Example sentences of "[noun] for [art] good [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans for the better distribution of population and employment were still needed , but one academic observer reported in 1957 : After 13 years the Conservatives lost office ; in the general election of October 1964 Harold Wilson won power with a slender majority of four over the other parties . |
| 2 | Lady Bailey drew out the top letter of the other sheaf , almost teasingly , like an actress announcing on television the award for the Best Actress of the Year . |
| 3 | David Ottewill 's The Edwardian Garden ( Yale University Press , 1989 ) has won the Sir Banister Fletcher Award for the best book of the year on architecture or the fine arts . |
| 4 | Tommy Howard , 48 , from Old Swan , won the Royal Liver Assurance award for the best picture of their head office , the Liver Building . |
| 5 | But further proposals for the better reflection of system costs were rejected . |
| 6 | Our office is indeed the Great Outdoors for a good part of the year . |
| 7 | They have asked that we take that on , there is a report later in the agenda with detail on that , but as far as these papers are concerned that 's simply us taking over responsibility for the best part of two million pounds ' worth of spending which the health authority will refund to us by way of a section twenty eight grant . |
| 8 | Stella must remember that she carried a heavy responsibility for the good name of the theatre . |
| 9 | There was some scepticism about this solution — given that we had altered the recommendations for doctors and dentists — but it says a great deal for the good sense of the nurses that they accepted the plan . |
| 10 | Thanks again Bangor fans for the best days of my life . |
| 11 | We should not abandon the search for a better way of determining pay for all health service staff . |
| 12 | By the same token , those of us who become victims of fatal disease should be willing to submit to medical research for the better advantage of humanity . |
| 13 | Cecil Melling ( the chairman of the Eastern Board , who had supported Schiller 's work since before nationalisation and took costing more seriously than his fellow chairmen ) for a time gained the support of the Central Authority 's commercial department for the better reflection of off-peak costs in the bulk tariff , but the other Area Board chairmen strongly opposed the initiative . |
| 14 | He recommended to them lists of books for the better understanding of their religion , and the advice was excellent . |
| 15 | The Palings was an old building ; it had stood full face to the sea and the prevailing wind for the best part of a hundred years . |
| 16 | They had been living together across the colour bar for the best part of 30 years . |
| 17 | Your son-in-law has been sleeping with this girl at work for the best part of 11 years and presumably he 's been having his conjugals in the matrimonial bed , too . |
| 18 | The UN Security Council was in session for a good deal of August , producing a series of resolutions condemning the invasion , imposing economic sanctions on Iraq , declaring Kuwait 's annexation illegal , demanding free passage for diplomatic missions in Kuwait City , and so on . |
| 19 | Between 1912 and 1928 Lutyens was responsible for redesigning eighty square miles of offices , avenues and palaces in New Delhi to house the British Government in India , an undertaking that kept him out of England for the best part of every winter . |
| 20 | Martin Randall believes in allowing his clients off the leash for a good deal of unorganised time , which enabled me to enjoy my favourite occupation : finding my own way around a new city . |
| 21 | In April 1477 the duke 's feoffees granted the countess ' manor of Fowlmere ( Cambs. ) to Queens ' College , Cambridge , for prayers for the good estate of the king and queen and of Gloucester , his wife and son , and for the souls of John de Vere late earl of Oxford and Elizabeth his consort . |
| 22 | In April 1477 the duke 's feoffees granted the countess ' manor of Fowlmere ( Cambs. ) to Queens ' College , Cambridge , for prayers for the good estate of the king and queen and of Gloucester , his wife and son , and for the souls of John de Vere late earl of Oxford and Elizabeth his consort . |
| 23 | I suggest Marinated Aubergines and Cannellini Bean & Tuna Fish Salad for a good combination of colours and textures . |
| 24 | The petition produced a negative reply from the Home Office in July 1903 , but the episode is noteworthy as one of the innumerable steps taken by the BDDA in its campaign for the better education of deaf and dumb children . |
| 25 | MPs did have the opportunity for dalliance , away as they were from home for the best part of the week — and for more than half the year . |
| 26 | A brilliantly opaque bidding system , requiring a combination of cash tenders and programming prospectuses , diverted the managements of established and would-be contractors for the best part of 18 months , leading — eventually — to a re-allocation of licences in November 1991 , to take effect from January 1993 . |
| 27 | Louisa had been skidding unsteadily about the ice for the best part of an hour when a carriage came round the rear drive of the Hall and , after a moment 's debate , Edwin Frere sprang down to give a helping hand to his well-muffled wife . |
| 28 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 29 | Formed in 1980 , it began by producing a newsletter ( Co-operative library media group newsletter ) to review programmes , list purchase details of presentations , report on trends , and emphasize the constant need for a better exchange of ideas between librarians and commercial producers , and much closer co-operation in preparation of such programmes . |
| 30 | By far the greatest area of agreement among all women , whether housewives or workers , is the need for a better system of childcare in Britain . |