Example sentences of "and [adv] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It may strike you as unusual but , once mastered , it can be used very quickly and effectively for a variety of purposes :
2 The design of the area will depend upon whether you have a practical room available ( dissection , if you are including this , will require hand washing facilities ) , a reading area and somewhere for the provision of supplementary reading , and whether the library can be used .
3 What one found in the stricter forms of feudalism was an attempt to organize landed wealth more directly and coherently for the recruitment of knights .
4 Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes …
5 The reason why I 'm asking the question is that if for example , Richard 's responsible for a form and perhaps for the master of it , that does n't mean to say that you 've actually got the folders in your office .
6 We must please be clear about those factors which actually matter , always bearing in mind that it is for the county council in the first instance and perhaps for the panel in the second instance , to take a decision about the suppression of past migration trends .
7 Just as important for the future of Denmark 's European policy — and perhaps for the future of European integration — was the size of the No vote .
8 However , fearing that the UN force would legitimize the loss of its territory to Serbia , Croatia also continued to insist that the force should be deployed only on the 560-km front lines and only for a period of six months .
9 A fortnight ago in Tbilisi , Dinamo turned in a stylish performance , and only for the heroics of goalkeeper Wesley Lamont the Blues would have lost by more than two goals to one .
10 Such people are radically opposed to the idea of sociologists conducting research on the police and long for a return to a ‘ golden age ’ when the proverbial veil of secrecy surrounded police work .
11 Then I work out much I want to sell each work for : my first painting sold for £25 , a small fortune then for an art student , and enough for a holiday in Italy .
12 Lord , we thank you for the hospice movement , and especially for the work of Hospiscare in Exeter and the surrounding area .
13 We go on praying for the release of hostages and prisoners held without a cause ; and we pray for peace , and especially for the peace of Jerusalem .
14 He quotes Gamgee : ‘ He toiled for lucre and not for the advancement of veterinary science ’ .
15 The opposite side of the argument is that in task allocation people may not receive appropriate care at appropriate times and that the day is succession of minor interruptions , made for the convenience of the organisation and not for the benefit of individuals .
16 The director of a company has a duty to carry on the business of that company in all respects in good faith for the benefit of that company and not for the benefit of other group companies .
17 Mr. Philipson , relying on the final paragraph of the notice itself quoted above , and upon a minute textual analysis of Mr. Barnes ' affidavit , submitted that it was plain that the real purpose of the Bank of England was to obtain the documents for the Federal Reserve Board , and not for the purpose of exercising its own supervisory function .
18 Payments made ex gratia or as compensation for loss of office by the vendor of the business will not usually be deductible by the vendor because they are made in connection with the discontinuance of the trade and not for the purpose of enabling the company to carry on its trade .
19 Note also that a person domiciled in the Channel Islands can benefit from owning the assets specified in s6(3) by virtue of s267(2) although the relief in s48(4) only applies for the purposes of s6(2) and not for the purpose of s6(3) .
20 As Cobbett said afterwards , the people had wanted the Act " that it might do us some good ; that it might better our situation … and not for the gratification of any abstract or metaphysical whim . "
21 This case is , as is readily appreciated , a case merely for the existence of some sort of second chamber , and not for the House of Lords as at present composed .
22 Lord , for your sake , and not for the sake of those around us , may we not falter nor make empty plans but work to share your love and grace .
23 Rescripts were often penned for a case , and not for the world at large .
24 Continued allegations were made that surplus revenues were being applied for civic and municipal purposes and not for the improvement of the Harbour in accordance with the Acts of 1799 and 1826 .
25 There is a move by many environmental agencies both in Mexico and elsewhere for a return to traditional forms of agriculture , as they are considered to be better for the environment .
26 In Britain , especially , the political ideas of trade union leaders in recent decades have been very confused ; on one side , most of them have continued to proclaim their general support for the Labour Party , and thus for the idea of a socialist society , however vaguely conceived , while on the other side , many of them have accepted in fact the principles of a market economy in the emphasis which they place upon ‘ free collective bargaining ’ .
27 And just for the sake of interest , he accepted .
28 But the sailing date kept being put back : first for lack of volunteers , then because of uncertainty about the activities of ubiquitous Francis Drake — who disliked other privateers poaching prizes he regarded as his own — and finally for a wealth of reasons so small that Ann began to suspect that they were nothing more than a smoke screen , to hide her husband 's ever-increasing infatuation with Miss Jennifer Gristy .
29 Under the coalition agreement the new government aimed " to achieve the unity of Germany swiftly and responsibly for the whole of the German Democratic Republic [ East Germany or GDR ] at one time after negotiations with the Federal Republic of Germany [ West Germany ] on the basis of Article 23 of the [ West German ] Basic Law " [ see also p. 37259 ] .
30 The widow told me that she went out twice a day — once very early for shopping and once for a walk towards evening — but never where the passeggiata took place .
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