Example sentences of "[verb] for [det] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet .
2 It would only make for more difficulties later on .
3 In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too .
4 Albert was so distressed by the whole affair that he applied for another post further away from the scene of the tragedy .
5 These are calculated from the number of students registered for each module together with its size , single or double , rather than from class hours .
6 No I will not want for this company again .
7 Bernard and Laura escaped on to their sailing boat for much of the summer , a yacht they had been enjoying for some years now , and they pottered around Mykonos in Greece .
8 It had been the first definite sign that something was wrong ; though she had been moody and withdrawn for some weeks before , he had thought this a normal reaction to her baby 's death .
9 Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill .
10 If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision .
11 By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet .
12 By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet .
13 Correlations between pairs of measures across the 40 junctions were calculated for each subject individually , the 30 correlations obtained in each case were then averaged using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver and Dunlap 1987 ) .
14 Using the method recommended by Dunlap , Jones and Bittner ( 1983 ) correlations were calculated for each subject individually across the 24 films used in this study , correlations were then averaged for the 48 subjects using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver & Dunlap 1987 ) .
15 Odds ratios for HEV were calculated for each covariate separately with or Fisher 's tests .
16 Some of the ideas which I discuss are currently rated ‘ improbable ’ , but should not be dismissed for that reason alone : their supporters may be in a minority , but that minority is often a very distinguished one .
17 But within that probation period you can sort of like get dismissed for any time quite easily .
18 Also , it recommended that psychiatric emergency cover should be available every day of the week , and that a psychiatric history and examination be completed for each patient as soon as possible .
19 so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that .
20 The city was designed for these machines even down to the shape of control switches on their instruments .
21 ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’
22 But we shall not know for some time yet .
23 And if we were able to make a budget erm , without the constraints of the S S A and so on , we would not , erm you know , and without the cuts of business rates as Mr said , there would n't need for any pain anyway .
24 When the security is ultimately realised , the net proceeds must be substituted for any value previously put upon it ( r 6.119 ) .
25 Yeah , well I got an essay to write for this work now .
26 The Iraqi embassy in Brussels was occupied for several hours early on April 3 by Kurds protesting at the massacre of their people by Iraqi troops .
27 And Glotz has for many years now supervised all my recordings .
28 It is in its work on health and healing , the Board of Social Responsibility has for some years now been concerned with the provision of training conferences for ministers and others involved in this aspect of the church 's commission .
29 This has led to a crisis of legitimacy for the system : not only for the prisons ( whose claim to be providing effective rehabilitation was always shaky in many eyes ) but equally for other components of the penal system , notably the probation service which has for some years now been uncertain about what its proper rationale and direction should be .
30 To this end , this association has for some years now made the data sheet compendium — written originally for doctors and pharmacists — available to public libraries and , on request , to individual members of the public .
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