading for a visit from passing insects . |
| 13 | As late as the 24th , when it was obvious the whole French front was collapsing , the German storm troops still waited for a renewed artillery preparation , and then moved circumspectly , as if half-expecting to walk into some kind of –rap . |
| 14 | or individuals possibly working for a higher degree , have gathered information and analysed it . |
| 15 | Einstein spent most of his later years unsuccessfully searching for a unified theory , but the time was not ripe : there were partial theories for gravity and the electromagnetic force , but very little was known about the nuclear forces . |
| 16 | Most universities now opt for a system which combines the best features of both approaches . |
| 17 | His colleague Peter Spillard — his suit trousers sharply creased for a trip to the industrial heartland — adds : ‘ They have to answer questions they have not needed to answer before . ’ |
| 18 | His colleague Peter Spillard — his suit trousers sharply creased for a trip to the industrial heartland — adds : ‘ They have to answer questions they have not needed to answer before . ’ |
| 19 | Christians fast to prepare for a feast ; the modern world feasts and then queasily goes on a diet . |
| 20 | For instance , demand management might require that government spending should be held at a high level to keep the economy at full pressure , while Labour 's plans also called for a high level of State spending . |
| 21 | The Acts also provide for a quota scheme , which makes it compulsory for every employer of more than twenty people to take on a quota of at least 3 per cent registered disabled , although few firms adhere to this scheme and monitoring is poor . |
| 22 | The electoral rules also provided for a second round poll for county list seats in counties where the first round turnout was less than 50 per cent , and allowed for such a second poll to be valid provided that turnout exceeded 25 per cent . |
| 23 | The organisers wisely elected for a slower , but much drier , exit ! |
| 24 | Nancy then told them , in so low a voice that the listener round the corner could hardly hear her , where Monks often went for a drink , and what he looked like . |
| 25 | And with two TV networks now competing for a UK cable channel , a similar service is set to take off here by the year 's end . |
| 26 | There were teddy bears and pandas seemingly fighting for a place in an armchair . |
| 27 | When confronted with the prospect of a nuclear holocaust , peace campaigners sometimes search for a legal expression for their moral outrage , and some layers are indeed able to offer such legal comfort . |
| 28 | Authorities originally budgeted for a non-payment level of six per cent — about 250,000 Scots . |
| 29 | Most of the enemies of these insects are small birds out searching for a tasty meal . |
| 30 | On scrutinising the notes of the 80 patients not referred for a specialist opinion we concluded that a nephrological opinion might have helped management in 17 cases . |