Example sentences of "[adj] be [art] [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosemary Cargill ( Mrs Raza ) has since 1986 been a journalist writing for a current affairs publication . |
| 2 | This is a knot used for joining two ropes of similar size . |
| 3 | This is a pattern to prepare for the movement of sitting down and standing up . |
| 4 | If , then , in the pages that follow , I group authors by friendship , acquaintance and sheer fellow-feeling , even though strangers or near-strangers , this is a device adopted for clarity and convenience , and little more . |
| 5 | This is a reminder to arrange for such exchange with the solicitors for both your seller and buyer . |
| 6 | This is no time to ask for a pay rise |
| 7 | This is no time to ask for a pay rise |
| 8 | This is no time to desert for some illusory future . |
| 9 | This is the space left for the pharmacy 's stamp , so that the pricing authority knows who to pay and who to address any queries to . |
| 10 | This is the name chosen for another family of devices which are built from simple nodes , connected in a network . |
| 11 | ‘ This is the way to prepare for the demands of adulthood . |
| 12 | This is the set used for inter-library loans , as well as for internal consultation . |
| 13 | So , if you still feel herbicide resistance is to blame , this is the season to test for it . |
| 14 | If you put such a statement firmly into the mouth of your detective or state it flatly yourself , the reader will realise , even without consciously doing so , that this is the limit set for the game , the frame of the crossword puzzle , and will plunge on happily . |
| 15 | This is the area to use for designing the Deco cards . |
| 16 | This is an accelerator constructed for nuclear structure research using heavy ions , and it can produce exotic nuclei . |
| 17 | Since this is an assumption taken for granted by a good deal of modern criticism , we should consider some of the objections that can be made against the New Critics ' arguments in its favour . |
| 18 | What is different is a flat designed for the disabled where they can gain confidence to live outside |
| 19 | Another is a concerto written for her by the British composer Derek Bourgeois . |
| 20 | This was a chamber made for a purpose ; a purpose it was impatient to fulfil even four thousand years after it was built . |
| 21 | This was a necessity to qualify for a later call to the Bar . |
| 22 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 23 | He says that this was a cell used for patients in the early days of the hospital . |
| 24 | I wondered how it was possible to love many men when you had once loved one more than your immortal soul , and whether Lili had ever loved like that , or whether this was a torment saved for ridiculous people like myself . |
| 25 | This was the sample used for the analysis of birth weight , gestational age , and respiratory symptoms . |
| 26 | As the Renaissance was seen as the most enlightened period in European history this was the style chosen for the following colourful buildings . |
| 27 | When oil was first imported this was the place chosen for an oil refinery . |
| 28 | This was the poser set for the department two years ago . |
| 29 | 31st December 1992 is the date set for the achievement of an ambitious programme . |
| 30 | On the first row , you knit the background stitches for the first row of the original pattern , on the second row you knit the pattern stitches for the first row of the original pattern ; row 3 is the pattern stitches for the second row of the original pattern and the fourth row the background stitches for the second row of the original pattern . |