Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had also successfully lobbied for a prestigious residential development under the Community Development Block Grant programme , although the sale prices far exceeded the borrowing capacity of the majority of local residents ( median income was less than $7,000 in 1980 , whilst unemployment stood at three times the city average ) . |
| 2 | Once it evaporated and Darren Wassle was eventually dismissed for a crime which bore no resemblance to the magnitude of the sentence , well Palace must have fancied their chances . |
| 3 | As Minister of Defence between 1955 and 1957 , Zhukov had vigorously pressed for a less onerous regime of Party supervision and for greater General Staff autonomy in military — technical matters . |
| 4 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 5 | This might throw light on his uncomplimentary nickname too , and on how , as the charter S 933 of 1014 reveals , " the attacks and plunderings of the evil Danes " gave him possession of a Dorset estate of the church of Sherborne , which he eventually sold for a great price in gold and silver to a friend of the monks , who returned it to them . |
| 6 | A few youngsters may go on sniffing for a while — perhaps regularly with their friends . |
| 7 | Although the evidence for these flights is little better than anecdotal , sufficient information is available in his published and private papers to make possible the construction of a reproduction of the latter machine , which was successfully flown for a television film in 1972 . |
| 8 | Now is it not they 'll ask you , reasonable to recycle some of those savings and surely regain the into the provision of those ten fire officers that the service so badly needs for a number of years now the Fire Inspector 's report has identified the confidence levels as we in our service . |
| 9 | The Minister will know from many of the schemes that he visits that one of the carrots that they hold out to young people is the ability to drive vehicles off road and eventually to train for a full licence . |
| 10 | We went on walking for a while , in silence . |
| 11 | In successfully pressing for a referendum on the Common Market , he obliged Wilson to suspend the doctrine of collective Cabinet responsibility , an event without precedent since the National Government had done the same on the free-trade issue in the early thirties . |
| 12 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 13 | Inside FI , it was known that Emerson could have gone on driving for a major team and many thought it a pity that he had not stuck to doing what he knew best . |
| 14 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 15 | The University was fortunate in successfully bidding for a capital grant from the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) towards the cost of a £1.5 million extension of the Pathfoot Building , now completed and being used to re-locate the Department of History with the rest of the School of Arts in Pathfoot . |
| 16 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 17 | Although there are over 20 million individual shareholders in Japan they only account for a quarter of the total shares held . |
| 18 | Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted . |
| 19 | The army command long pressed for a local ‘ home guard ’ such as had been the rule in Malaya , Kenya and other terrorist situations . |
| 20 | Kerry , president of the Committee for the Search of American Servicemen Missing in Action , had long pressed for a lifting of the US trade embargoes against Vietnam and Cambodia . |
| 21 | There are over 600 multinationals in a ‘ billion-dollar-club ’ and a host of smaller fry all competing for a share of the market . |
| 22 | According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle this ‘ virtual ’ photon can only exist for a time . |
| 23 | Otherwise , I thought the specifications somewhat limited for a camera of this price . |
| 24 | Grants of any kind are usually only given for a proportion of the cost of the work to be done , but when necessary , local authorities can make loans for the balance , on which interest has to be paid . |
| 25 | In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ? |
| 26 | It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months . |
| 27 | John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , yesterday said ‘ the report shows we are better placed for a major advance than some have suggested ’ . |
| 28 | The Irish are patient enough to wait for a lucky break . |
| 29 | Christopher swiftly arranged for a six foot wall to be built along his boundary , and angrily muttered that it was going to have to be the Scottish islands . |
| 30 | ( i ) where the specified event happens in respect of a member , any share registered in his name may , notwithstanding paragraph ( 1 ) of this Rule , remain so registered for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any such share while it remains so registered ; and |