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

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1 Between August and October 1963 , negotiations between the appropriate powers led to a Treaty being signed in Moscow for a partial ban on testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere , in outer space , or under water .
2 Communists in the Russian Federation , the Soviet Union 's largest republic , on June 19 convened in Moscow for a conference which became the founding congress of a Russian Federation Communist Party ( CP ) , subordinate to the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) .
3 I 've been asked to reply my right honourable friend the Prime Minister is in Moscow for a series of meetings including meetings with President Yeltsin and Prime Minister .
4 It does take time to become familiar with all the features of the ORIGINAL shaping section but , with patience and practice , you could soon be knee deep in patterns for a whole variety of made to measure designer garments !
5 ‘ WELL we 've waited long enough , but it 's been worth it , ’ said one of the nearly 200 primary school teachers who gathered at St Wilfrid 's Church in Northwich for a mass of thanksgiving for the new national programme for religious education .
6 JUST because we have n't been seen in LINK for a while — it does n't mean its been quiet at Crediton !
7 In fact , in 1945 , foreign secretary Ernest Bevin was interested in economic , military and political ties to Western Europe , took a keen interest in proposals for a customs union during 1946–8 and encouraged European co-operation in January 1948 by calling for a ‘ Western Union ’ through which Europe , backed by America and the Empire-Commonwealth , would match the Soviet Union .
8 The increase in , and reduction in n for a given output , leads to a reduced demand for capital ( see the term in ( 7–33' ) ) , and this necessitates equilibrating adjustments in w/r .
9 One of these days , I live in hope for a bug going round that everybody else has , but not me .
10 Dai Jones remembered when he had to go to his cousin in Llandidloes for a bucket to mix the dyes , ‘ because there was no money to buy one , and money was owed everywhere . ’
11 Youth workers from all over North Yorkshire will meet today at the Galtres Centre in Easingwold for a special conference on smoking .
12 In Ireland , credit unions have been in existence for a decade longer than in Britain , but there are now over 450 unions , with a membership exceeding three-quarters of a million .
13 By then , however , the main outlines have been in existence for a very long time , and it is these earlier arrangements about which we really need to know more and where future research should be concentrated .
14 A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document .
15 The recent announcement of a link up between the EC and EFTA to create a European Economic Area [ EEA ] by 1993 is likely to have little immediate impact on the proportion of exports destined for these areas , partly because privileged access to each others markets has already been in existence for a number of years between the two trading blocks .
16 The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time .
17 J. C. E. Roberts , welcomed all present and remarked that although the Society had only been in existence for a few months , much had already been done and the Society had a firm foundation on which to build .
18 Believe it or not , the society has now been in existence for a year and subscriptions became due on the 16th of March .
19 Despite the widespread provision of automatic teller machines ( ATMs ) which has now been in existence for a number of years , there is an apparent reluctance in the public to adopt this facility wholeheartedly .
20 The details of a complaint by the master tailors of London in 1721 show that the organisation revealed in evidence at a trial in 1765 and described again in 1818 by Francis Place as a " perfect combination " had been by that last year in existence for a century .
21 To improve , she attended an art class in Sheffield for a short time .
22 It has been under test in Germany for a year where it has been used to control a Mercedes test vehicle on the autobahn .
23 He was received with honour by Archbishop Hermann of Cologne and Emperor Henry III , remained in Germany for a year , and was presented , among other gifts , with a psalter and sacramentary sent there by Canute [ q.v . ] .
24 I have lived in Germany for a year now , all the time .
25 Yeah possibly but I do n't think they , do , they do n't , I mean they , they lived in Germany for a while have n't they , so , I do n't think , oh no , did n't they go to Cyprus one year Pete and Colin or am I dreaming ?
26 Nobody participates in meetings for a very good reason : anything at all important is all sewn up before it ever gets on the agenda ’ .
27 He was immediately seized and thrown into prison , where he remained in chains for a further seventeen years , finally falling sick and dying before a suddenly contrite Alfonso could order his chains removed .
28 Talks began on Jan. 15 on the demand by tribals of Jharkhand region in Bihar for a separate state for 13 districts of the region .
29 Then was down in Middlesbrough for a couple of days that week , and er , I think amused everybody by calling it miserable all the time , I dread to think what .
30 Travel came when Mr Smythe left Sedbergh School and the security of the family home in Sunderland for a three-year apprenticeship at the Arosa confectionery school in Switzerland .
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