Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've already paid down two-thirds for an artist 's cottage in Sausolito , a village across the other side of the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco . |
| 2 | This screening proved so uncomfortable for the group 's largest component , the Nahdlatul Ulama ( NU ) that , in 1984 , it pulled out of competitive politics altogether . |
| 3 | When parents are so concerned for the children 's safety that they prevent them from exercising choice and making decisions , they are depriving them of the experience they need in order to cope with life as mature adults . |
| 4 | Partners are jointly and severally liable for a partnership 's debts , and their dealings with each other require the utmost good faith ; implicit in this is that they all know each other , including their strengths and weaknesses . |
| 5 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |
| 6 | The sensation of the genital organs is normally unaffected by a stroke , for instance , and having intercourse is not dangerous for the patient 's blood pressure . |
| 7 | Amstrad has eschewed the popular PenPoint operating system on the grounds that it is overly complex for the PDA 's requirements — which is basically to emulate a paper-based organiser , and that it requires too much processor horse-power . |
| 8 | I am also often told that it is not good for a curate 's career to stay in the same area or parish ! |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't want you collapsing on us — not good for the department 's reputation , ’ she joked lightly , and wheeled him round and handed him over to his wife . |
| 10 | Off we set into the station proper , aware we were already late for the train 's arrival . |
| 11 | The last section of the book is devoted to a description of what has been achieved with the telescope and is dedicated to John Bolton , who has been largely responsible for the dish 's successful operation . |
| 12 | Since the receiver is the mortgagor 's agent , the mortgagee is not responsible for the receiver 's acts and defaults ; and any surplus beyond the outgoings ( including the receiver 's remuneration ) and the interest due , must be paid over to the mortgagor , and will not go in reduction of the principal . |
| 13 | I 'm desperately keen for the party 's radical edge to be retained and sharpened . ’ |
| 14 | The House of Lords held that the council was not liable for the plaintiff 's loss , which was economic and not within the accepted categories . |
| 15 | Not bad for a day 's work , eh ? ’ |
| 16 | Arkwright bought the manor of Cromford , was subsequently knighted , and became High Sheriff of Derbyshire — not bad for a barber 's apprentice . |
| 17 | The rest of the name was quite straightforward Pistols was a strong , hard word , not bad for a band 's name . |
| 18 | It is still more usual for the husband 's name to come first when signing Christmas cards , eg John and Jane rather than Jane and John , and the surname should be added if they are being sent to slight acquaintances . |
| 19 | At Xerox he will be directly responsible for the company 's Office Document Service and US Sales & Service . |
| 20 | And , possibly even more important for the employee 's long-term security , the employer should provide assurances on the employee 's future with the company as far as this is known . |
| 21 | If only the clothes had been plainer and more suitable for the vicar 's wife of such a poor parish , ’ Sophia lamented , holding up the lame cocktail dress whose belt Faustina had now taken out into the hall . |
| 22 | The directors of a haulage company will be keen to avoid CGT when replacing equipment which , through market forces , has actually increased in value , with new equipment which is more suitable for the firm 's purposes . |
| 23 | I live in Greater London where tap water is hardly suitable for a dog 's bowl , let alone an aquarium . |
| 24 | I have explained why I think that the Government should come clean on the financing of the project and why the traffic and congestion implications of the proposals will be enormously painful for the King 's Cross area . |
| 25 | This excludes the implied condition ( in s14(3) of the SGA 1979 ) that the goods should be reasonably fit for the buyer 's purpose . |
| 26 | That is to say , he stands between the client and the outcome of his instruction and is therefore identified as the one most responsible for a project 's success or failure . |
| 27 | The description of these services as ‘ disparate ’ surely applies also to the traction and rolling stock inherited by Provincial , the assets most responsible for the sector 's cost base . |
| 28 | This cash haemorrhage intensified after 1982 , when the society hired as its director James Bell , a genealogist now demonised as the administrator most responsible for the institution 's demise . |
| 29 | It is often unwise for the plaintiff 's solicitor to disclose the identity of the doctor who will be examining the plaintiff as a failure to disclose a report from a nominated doctor creates the obvious inference that the doctor did not support the plaintiff 's alleged injuries . |
| 30 | Definitely it was Eddie 's day and with his fiftieth birthday just past the ‘ auld yin ’ as he described himself also admitted that he was now eligible for the Seniors ' Tour ! |