Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [adv] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does not the transparency , the reproducibility of the grid , contradict the modernist ‘ insistence on the opacity of the pictorial field an insistence that is also a claim for its singularity and uniqueness ? |
| 2 | It is clear that the worst child mortality is found among children classified as unoccupied , a term that is usually a euphemism for their economically inactive single parents . |
| 3 | In A Song to David , which must have been written in the asylum , as it was publicised soon after his release , David , who represents the poet and is thus a symbol for Smart himself , leads the hymn of Adoration in which all Creation joins , every creature making his individual and characteristic contribution . |
| 4 | In Amblyseius , diapause takes the form of a temporary blockage of reproduction and is probably a device for preventing breeding in adverse conditions . |
| 5 | Lambeth — whose leader , Joan Twelves , resigned this week — has been run notoriously badly by a Labour-controlled council and is almost a byword for filth and incompetence . |
| 6 | Mexico has a long culinary history and is therefore a must for any travelling cook . |
| 7 | ‘ Shakespeare ’ has become more than a collection of Renaissance texts and is now a site for wider cultural explorations and controversies . |
| 8 | The Association of Investment Trust Companies ( AITC ) has no formal regulatory powers , but is rather a voice for the investment trust industry . |
| 9 | Thus , for example , the seller may argue that a sale is not by description but is rather a contract for the sale of a specific unique chattel . |
| 10 | A previous knowledge of computing may be of some advantage initially but is not a prerequisite for entry to the course . |