Example sentences of "to [art] [noun pl] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the final minutes available to me , I turn to the proposals for political union . |
| 2 | Of modern poets , I had of course spoken to the boys — and to the masters for that matter , for most had ventured no further than Hardy and Houseman , like the Brasenose dons — of Eliot , Pound and the later Yeats ; and I discovered that they lapped this up as if slaking a mental thirst . |
| 3 | In April they decided to devote no more than £10 , in addition to the income from bequests , for prizes , and to make a " direct and formal " application to the Goldsmiths for some assistance . |
| 4 | Returning to the criteria for appropriate technology listed at the beginning of Chapter 4 , the following points are apparent : |
| 5 | The transcriptional regulatory sequences of carcinoembryonic antigen ( implicated in colorectal cancer ) , tyrosinase ( melanoma ) , c-erb B2 ( breast , pancreatic , and gastric cancer ) , and α fetoprotein ( hepatoma ) have been coupled to the genes for several drug activating enzymes . |
| 6 | During the reign of Charles I there was a great flood of emigrants to North America and the West Indies , and a third type of colony appeared in addition to the colonies for English settlement and the trading posts which needed political power to function effectively : the colonies which were emerging in the West Indies were beginning to turn into plantations in the modern sense in which Englishmen directed the labour of other people . |
| 7 | The latter relate to the mailings for Christian Aid News . |
| 8 | Secondly , since the clearinghouses are essentially agencies for co-operation and most enquirers want the names of contacts who are currently working on the same problem , it is advisable to refer the enquirer to the contacts for first-hand information . |
| 9 | ‘ He would have to apply to the courts for any access . |
| 10 | And when a ratepayer challenged a local authority 's conduct of its policy to sell council houses and invoked his statutory right to complain to the District Auditor , he was debarred from at the same time pursuing the alternative remedy of applying to the courts for judicial review . |
| 11 | There is speculation as to the reasons for this trend . |
| 12 | Space the wires about 230mm ( 9in ) apart , and either tie the plants directly to these , or tie canes to the wires for additional support . |
| 13 | Moreover , the constitutional authorities tend to adopt a " legalistic " approach to constitutional change and are pessimistic as to the prospects for democratic politics . |
| 14 | By way of contrast , the Liberals and Social Democrats adopt a more " political " approach to constitutional change and they are rather more optimistic as to the prospects for democratic politics in Britain . |
| 15 | Yet in all these random examples , which are each dimensions of the new Europe , it would n't occur to the participants for one second that they are being European . |
| 16 | She 'd have had him back to the manufacturers for radical restructuring . |
| 17 | She had been up until close to three the previous night , putting the finishing touches to the preparations for this evening 's grand dinner . |
| 18 | However sluggish it was in its domestic investment , US business did respond to the possibilities for profitable investment in Europe by a wave of overseas investment . |
| 19 | Physical attacks on leading government figures might at least disorganize the regime enough to force it to accede to the appeals for political reform which were once again coming from more moderate sections of public opinion . |
| 20 | Is there no end to the uses for olive oil ? |
| 21 | The Christians were beholden to the Syrians for this service — for the moment at least — and thus the Syrians could expect compliance from them . |
| 22 | Privately , however , reaction at the higher end of the trade is positive , with the feeling that potential purchasers will turn back to the dealers for better service at more or less comparable prices . |
| 23 | Off then down to the bakers for another chat with the ladies . |
| 24 | Everybody except the best man went to the rails for Holy Communion . |
| 25 | Discussing the case of a headmaster who had reported his pupils to the police for criminal behaviour , the Philosopher , who was female , expressed the opinion that , since the headmaster is in loco parentis , he should have tried to avoid resort to law ; he should have dealt with his pupils himself , privately and without publicity — as would , she suggested , a loving parent . |
| 26 | Her whole family is grateful to the surgeons for remarkable work . |
| 27 | The agreement involved a delicate balance between concessions to the demands for greater autonomy by much of the French-speaking majority of Quebec and by representatives of the native Indian and Inuit population , and wider constitutional reforms designed to appeal to the western provinces , particularly the creation of an elected Senate where all 10 of the country 's provinces would be equally represented [ see p. 39000 ] . |
| 28 | Oxbridge , then , was only lifted to the apex of the study of English language , literature , and history when it was subjected to the demands for national efficiency and leadership . |
| 29 | Ashton and MacMillan adopt the same practice in their ballets which can be called classical in the court meaning of the term and whenever the music used is composed according to the formulae for classical composition . |
| 30 | As to the arrangements for discretionary support , they are essentially for the 116 local education authorities in England and Wales to decide . |