Example sentences of "[conj] is [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The alternative method is to provide that upon any adjustment of the base figure , the rent payable immediately before the adjustment becomes a fixed amount payable under the terms of the lease ( or is substituted for a fixed amount previously reserved ) .
2 With regard to the public interest , the important figure is the sum that is realised for the Scottish Bus Group as a whole .
3 Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch .
4 Every country has different requirements , and it is vitally important for Welsh lamb producers to be fully aware of the type of lamb that is needed for the various export markets .
5 The curtilage of a building will include the ground that is used for the comfortable enjoyment of that building even though it has not been marked off or enclosed in any way ( Sinclair-Lockhart 's Trustees v Central Land Board ( 1950 ) 1 P & CR 195 ) .
6 Due to the very nature of vigilance , the tests to measure it must take much longer than is required for the other tests above .
7 After an amazing cross country round yesterday with her agile horse Knockdrin Vina finished in first position with 49 points after the dressage , and is hoping for a clear round today to win the £1,500 national championship and title .
8 ‘ The Tasmanian Devil ’ has claimed over 350 victims in all quarters of the United States in the last year , and is noted for the savage ingenuity of his frenzied attacks .
9 And I think there is this dividing line that there is the pure craft where the object is functional and is made for a specific purpose , but is beautifully made , but there is also the craftsman who crosses the barrier between art and craft , who makes beautiful objects that are perhaps non functional , and then of course you 're in the controversial field .
10 When a healthy black person seeks employment and is tested for the sickle-cell anaemia gene , then is refused employment because there may be an extra risk under certain conditions , this is unfair .
11 A council covers an area with a population ranging from 200 to 600 people and is elected for a six-month or one-year period of office .
12 The child must type the sentence with the words in the correct order , and is rewarded for the right answer by the picture coming to life — John jumps on his bike and cycles to school .
13 Griffin is hoping to run in the London Marathon and is aiming for the Olympic marathon in Barcelona .
14 She found him another job and is paying for a private nurse .
15 The foundation has appointed more trustees and is advertising for a new chief executive .
16 This analysis is similar to that of shareholders ' funds and is required for the same reasons .
17 The company has just cancelled its contract with BASF for chrome tape and is opting for a cheaper brand of conventional ferric oxide tape .
18 Labour changes from being at a stage where it has not yet become a thing in itself and is merely an aspect of social life , to a stage when although still an aspect of social life it involves exploitation , i.e. slavery and serfdom , to a third stage when labour has become mysteriously represented as a thing and is used for a different kind of exploitation .
19 Mechanical woodpulp is acidic and is used for the cheapest types of paper like newsprint or certain types of cartridge paper .
20 The award scheme was launched in 1978 and is sponsored for the seventh consecutive year by American Express .
21 Since then he has toured and recorded extensively , and is known for the strong blues influence in his ballad and up tempo playing .
22 Though he only finished 12th last year in 2–8–02 he has since recorded two sub 1–51 marathons and is tipped for a top six place .
23 The Ben Hird Sword commemorates his seventy-two year association with the event , and is awarded for the greatest number of hits by a longbowman .
24 The area named in the court order has been used by gypsies but is earmarked for a new £125m business park .
25 Hare will need a three-under in his final round to make it , but is aiming for a six-under 66 .
26 Hare will need a three-under in his final round to make it , but is aiming for a six-under 66 .
27 He underwent a cheekbone operation on Sunday but is hoping for a quick return .
28 Above the dry waterfall , the path continues to Horton in Ribblesdale but is left for an easy traverse south along the ridge , passing extensive areas of limestone pavement .
29 These principles are expressed as follows : ( 13 ) The co-operative principle make your contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged ( 14 ) The maxim of Quality try to make your contribution one that is true , specifically : ( i ) do not say what you believe to be false ( ii ) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence ( 15 ) The maxim of Quantity ( i ) make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange ( ii ) do not make your contribution more informative than is required ( 16 ) The maxim of Relevance make your contributions relevant ( 17 ) The maxim of Manner be perspicuous , and specifically : ( i ) avoid obscurity ( ii ) avoid ambiguity ( iii ) be brief ( iv ) be orderly In short , these maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient , rational , co-operative way : they should speak sincerely , relevantly and clearly , while providing sufficient information .
30 The purpose of preparing a transcript is to present , in print , as complete a record of the taped material as is required for the particular assessment : ‘ It provides the foundation of ; 11 subsequent analyses and , as such , its importance can not be over estimated ’ ( Crystal 1984 ) .
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