Example sentences of "[subord] [art] [noun pl] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 This was identified by Wheeler from Greek parallels as an abaton where the devotees retired for the ‘ holy sleep ’ after the long and elaborate healing rituals in the temple .
2 No French cantatas are as tonally wayward , although the keys chosen for the principal movements in the first book ( 1706 ) of Jean-Baptiste Stuck , one of the pioneers of the genre , and who claimed in his preface simply to be joining French words to Italian music , hint at a similar approach ( table 1 ) .
3 They will defend themselves if attacked , and will speak if spoken to or if the adventurers head for the spiral staircase opposite .
4 If the trees waited for the onset of cold weather before starting to shed , they could be damaged by the shortfall in water by the time the process was complete .
5 This is because the conditions needed for the Big Bang had to be so finely tuned — to an amazing one part in 10&sup60 ; ( a big number even on a cosmic scale ) — that the most minute variations would not have permitted any life at all to develop .
6 The Poles stood with their capital at their backs while the Russians prepared for the assault that would end the war .
7 While the institutions rushing for the exit have been the small British firms , the institutions entering these markets — in addition to a number of major British banks — have been the comparatively enormous foreign houses .
8 Moreover , ideological divisions have frequently led to union rivalries which can undermine strike action , especially since the unions compete for the same grades of employees ; in BR a single union can in most cases bring out most or all members of a grade .
9 It is often assumed that what I have earlier called the ‘ division of labour by strata ’ is the prime objective content of the British ‘ class ’ system but there are severe methodological problems in investigating this hypothesis , since the schemas proposed for the classification of occupations are not actually independent of the phenomenon to be explained .
10 However the buyer then perhaps raises a problem , which decreases the level , or perhaps doubts arise in the buyer 's mind as to whether the claims made for the product are completely justified .
11 Malaysia 's Industrial Master plan also represents such thinking , though many question whether the goals set for the twelve priority sectors of development strategy can be achieved .
12 When the exercises finished for the day , he relaxed into numbness , his mind free and floating on a gently rocking tide .
13 Only when the conditions mature for the wide use of mechanical farming for the organization of collective farms and for the socialist reform of rural areas er can the need for a rich peasant economy cease and this will take a somewhat lengthy time to achieve .
14 One wonders why taxpayers continue to accept a situation that allows schoolchildren to be educated in sub-standard conditions , hospitals to deteriorate , and local authorities to be denied funds to repair damaged roads , when the taxes pay for the subsistence of people forced into idleness who would rather be employed remedying those situations .
15 When the hounds checked for the fourth time and could no. find again no matter how the huntsman held them round , Nora and Sir George withdrew .
16 When the delegates assembled for the Special Conference on August 15th they heard a lot of revolutionary-sounding rhetoric from leaders who knew that they were kicking at an open door .
17 The issue will come under the spotlight when the clubs assemble for the league 's AGM at Cemaes Bay on Saturday .
18 Clerke had a shallop built for exploration of the harbours of south-eastern Newfoundland , and fortunately it remained on tow when the ships left for the mainland .
19 But as the speculators wait for the President 's more substantive statement , they might reflect that the average middle class voter will probably see things rather differently .
20 The captain assembled with his fellows in the Dominican monastery next to the Palace , watching bright-eyed as the notables arrived for the procession that would march eastwards from the Porta Santo Domenico to the Cathedral of Santa Sofia .
21 As the girls changed for the dance , giggling , excited , she had moments when she thought that she could not do it , that she would prefer to go in her skirt and jersey .
22 A hush falls over the landscape as the animals prepare for the coming of the night .
23 The clinical teacher must be adaptable , as the objectives set for the student may need to be revised because of altered patient care .
24 Though the facilities exist for the storage of reports in digital form for access using text retrieval software , the numerous departments throughout the authority have never succeeded in handing in their committee reports in a satisfactory form .
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