Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided we give a narrow meaning to ‘ intention ’ the law may well for practical purposes come close to the proposition that it is tortious intentionally to cause damage by any unlawful act , but it has developed by way of distinct , nominate torts and it is necessary to retain that division for the purposes of exposition . |
| 2 | Individual householders , faced with the prospects of a water rate , showed as little enthusiasm for the benefits of water ( and with it sewage disposal ) in the home , so that when the Empire ended only half the city 's houses had running water . |
| 3 | The meeting established a broad framework for the negotiations at the parallel intergovernmental conferences on political union and on economic and monetary union , which the Council formally opened in Rome on Dec. 15 . |
| 4 | The interest is , however , taken into account when determining liability at rates in excess of the basic rate ; also when calculating total income for the purposes of the special allowance for the elderly ( see below ) . |
| 5 | I 'd say his heart was in the right place if I did n't doubt that , since he has so little sympathy for the victims of his young tearaways . |
| 6 | Virgilio Avila Vivas replaced Alejandro Izaguirre Angeli as Minister of the Interior , an appointment seen as a move to build up political support for the efforts of the security forces to deal with increasing protests against the government 's economic policies [ but see below for his replacement ; for November 1991 protests , see p. 35571 ] . |
| 7 | Prim suits for the races in sober colours open to reveal linings and blouses in vivid Indian bright silks ; glacial evening gowns in iced blues , apricots and silver epitomise restrained good taste . |
| 8 | The cardinals from the fifth century , with their Roman titular churches , provided the weekly liturgical ministry for the basilicas with cemeteries . |
| 9 | But while they are determined to make hay while the sun shines , farmers are still watching the monetary horizons for the clouds of revaluation and are ready to scamper for figurative shelter if the rains of realignment fall . |
| 10 | The first Yokohama station consisted of two elegant Georgian houses for the offices with a broad entrance canopy and a waiting-room , lit by a fan-shaped window of stained glass , between . |
| 11 | In all first-class cricket , including several fiery outings for the Gentlemen versus the Players , he took 720 wickets at an average of 20.55 each . |
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| 13 | It will be a strange afternoon for the directors from Roker Park . |
| 14 | The report also claimed that the current Presidency Minister , Antonio Lacayo Oyanguren , Chamorro 's chief adviser , bore legal and administrative responsibility for the actions of his former deputy and had " permitted robbery " . |
| 15 | ‘ I could see how the notion of raiding charnel houses for the secrets of life had always been present in Shelley 's thought ; but these horrid machine speculations were new . |
| 16 | He covers his conversion from croissants to communism while in France in the 1920s , but reserves the bulk of his pithy and precise political biography for the events since 1949 . |
| 17 | Sir Godfrey Webster , the fifth baronet , was elected as a Tory member for the county in 1812 ; almost immediately he voted against the government whose friends had put him in and became increasingly radical in his demands for electoral reform and the abolition of political sinecures for the supporters of ministers . |
| 18 | There were also strong words for the architects of the closure plan . |
| 19 | This warranty has arisen from US practice but in the UK the acquirer 's solicitors should check on the seller 's authorities as it is not usual practice for the solicitors of one party to render a formal legal opinion to another party , each party being expected to seek and rely on advice from its own solicitors . |
| 20 | To produce a further copy , albeit for the purposes of obtaining advice , was closely parallel to obtaining further copies for the purposes of litigation when the original was not privileged , so that Chadwick v Bowman ( 1886 ) 16 QBD 561 was closely in point . |
| 21 | The logic of choosing pensionable ages for the purposes of disentitlement under section 82 must be that after retirement there could be no redundancy . |
| 22 | Most important of all , the cultural prohibitions on his genital urge are now fully enforced and he must give up the freedom of infantile sexual gratification for the responsibilities of adult life ; in short , he must obey the taboos against incest embodied in the elaborate kinship systems of the Australian aborigines and observe those against parricide enshrined in the totemic religion . |
| 23 | Certainly the Chinese people have to discover or learn acceptable meanings for the symbols of their language when they are children . |
| 24 | It is common ground that the mother 's removal of the two boys from Australia to England on 18 September 1991 was a wrongful removal for the purposes of article 3 of the Convention . |
| 25 | The functionalist theory also justifies high rewards for the occupants of certain positions partly as a compensation for the ‘ sacrifices ’ of loss of earning power and cost of training during the period of preparation for functionally important positions . |
| 26 | Jimmy Carter 's limited experience in politics had not given him adequate preparation for the demands of the White House . |
| 27 | There was much public sympathy for the miners in general , however rebarbative the personality and creed of Arthur Scargill himself . |
| 28 | It is a task which some of the more well-bred staff in the royal household find frankly distasteful — the private secretary to the Prince of Wales , Sir John Riddell , reputedly once told a producer from Thames Television , working on a fortieth birthday tribute to the Prince , that ‘ dealing with you people is like having one 's private parts slowly nibbled by rats ’ — but they go along with it because the deferential attitude of most of the media is the means of engaging popular support for the ins of monarchy . |
| 29 | Richard III would have had some sympathy for the frustrations of the Afghan guerrillas in their fight for Jalalabad . |
| 30 | If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat . |