Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not everybody , however , is happy with the use of AIDS as the shaper of a plot , or the vehicle for a political message . |
| 2 | I think that the hon. Gentleman will know what I mean when I say that in the context of coming towards the end of a particular available time , whether it is the time for talks or the time for a general election , there is reluctance among certain parties — and I make this remark generally — to turn their cards face upwards if there is any danger that other people will not have turned their cards face upwards by the time the whistle blows . |
| 3 | Guests can use the free sauna and steambath , or the solarium for a small charge . |
| 4 | On the other hand , where a contract for a specific purpose comes to an end , there is no dismissal . |
| 5 | Mrs Thatcher has a clear view of her role as Prime Minister and sees herself as an activist rather than an arbitrator in Cabinet disputes or a spokesman for a collective Cabinet view . |
| 6 | Learning that x is not sufficient — simply being able to recall a Shakespearean play , or a formula for a chemical compound , or the artists who were members of a particular school of painting , is not what higher education is about . |
| 7 | It is of limited or no benefit for a current mood swing . |
| 8 | Hence , there may be little or no incentive for a low paid worker to strive for a higher income , whether by gaining promotion or by working overtime , if the welfare benefits previously received disappear rapidly as income rises . |
| 9 | See Wolfson v. Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1981 S. L.T. 17 , where an application for a new off-sale licence was granted in restricted form in terms of s.29(1) of the Act . |
| 10 | Where an application for a permanent transfer is refused , or granted where the grant involves the repelling of an objection by a competent objector who appeared at the hearing , the unsuccessful applicant or objector may appeal to the sheriff ( s.17(4) and ( 5 ) ) , and from the sheriff to the Court of Session on a point of law ( s.39(8) ) . |
| 11 | Most groups form after a shared devotion to the works of some particular group or an affinity for a particular style-sound-wash , but Guy ( keyboards ) , Fraggle ( guitar ) , Carl ( bass ) , Henry ( drums ) and Fil ( vocals ) hatched their idea whilst squatting a disused dole office in Peckham , South London , just because they had an attitude in common . |
| 12 | As my knitting acquaintances will tell you , I am neither the shape nor the age for a mini dress ! |
| 13 | Baldwin agreed that the request for a special bill was reasonable and said that he would commend it to his colleagues . |
| 14 | This appropriation of European humanism was generous in a way inseparable from its shamelessness : the final manifesto of The Wretched of the Earth makes it clear that the vision for a new humanity which emerges from the appropriation is undertaken on behalf of Europe as well as the Third World . |
| 15 | In a comparison carried out by the National Economic Development Council and the Manpower Services Commission ( 1984:85 ) it was said that the concern for a sound basic education is voiced strongly in all the three countries [ USA , Japan and the then Federal Republic of Germany ] as it is in the UK , but nowhere more so than in the US . |
| 16 | Macpherson has argued convincingly that it was in the context of just such a society that the case For a representative democracy was initially accepted , first as a logical requirement to protect acquisitive , self-interested and conflicting individuals ( from rapacious governments and from one another ) and second to establish and nurture a free market economy ( MacPherson , 1977 ) . |
| 17 | He also announced that the scheme for a high-speed railway between London and Heathrow airport would proceed . |
| 18 | The SURPRISE ministerial announcement last weekend to allow mining close to the Vale of Belvoir in Leicestershire means that the plan for a new pit at Ashfordby will get the green light before the contentious issue of where to put the mounds of unsightly spoil that the pit will produce has been settled . |
| 19 | William Sale suggests that the idea for a second volume originated with Richardson 's friend Thomas Edwards . |
| 20 | Bruce Gregory , Ready System 's president and chief executive , explains that the requirement for a real-time operating system is diverse , ranging from very lightweight applications such as intelligent suspension systems through to the complexity of NASA space station command and control systems . |
| 21 | Peace Alliance supporters , and the Communists in particular were annoyed that the opportunity for a joint candidature had been lost . |
| 22 | Freud thought that the need for a long period of education for young men and women in the ‘ civilized ’ sections of modern societies was linked with the development of neurotic illness because of the deferment of sexual gratification necessary while education took place . |
| 23 | In a letter sent to Foreign Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) shortly before the meeting , Fernández Ordóñez maintained that the need for a new Mediterranean-based security organization stemmed from the " concern … to avoid a possible collision course between Islam and the West " . |
| 24 | The arrival of scientific evidence of everlasting life would in no wise alter the position of the concept of the Created God , for it is only in the conduct of human life that the need for a worshipable ‘ god ’ arises . |
| 25 | It would seem that compactness and design can not prevail over human factors , so that the need for a visible , multi-access central system that also facilitates mutual support takes precedence . |
| 26 | This suggests , perhaps , that the need for a prior epistemology depends , not on the character of the general questions which epistemology starts from , but rather from the kinds of solutions which , in this case , are offered — namely reductive ones . |
| 27 | Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past . |
| 28 | We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region . |
| 29 | Although some reports suggested that the need for a smaller force had been dictated by plans to reduce NATO forces by up to 30 per cent by the mid-1990s , a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting said that defence spending in real terms " should not be expected to reduce substantially in the near term " . |
| 30 | The hon. Lady also knows that the search for a long-term repository for the storage of nuclear waste is continuing but the work has been suspended in Caithness . |