Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] be [verb] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time .
2 Thus Bowness-on-Windermere is sacrificed for the greater good of the Lake District or Matlock Bath in the cause of the Peak District .
3 Some have experience , others are beginners but already Eddie is looking for a local golf course that will accept their membership as a club to provide a base .
4 It was a moonlight night and from 11pm Ted was waiting for the platelayers ' arrival as their company would liven his long shift .
5 Soon America was clamouring for the dollar to be let in : its burden of debt to oil-rich countries , which since the late 1990s had refused payment in dollars , had become too great .
6 Minutes later Ross was calling for the manageress of the designer-wear department — and imperiously stating his requirements .
7 Now Renault is hoping for a marked increase in U.K. sales with the arrival last month of its diesel challenger , the turbocharged 19 DX .
8 Now Britain is heading for a pre-Christmas Sunday shopping bonanza believe it or not now you heard it first here on this programme that I I predict that there will be completely deregulated Sunday trading before much long What ?
9 Ironically Leicester are heading for the top using Brian Clough 's style of passing football and it 's Forest who are reverting to more of the long ball game .
10 Maybe Emma was visiting for the weekend ?
11 It became the permanent home of the German race with the exception of 1959 when the race was staged at Avus , and 1970 when Hockenheim was used for the first time .
12 When the injured Ripley left the field Falconer took over and shortly afterwards Pollock was booked for a foul and substitute Mark Proctor replaced Robbie Mustoe .
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