Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOR EXAMPLE , LAST WEEK I WAS LISTENING to my favourite recorded of Paganini 's First Violin Concerto , which I have treasured for many years , largely due to the soloists extraordinary playing . |
| 2 | Mr Tebbit , the ex-party chairman and MP for Chingford , asked Mr Hurd ‘ whether the pledge that we have given for the last four general elections , that there would be no further large-scale immigration , still stands or not ? ’ |
| 3 | Profits have fallen for three consecutive quarters and capital spending has fallen in response . |
| 4 | Whether the inhibition of news publishing by threat of contempt proceedings constitutes a denial of freedom of speech and whether the use a corporal punishment in schools can constitute a breach of Art.3 ( prohibiting torture , etc. ) are amongst a host of other matters , such as the legality of the ‘ closed shop ’ , which have fallen for consideration . |
| 5 | COT deaths in England and Wales have fallen for the third consecutive year , Government figures revealed yesterday . |
| 6 | ‘ So , my dear , ’ Gioella said , ‘ you have fallen for the charms of the most charming man in Florence . ’ |
| 7 | TWO blonde beauties in Prince Charles 's life have fallen for the same attraction . |
| 8 | Corporate profits have fallen for the past three years . |
| 9 | Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker . |
| 10 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 11 | On a video-film made at Highlander entitled ‘ Save our Land and People , ’ a variety of these groups speak to each other about their own problems and possible solutions , hopes and fears , and I think it is no accident that some of the most beautiful music and evocative songs which I have heard for a long time comes from these people . |
| 12 | The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck . |
| 13 | As has dogged the fate of any political candidate I have favoured for any office or position , he was unsuccessful . |
| 14 | You have hidden for a long time , Maggie , and missed so much . ’ |
| 15 | The standard commissions on which the agents have relied for their income are shown in Table 11.12 . |
| 16 | Some learning resources are cheaper than others , and British primary schools have improvised for a long time with the very simplest materials including the discarded packaging of the consumer society . |
| 17 | In Birmingham , the dealers have gathered for the 11th British Antiques Fair ( Thursday to the following Wednesday ) , while over the Border , there is still time to catch Pen Panting 's second one-man show , at the Glasgow Print Studio . |
| 18 | Students from all over the world have gathered for a unique championships . |
| 19 | It 's the first time so many have gathered for such a prolonged period . |
| 20 | Some family organisations have lobbied for ways to keep unattended children from accessing either pornographic message services — notorious Pages Roses — or services that send gifts based on a certain duration of connection . |
| 21 | Both the Inter-Regional Standing Committee for Art and Design Education ( IRSCADE ) and NATFHE have pressed for some form of national validation of foundation courses and the former organization , having collected views from the colleges offering the courses , has listed five future possibilities . |
| 22 | I have pressed for better freight links , which is another argument , but we must start with a reasonably fast passenger link to Europe . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time . |
| 25 | Since well before I was elected to this House , I have pressed for the provision of secure accommodation to end the scandal of young offenders and remand prisoners in particular being held in prison accommodation . |
| 26 | Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said he expected the project to proceed , but did not say whether the government would take the unprecedented step of overriding the commission ; environmentalists have pressed for a tunnel to be built instead . |
| 27 | This makes one wonder just how many other kinds of excavations have depended for their chronology on similar evidence . |
| 28 | As Afshan Begum explains in her thesis ‘ In many cases parents expect that the girl will , whenever they demand , give up everything ( e.g. a course in further education or training or a career ) and submit without question to a marriage they have arranged for her … these hidden cases which no one gets to hear about are the real tragedies . ’ |
| 29 | Under the special cover we have arranged for you with the Norwich Union , all Insured Persons of any age are covered , and the Policy will cover you should you have to cancel your holiday for certain reasons . |
| 30 | Under this scheme we have arranged for a firm of Solicitors to deal with the remortgage legal work for just £175 ( excluding Land Registry fee ) . |