Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to live there means also the opportunity to vote for a particular party , whose quixotry and honesty have touched me . |
| 2 | It is interesting that , as the opportunity to paint for a specific exhibition has offered itself , a freer and less tentative approach can be seen both in subject matter and technique . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , once in recovery , the opportunity remains for the recovering person to extend his or her range of physical abstinence and , by doing this , the relapse rate may in time come to be less than at present . |
| 4 | There is also the opportunity to register for a part-time PhD degree at the University of Warwick . |
| 5 | ‘ All I wanted on behalf of the team was the opportunity to qualify for the European Cup final off the back of our last two Champions League matches , ’ said the manager . |
| 6 | One has transferred to the communications department and all were offered the opportunity to work for the new contract firm . |
| 7 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 8 | In 1960 the pattern which had emerged seemed likely to remain in force for some time to come , with the EEC countries preferring a maximum of integration and the remainder opting for a minimal level of intergovernmental association . |
| 9 | Theoretically his presidency must end in 1852 , but it was already evident that the Prince hoped for a second term of office , to which end he began to organize a campaign to drum up sufficient popular support for this to become possible . |
| 10 | Canary set out to purchase the base airframes for the planned conversions and marginally flyable Texans and Vibrators were collected from across North America and ferried to the modification headquarters at Long Beach , California . |
| 11 | Here is the chance to see the direction alternating for the first time . |
| 12 | But when they cast off Penry seemed reassuringly unconcerned , and sang under his breath as the Angharad headed for the turbulent stretch of sea separating Gullholm from the coast . |
| 13 | Section 9 of the UCTA provides for the partial abolition of the doctrine of fundamental breach in relation to contract terms which have to satisfy the element of reasonableness under the UCTA , such as exclusion clauses governed by s 3 . |
| 14 | Suppose , father being impoverished and son having come into money , the father had required the creditor to sue for the whole sum ? |
| 15 | A second all-night session was not expected as the line-by-line examination of the measure resumed for the 18th day of its committee stage . |
| 16 | Joyce 's time at Battersea brought him no closer to getting a degree or to having the money to pay for a conventional education . |
| 17 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
| 18 | Editors invented elaborate textual corruptions to explain this , claiming for instance that Shakespeare had written two different versions of Brutus 's reactions and that the text used for the 1623 Folio ( where the play first appeared ) had mistakenly copied them both . |
| 19 | Thus either the comparative inefficiency of one hemisphere in dealing with the information presented and/or a reduction in stimulus fidelity consequent upon hemispheric transfer are held to account for the advantage obtained for a particular half of the visual field . |
| 20 | But we still have to train people to be able to cook under any conditions — a young soldier can often find himself on his own in the field cooking for a given number of people . |
| 21 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
| 22 | Only later , on the negative or the print , would the photographer notice for the first time , say , a sundial on a distant lawn . |
| 23 | This week The Economist appears for the first time in its own new type-face — known as Ecotype . |
| 24 | Steady pressure , however , persuaded the National Heritage Memorial Fund to provide the endowment needed for the National Trust to take it on . |
| 25 | Quite what the taxpayer got for the extra money is not readily apparent . |
| 26 | The decision to look for a significant equity partner appears to be Virgin 's attempt to keep out of the clutches of the five majors while remaining a credible force in the worldwide music business . |
| 27 | However , serum triglyceride levels did not prove to be a significant factor for coronary heart disease in this multivariate analysis and this is probably because of the correction made for the inverse relationship between triglycerides and HDL . |
| 28 | Phosphorylation of the unspliced neural version results in a decrease in sensitivity , whereas the opposite occurs for the spliced version found in the periphery . |
| 29 | Summaries of the kitchen accounts for the last ten years , for instance . ’ |
| 30 | The predominant key of the opera is D minor , a sombre key with overtones of night and death ; while the dramatic scenes in the graveyard and at Giovanni 's last supper-party , when the statue appears for the last time , are reinforced with funereal-sounding trombones . |