Example sentences of "[conj] be [adv] [art] [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 | He acknowledges that Donald is South Africa 's top bowler and major attraction but he believes that is still no excuse for bowling him too much . |
| 4 | No , it it 's too large and too heavy and really that is a different role that 's more the role for the tornado G L one , G L four . |
| 5 | Quite the contrary , it assumes that the nature of criminal definitions and their application are factors that influence people 's decisions whether to comply with them or not , and are therefore an issue for correctionalism . |
| 6 | But theft of clients is the norm in the industry , and is rarely the reason for anyone being sacked . |
| 7 | It is important for the organ to be properly covered by insurance , but making it available to students costs little and is again an investment for the future . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In Amblyseius , diapause takes the form of a temporary blockage of reproduction and is probably a device for preventing breeding in adverse conditions . |
| 10 | This will remain constant throughout the design no matter what order the colours appear in on all succeeding lines and is also the order for colours to be used in the colour changer when knitting . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There is a bar and TV in a lounge which opens onto a terrace which wraps around the building and is often the venue for breakfast . |
| 13 | Mexico has a long culinary history and is therefore a must for any travelling cook . |
| 14 | ‘ Shakespeare ’ has become more than a collection of Renaissance texts and is now a site for wider cultural explorations and controversies . |
| 15 | Coningsby has been an R.A.F. station since 1940 and is now the base for Phantom fighters . |
| 16 | It was eventually demolished and is now the site for a small housing estate . |
| 17 | The fact that much modern art is quite unmemorable — and modern music particularly so — is perhaps a result of formal weakness , and is certainly the reason for its perishable quality . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , this notion of the station as strong point continued , and was partly the reason for many being built outside the communities they served . |
| 19 | The United States might have argued that Nicaragua 's concealment of its incapacity constituted fraud and was thus a ground for invalidating its consent . |
| 20 | He took an active part in many School societies , and was also an editor for the Oxford University Press and official of the Assistant Masters ' Association . |
| 21 | Down and was subsequently a representative for South Down in the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention of the following year . |
| 22 | The house was left empty and was often a target for vandals and Sutherland was unable to sell it . |
| 23 | But Vergil 's presentation of the episode makes it clear that he thought the accusation had no validity and was merely an excuse for Hastings ' execution . |
| 24 | But Vergil 's presentation of the episode makes it clear that he thought the accusation had no validity and was merely an excuse for Hastings ' execution . |
| 25 | They also object on the grounds that , while Sotheby 's disclaims any ownership interest in the treasure and was merely the agent for Lord Northampton , they are by no means convinced that this is the case , especially as it has come to light during the discovery process that the former chairman of Sotheby 's , the late Peter Wilson , played the leading role in the treasure 's acquisition and had a share in its value , inherited by his sons , Thomas and Philip . |
| 26 | The Association of Investment Trust Companies ( AITC ) has no formal regulatory powers , but is rather a voice for the investment trust industry . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | This is true for relations with wider kin but is also the case for friendships . |
| 29 | To judge by the piles of broken stone , chunks of gargoyle , carved oak , black-brown and shot with wormholes , the upper chamber must once have been a workshop but was now a dump for unwanted Cathedral tat . |
| 30 | Previously , where planning permission was required for work to a listed building , the application was treated as being simultaneously an application for listed building consent , unless the works involved demolition of part or the whole , in which case a separate application was needed . |