Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became at once possessive about it … there was already talk about the war ending and Sadler 's Wells reopening and it seemed to me entirely fitting for the Sadler 's Wells Company to reopen the theatre at Rosebery Avenue after the war with a new opera by a leading young English composer . |
| 2 | If anything , its additional colours brought extra glitter to the music , and this quality was certainly seized upon by the London Sinfonietta under Elgar Howarth , who eagerly compensated for the pianist 's lack of a trenchant or subtle delivery . |
| 3 | If the court takes the view that the meeting was not a reasonable step in the action but was merely done for the client 's benefit , then the costs will be disallowed as against the defendants . |
| 4 | If so , ‘ Be aware ’ is no securer than any other proposed foundation of morals ; better settle for the Assassins ' ‘ Nothing is true , everything is permitted ’ . |
| 5 | Better arrange for the coal lorr lorry to back in to it one day . |
| 6 | They are often sited in very desirable locations : mental hospitals , in particular , such as the former county asylums which sprung up after the Lunacy Act of 1847 , are located on the outskirts of towns , in landscaped grounds thoughtfully planned for the patients ' well-being . |
| 7 | He similarly assumes that exile players are only qualified for the clubs ' ostensible countries of origin . |
| 8 | MANCHESTER doctor Philippa Roberts and teenagers Nicola Huntridge and Corinna Williams all qualified for the women 's jump final at the World Waterski championships in Singapore . |
| 9 | There were also two French anthropologists , a raggedly effete group of Dutch and American missionaries , from opposing Christian denominations politely vying for the Toraja 's attentions , and the splendid Werner Meyer , looking like the Cheshire Cat in safari costume . |
| 10 | Now it 's finally ready to happen , with Arnold Schwarzenegger musing whether to donate his presence or not , while two teams of screenwriters work feverishly to November deadlines , and four top directors — including Paul ‘ Basic Instinct ’ Verhoeven , Peter ‘ Bill And Ted 's Bogus Journey ’ Hewitt and George ‘ Mad Max ’ Miller — politely wait for the Terminator 's nod . |
| 11 | And they stabbed at him and caused his whole body to tremble as if in shame because , in a way , he knew she was right : his inadequacy to face his future was there for even himself to see ; he had considered volunteering in order to avoid the responsibility of making the choice either of going to University to read for a degree in English Literature or of just plumping for a teacher 's training college course . |
| 12 | Lebanon had already suffered for the Palestinians ' presence . |
| 13 | I 'm just investigating for the company er going onto radio . |
| 14 | But his words and attitudes heartened the Danzig Party , who had begun to feel that Berlin no longer cared for the city 's struggle against Poland and Polish trade . |
| 15 | Just go for a pint int the Leigh Arms . |
| 16 | So , too , was the success of John Churchill , Earl of Marlborough , whom Anne in December 1702 created a Duke , an almost unprecedented honour normally reserved for the sovereign 's sons , a promotion which he rapidly justified by a series of brilliant victories , from Blenheim in August 1704 to Malplaquet in September 1709 . |
| 17 | Ruthless cuts are being made to Canada 's railway system and the last whistle is soon to blow for the country 's most famous train , The Canadian . |
| 18 | More significant are the numbers of votes actually cast , since these enter into the calculation of the quota normally required for a candidate 's election . |
| 19 | Critics argued that the government itself had been largely to blame for the country 's economic problems . |
| 20 | However , sections of the press saw this as an attempt to suppress the investigation 's key finding : that police insensitivity and mismanagement was largely to blame for the evening 's confrontation ( cf. |
| 21 | The questionnaire is specially prefaced for the client and is directly intended for the client 's use . |
| 22 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
| 23 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the decision was enough to make Labour 's ‘ sister party ’ bring down the last Labour Government and the working class throughout the UK is still paying for the SDLP 's pettiness . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , the receiver is still waiting for the club 's chairman , Samesh Kumar , and his two brothers to resign from Birmingham 's board of directors . |
| 26 | Among his innovations was the provision of charts , bound up as atlases , for the use of officers in Her Majesty 's ships , in addition to those specially provided for the ship 's navigation , which were rarely seen by officers other than the captain and the navigator . |
| 27 | The £500 deposit would hardly pay for the barristers ' lunches at the public inquiry , whereas my standing for Parliament will concentrate the other candidates ' minds solidly on the issue and emphasise the public 's outrage at National Grid plc 's proposals . |
| 28 | GE welders , for instance , won permission to select and order the machines they use — purchasing decisions once reserved for the company 's white-collared engineers . |
| 29 | Its beginnings partly account for the novel 's loose picaresque form , recounting a series of adventures of Mr Pickwick and his friends ( Snodgrass , Winkle , and Tupman ) , although the initiation of Mrs Bardell 's breach-of-promise action provides a continuing plot-interest , and Mr Pickwick is transformed from the conventional comic figure of the early chapters by his connection with Sam Weller . |
| 30 | Kim 's years as a dissident meant that he remained unpopular with many of those DLP members who were associated with the old ruling DJP.Moreover , as the DLP 's executive chairman and the chief architect of the its March 1992 general election campaign , Kim was also extensively blamed for the party 's poor showing . |