Example sentences of "be the [noun] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Pakistan has been the conduit for the arms supplied to the guerrillas by America and Britain , the guerrillas in the field have been their own men . |
| 2 | The two passbooks — for a Savings Account and an Investment Account — have been the basis for the savings habit of millions of people throughout the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | It has been the setting for the marriages of numerous MPs and the subsequent baptism of their offspring in its Welsh marble font . |
| 4 | ( h ) Octavian , later Augustus , heir to Julius Caesar , portrayed on a coin minted in 36–31 BC. ( c ) Antiochus III , King of Syria ( 223–187 BC ) , Is thought to have been the model for the portraits of Octavian made at this period . |
| 5 | What do you think are the reasons for the problems facing George and Marie , and what advice would you give them ? |
| 6 | In this instance , it asks you to explain what you think are the reasons for the problems facing George and Marie , and then to ‘ advise ’ them ( in other words , to put forward your own recommendations ) . |
| 7 | There is an important methodological point worth discussing here , for Freud points out that it is not possible simply to take what people themselves say are the reasons for the taboos they practise , for if the reasons are unconscious , they will not be able to do this . |
| 8 | The concrete meaning of the word in ordinary language is in fact ‘ breath ’ , and the alternations of breathing out and in are the paradigms for the ch'i in its active phase moving , expanding , rarefying as the ‘ Yang ’ , and in its passive phase reverting to stillness , contracting , solidifying , as the ‘ Yin ’ . |
| 9 | Volcanic landscape , brilliant sun , clear blue skies and sandy beaches are the inspiration for the designs from Kaffe Fassett , Annabel Fox , Kim Hargreaves , Jamie and Jessi Seaton and Sasha Kagan among others . |
| 10 | Im also ‘ concerned ’ that he always seems to be the catalyst for the periods when Leeds start ‘ buzzing ’ . |
| 11 | In 1749 , at a Vestry meeting it was decided that the Old Palace was to be the Workhouse for the villages of Birling , Luddesdown , Snodland and Halling , at which the poor of these parishes should be sent under the charge of John Seward , a carpenter of Halling . |
| 12 | The rings were used in a variety of ways : some were worn on the arm or wrist ; others appear to be the frames for the mouths of pouches which are often found to contain small metal items ; a third use was as a girdle hanger . |
| 13 | ‘ ( 1 ) Until a trustee is appointed , the official receiver shall be the trustee for the purposes of this Act , and , immediately on a debtor being adjudged bankrupt , the property of the bankrupt shall vest in the trustee . |
| 14 | The self-regulation of the profession and the high standards demanded of its members are said to be the justification for the monopolies enjoyed by those engaging in the activity and by the restrictive practices permitted . |
| 15 | maintenance workshop and be done , that used to be the job for the fitters and blacksmiths . |
| 16 | ‘ Throughout the 1980s the inner cities were the battlegrounds for the Tories ’ discredited ideologies . |
| 17 | ‘ Throughout the 1980s the inner cities were the battlegrounds for the Tories ’ discredited ideologies . |
| 18 | One of the mill towers still stands as a private house and the old ropery is the base for an antiques shop . |
| 19 | This is the tendency for the polytechnics to emulate the universities by concentrating primarily on advanced course provision , especially degree courses , thereby rejecting students they would previously have accepted and transferring elsewhere many of the courses they previously offered . |
| 20 | This is the cue for the survivors — a young Contra ( Mark Hadfield ) and his prisoner ( Christian Dixon ) — to embark on an odyssey in the course of which the psychological balance of power gradually shifts . |
| 21 | ’ Odious ’ is the word for the publications that infringe the Act . |
| 22 | The protection of that model , and the benefits of legal charisma to individual clients , is the justifica-tion for the claims to power and privilege — power to determine the conditions of practice independently of the state and privilege in state protection for the monopolistic economic basis of that practice . |
| 23 | Choppy Spencer is the spokesperson for the Conservatives on education , and Bob Morgan represents the Liberal Democrats . |
| 24 | This assumes ( what is the case for the chicks ) that the kingfisher utilizes an inborn visuomotor coordination , linking the perceptual active aspects of its Umwelt , a coordination that is not only innate but unalterable . |
| 25 | The business is the market for the materials that print patterns of circuits onto tiny chips . |
| 26 | The sample lexicon shown is the representation for the words cat , catch , cot , cots , dog , doggy and dogged ( from ( Evett et al , 1991 ) ) . |
| 27 | Their successful research is the basis for the strategies incorporated into BIOSYM software . |
| 28 | It is the basis for the blueprints which guide human behaviour . |
| 29 | You can point the finger at the manager and coaches all you like , but now is the time for the players to stand up and be counted and get in there for Everton Football Club . |
| 30 | Iron Agers : Castle Eden Walkway Country Park is the setting for a woodcrafts weekend today and tomorrow . |