Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for another [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result . |
| 2 | He craves success the way an alcoholic longs for another drink . |
| 3 | One of the solictors acting for another trustee says that it appears Mrs Hilali has been living the good life . |
| 4 | Toby gestured for another glass of Bollinger and continued : ‘ No , the clues may perhaps lie in that contract between Supersight and Brian Harley . |
| 5 | Oh look , it 's Richard Branson going for another record in his big balloon — go on , bomb the bearded bigwig ! |
| 6 | The club went for another batsman instead , and that 's why I was intent on resigning . |
| 7 | The highest earning dealers only take back OTC stock if their client needs the funds to pay for another stock ; or if it is a stock that the directors want back , so allowing the dealers to retrieve in their names , and thus to evade a cut in their own commissions . |
| 8 | It was on the basis of that syllogism that the connection between schools and parents developed for another decade or more . |
| 9 | ‘ From a personal point of view , I 'd like their bad run to continue for another week . |
| 10 | One day in April , Horsley , Walsh and Everett spent the morning in Manchester meeting the Co-op insurance company and asking them for a £750,000 investment , before rushing straight round to the Council Economic Development Committee to pitch for another £500,000 . |
| 11 | We agree that the fact that a completely new organisation , with a unique combination of responsibilities , inherited statutory powers and duties designed for another era and a different institutional framework , does not make it easy for the Council achieve its aspirations . |
| 12 | After the meeting Tory group leader Tony Richmond and fellow councillor Peter Jones tabled a motion for last night 's full council session calling for another South African trade delegation to be invited to Darlington . |
| 13 | The drumming and dancing continue for another hour , reaching no climax and no greater or lesser degree of intensity . |
| 14 | They may therefore take up the offer more speedily than they otherwise would , or be more reluctant to leave their existing job to search for another job . |
| 15 | Hence , an illusion that the children would sooner or later return home was sustained , mitigating the need to plan for another outcome which , in any case , was considered inferior and likely to do as much harm as good . |
| 16 | He appears to have got what he wanted and will remain at the Ballycastle Road Showgrounds for another year at least . |
| 17 | Therefore , if it is at all possible , I should prefer nothing which would upset the group to emerge for another week . " |
| 18 | She had been outraged when her husband left for another woman , had addressed him with religious vehemence and spoken of hell , but as time passed she had realised that life was very much more pleasant without him , that he was generous with money , and so she had , not forgiven , but ceased to revile him ; and I know she found grim amusement in my stepmother 's harassed countenance and the irritating ways of her two small children . |
| 19 | For example , if your theme is pink , you could choose a pink silk background and no mount for one picture , have a pink mount with a cream silk backing for another picture , choose a cream card with a pink wash line around the aperture and pink paper behind the mount for a third , and perhaps create a fourth with a plain cream satin background . |
| 20 | When , some years ago , I did a restaurant-reporting stint for another magazine , I kicked off with the Ritz Hotel . |
| 21 | But if voters have voted for a successful candidate why should some of them — just which , we shall examine later — be given the opportunity to vote for another candidate ? |
| 22 | Davis 's death in 1907 left Swindin looking for another post . |
| 23 | This is the name chosen for another family of devices which are built from simple nodes , connected in a network . |
| 24 | Little was heard of the committee until six months later when Billy asked for another group meeting . |
| 25 | Squash title stays put for another year |
| 26 | PC Andrew Ness , of Tayside Police , told how he had been on the road block looking for another vehicle when a white Cavalier had burst through . |
| 27 | Another girl , placed in a children 's home at 13 after her mother had a nervous breakdown and her father left for another woman , described her shock at finding it was also a place of ‘ correction ’ for young offenders . |
| 28 | Houghton reached for another set of plate . |
| 29 | No employer will willingly train a craftsman only to see him go down the road to work for another employer who has invested nothing in training . |
| 30 | But Mr Jones said there was little likelihood of Airtours returning for another tilt at a takeover in a year 's time , which it is entitled to do , given the Cook stake . |