Example sentences of "for [prep] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Novices who had been in the London Road End for at least a good part of one season displayed quite a detailed acquisition of social knowledge which was appropriate to correct conduct in the Rowdies . |
| 2 | I do not know any ( secondary ) school teachers who , in private , are not willing to say that they are substantially dissatisfied with the job that schools are doing , for at least a substantial proportion of pupils . |
| 3 | The United States had taken the initiative in this development , since it appeared the only means by which the Americans could disengage gradually from Korea with some hope that the UN could produce a solution that would sustain south Korea for at least a limited period . |
| 4 | This should not happen for at least a million years … but there is an outside chance that it could happen tomorrow . ) |
| 5 | It has to provide the financial resources for at least a minimum number of services — defence , roads , education , income support , etc. — which are generally deemed to be necessary for the survival of any modern society . |
| 6 | Likewise , ‘ moral rectitude , social conformity , clean living , and a clean rent book on occasion seem to be essential for eligibility for at least a new house ’ ( Central Housing Advisory Committee , 1969 , p. 32 ) — qualifications that a woman left on her own with dependants on a low income or social security benefit may well find hard to fulfil . |
| 7 | Quite apart from the question of the right of return , or even the strong feelings which this issue engenders , there are compelling physical and economic reasons for at least a partial return . |
| 8 | ‘ Lee , nobody who has n't known you for at least a hundred years is going to appreciate oblique and esoteric … ’ |
| 9 | I do not remember whether we enlivened the day with a penny ride on a donkey round the White Stone pond but I regarded these donkeys with the respect and admiration rarely afforded by the keenest jockey for his mount and one of my day-dreams ( only once realised and then somehow a little disappointing ) was to save up three weeks ' pocket money and have a 3d ride in place of a Id one , which took you for at least a hundred yards along the Spaniards Road . |
| 10 | It was uncrossable for at least a hundred yards , but then my side appeared to slope more easily to its floor . |
| 11 | The president was looking for at least a four or five-year breathing space before the United States had to confront the implications of a sterling crisis and a British withdrawal from East of Suez . |
| 12 | There were only two chairs in the whole place for at least a dozen women many now uncomfortably unsupported by girdle or bra . |
| 13 | For at least a further two decades that was to be the reality of an intransigent British position . |
| 14 | The ABM treaty was to be respected by both sides for at least a further ten years ( it was of indefinite duration but both sides had the right to withdraw after due notice ) . |
| 15 | IF YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE PAYING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AT LEAST A FURTHER YEAR FROM APRIL 1989 , WE WOULD PREFER TO COLLECT THEM BY DIRECT DEBIT , MONTHLY . |
| 16 | A second phase involving a further 1,170 concerns would begin in 1992 , but more than 400 enterprises in key economic sectors would remain in state hands for at least a further five years . |
| 17 | Foreign Secretary David Owen was not keen to support the British Shipbuilder 's tender to supply six Type 21 frigates to Argentina , for at least a billion pounds . |
| 18 | But the conditions of farming in a largely self-sufficient community , where needs could be satisfied without moving out of the village , made for at least a formal unity in the rural group . |
| 19 | In this country where the same vicious law which imprisoned Wilde still operates one looks to those with pretensions to a scientific approach not to be victims of prejudice and intolerance but to give a lead for at least a saner and more comprehensive attitude towards the homosexual in society . ’ |
| 20 | Allow to set for at least a short while before serving garnished with lime wedges . |
| 21 | Store the boards for at least a few days , ideally in the place where they are to be laid , but at least somewhere with a similar temperature . |
| 22 | In the event , for at least a few years to come , no such necessity arose . |
| 23 | We slide the photo quickly into the tray of fixer to secure that clear , vulnerable moment , to make the image harder , unchippable , solid for at least a few years . |
| 24 | Keep your notes for at least a full year — and probably for the whole length of the course . |
| 25 | It is my contention that a similar process is occurring for at least a significant part of the people of Tyneside today , although it is not affecting everyone in the same way and involves a complex process of what may be more apparent than real social differentiation . |
| 26 | The medical , legal and local government discipline should have the facilities to enable their potentially bilingual students to study for at least an additional term in order to enhance their language and cultural knowledge to a defined level and to extend their professional expertise to accommodate the main different professional dimensions — such as Islamic matrimonial law and sickle cell anaemia . |
| 27 | The Unionists concluded that there was a basis for at least an interim settlement . |
| 28 | Whatever kind of music we are writing , we must move forward with the most essential factor ( usually melody ) for at least an adequate distance before turning back to consider the rest . |