Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has therefore frequently been maintained that for the ancient Hebrews time was a unidirectional linear process extending from the divine act of creation to the ultimate accomplishment of God 's purpose and the final triumph , here on earth , of the chosen people , Israel . |
| 2 | He sensed my curiosity about how much the twins were worth , and for a few seconds reticence and candour fought across his face , but then he shrugged . |
| 3 | The treaty provided for the elimination of all chemical weapons stocks over a 10-year period and for a detailed inspections procedure for to ensure compliance . |
| 4 | The Russian nobility were much less formidable than their counterparts elsewhere , they had not yet begun to export grain , and for the great landowners serfdom was not an unmitigated blessing : as long as there was still peasant mobility they were in a position to attract labour away from the estates of their weaker rivals . |
| 5 | But for the New Critics art existed in order to convey a meaning , albeit a meaning that no logical discourse is capable of expressing , and attention to matters of form was regarded as the means whereby the non-rational meanings of literature could be uncovered . |
| 6 | In Democracy and Education he argued that , whereas for the ancient Greeks self-development had consisted in contemplation and abstract ‘ academic ’ study , while work for the community was a matter of low-grade , despicable manual work , in the twentieth century this dichotomy had simply withered away . |
| 7 | As for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , signed at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982 ( Cmnd. 8941 ) , of which the Community is a signatory but which has not yet entered into force , it contains provisions similar to article 5(1) of the Geneva Convention of 1958 ( see articles 91 and 94 ) . |
| 8 | Evidence of this kind is , however , essential if community care practitioners in the world of purchasing and providing , assessment and care management are not to lose sight of the fact that the consumer may award the quality kitemark as much for the professional who has time to listen , as for the streamlined meals service . |
| 9 | As for the human rights record of Saudi Arabia , Amnesty reports the detention of political prisoners for long periods without trial — eleven have been incarcerated since 1979 . |
| 10 | As for the human rights record of Saudi Arabia , Amnesty reports the detention of political prisoners for long periods without trial — eleven have been incarcerated since 1979 . |