Example sentences of "have [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this day , public fascination with the disaster remains so strong that a flourishinhg market has developed for Titanic memorabilia . |
| 2 | ‘ We will not examine all of them but we will take random samples and check to see if anyone who has registered for gross interest also has a file at one of our tax offices — which they should not normally have as only non-taxpayers should be registered for gross interest . |
| 3 | The main contractor has to plan for subcontracted work just as seriously as for his or her own work . |
| 4 | Such orders put into the shade the contracts British Telecom has placed for single-mode fibre . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose the great Dane Jacobsen never has to search for willing company . |
| 6 | Queen Mary 's Hospital at Sidcup has cancelled all waiting-list surgery for ‘ at least ’ five weeks after more patients than planned were treated in the first five months , producing a £205,000 overspend on top of £200,000 it has to find for under-funded pay awards and other pressures . |
| 7 | The National Union of Teachers has voted for possible nationwide strikes in protest at the planned introduction of performance-related pay . |
| 8 | encourage movement in your opponent 's position by : summarizing the course of negotiations so far , suggesting that the time has come for mutual concessions suggesting a new position which represents a different point of departure for both parties linking two or more issues since ‘ it might help us get nearer a settlement ’ suggesting an adjournment indicating the exact area to which you want your opponent to pay attention |
| 9 | With adverse publicity about the failure to establish a development programme in the black townships and a renewal of sanctions from the ANC now inevitable , Botha believes that the time has come for ageing administrators like Danie Craven to step down . |
| 10 | As published in the newspaper Borba on Dec. 15 , 1989 , this document announced that " the end has come for authoritarian socialism " and stated that the LCY supported freedom of assembly and speech and all other civil liberties " regardless of political convictions " . |
| 11 | A considerable amount of statistical data in support of this thesis has accrued for developing countries from results of the World Fertility Survey , but published statistics for the more developed countries remain sparse . |
| 12 | But such is his love for the game he has adorned for close on a decade that he never gave up hope of a return to the big time . |
| 13 | He has prepared for civilian life by going on a butcher 's course . |
| 14 | What about Manchester — virtually everyone there has applied for selective financial assistance ? |
| 15 | The ITC made the determination and it would be inappropriate for me to comment upon the matter , especially as I believe that it is now sub judice , because the company has applied for judicial review . |
| 16 | She tells me that the Mum has applied for free meals but should really pay back the money owed . |
| 17 | The NRA has applied for discretionary rate relief but Mr Clark is urging councillors to refuse . |
| 18 | The NRA has applied for discretionary rate relief but Mr Clark is opposing the plan . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't explain how I feel in words and I do n't know what the future holds , ’ said Tamas , who has been granted political asylum and has applied for Hungarian citizenship . |
| 20 | Now a team from Stanford University and the University of Utah has searched for slow-moving heavy monopoles in conventional detectors in the Mayflower Mine in Utah . |
| 21 | One day , perhaps , somebody will attempt to do for English armies what Contamine has done for French ones . |
| 22 | If the experience of the National Bus Company , which was privatised in England is taken as a model , we can be sure that privatised subsidiary companies will not index-link future pension rights for their employees in the way that TOPS has done for Scottish Transport Group employees . |
| 23 | If the experience of the National Bus Company , which was privatised in England is taken as a model , we can be sure that privatised subsidiary companies will not index-link future pension rights for their employees in the way that TOPS has done for Scottish Transport Group employees . |
| 24 | A COUNCIL poised to lose £1m in benefit aid has appealed for Parliamentary help . |
| 25 | In order to do so we must go back to the very beginning of society , explain the original trauma and then consider what consequences it has had for modern times ; for , as we shall see in a later chapter , an inability to accept the truth about ourselves and our societies is probably the most dangerous threat to the successful solution of our present cultural crisis and is certainly the chief obstacle to progress in the sciences of man . |
| 26 | She has to look for new friends amongst the ranks of the unattached like herself ; and until she has recovered sufficiently to become interested in organising her social life to the best advantage , her opportunities to continue to enjoy the pleasures of mixed company may be very limited . |
| 27 | Yet whatever Benn 's shortcomings , he deserves high praise for the service he has performed for recent political history . |
| 28 | The Institute has called for new pensions legislation to be introduced , with limitations on the use of pension fund surpluses , and new accounting and auditing requirements . |
| 29 | The organisation has called for international pressure to be brought to end the trade in South Korea , Taiwan , China and Thailand , where horn is sold openly . |
| 30 | The parliament has called for other EC countries to follow the Dutch lead . |