Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | there are many people and probably a few of you here tonight , who have been members of the Church for a long time . |
| 2 | We ‘ book people ’ are somewhat defensive about our occupation of the Church for a long period , so the following incident naturally gave us new confidence . |
| 3 | Currently there are 110 members of the Council for a practising profession of 7,271 , and there are 5 committees with over 25 members ! |
| 4 | Was it a two-way respect — had the two got their heads together and decided it might be beneficial to Travis to send him out of the country for a short while ? |
| 5 | I have n't seen my , never saw my grandfather and so family has been out of the country for a few generations now . |
| 6 | Periodically Utrillo was allowed out of the asylum for a few days and occasionally he escaped . |
| 7 | The Fox-North coalition was characteristic of the phenomenon for a second reason besides its brief time in office . |
| 8 | In the current debate on corporate responsibility , the board continue to be mindful of the necessity for a high level of competence and integrity . |
| 9 | In a letter to the council , Stuart McHardy of the campaign wrote that stones from all over Scotland and other parts of the world would be formed into a cairn on 10 April to mark the first anniversary of the Vigil for a Scottish Parliament on Regent Road . |
| 10 | What is possible for a large suburban congregation is out of the question for a tiny congregation in a rural situation . |
| 11 | For many , the whole idea of using Marxist concepts of analysis is out of the question for a Christian and the spectre of communism has been one of the most divisive aspects . |
| 12 | Sticking to the fuel sampling routine which had been drummed into him when training three years previously , the pilot filled his fuel tester , examined the colour of the liquid for a tell-tale bluish tinge confirming avgas , checked for bubbles that would indicate the presence of water , sniffed it for avgas aroma , and emptied it onto the ground to check that the sample evaporated rapidly , as uncontaminated fuel would . |
| 13 | You probably want to use the first few rows of the spreadsheet for a general title plus notes to yourself about the date of creation and date of most recent revision so enter the headings you want in row 9 of the spreadsheet using short labels but ones that you will find meaningful in the reports you will want to create later on . |
| 14 | The woman waited in front of the door for a long time . |
| 15 | When the Magistrate duly appeared the Collector , lying feverishly on his bed , asked him to take command of the garrison for a few hours . |
| 16 | Those party members who have been part of the fight for a fairer electoral system at Westminster may be wiser , for the time being , to turn their attentions to the internal so-called democracy inherited from those internecine struggles of the early 1980s . |
| 17 | I told Mike Teague beforehand that if we lost it would mean the end of the road for a few of us . ’ |
| 18 | Let of Hall Permission has been granted to Mrs. Croll for the use of the hall for a musical evening on 22nd December . |
| 19 | Permission has been granted to Mrs. Croll for the use of the hall for a musical evening on 22nd December . |
| 20 | Lots of people with old bangers use the AA instead of basic maintenance , and this is the Rastaman 's second call-out of the day for a flat battery . |
| 21 | From Oxford , 190 CityLink coaches leave Gloucester Green Bus Station every 20 minutes most of the day for a fast motorway journey to the capital . |
| 22 | Michael Wigley , chairman , said : ‘ Hopes existed at the start of the year for a modest recovery in both the property and retail sectors , but this did not materialise . ’ |
| 23 | Indeed , far from destroying the agreement between the ANC and the government of President F.W. de Klerk on the broad shape of a power-sharing future , the Hani murder may have brought closer the date of the election for a constitutional assembly to replace the present parliament . |
| 24 | The Akali Dal , or rather the faction of the much splintered Sikh movement which swept the November poll in Punjab , was formerly in the forefront of the campaign for a separate homeland . |
| 25 | Further to my note of 11th December , Susannah Wainman of SAWD Books writes to me with more details of the competition for a new logo for the Independent Publishers Guild . |
| 26 | In the case of the reference for a preliminary ruling ( Case C 221/89 ) it will also be necessary , in connection with the second question before the court , to consider the requirements relating to the residence and domicile of the natural persons in question or to the principal place of business of the companies , and to the place of management , direction and control of the vessels . |
| 27 | Leaving her mother-in-law in charge of the tea-stall for a few minutes , Elizabeth went back to the inn-yard with Tamar and the coachman . |
| 28 | Inconsistent State practice would only defeat the entire purpose of the convention for a stable regime . |
| 29 | By the time the PAC had returned to the negotiating table in April , after boycotting an earlier round of talks within the framework of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa , it had adopted a highly equivocal stand on violence , committing itself to a negotiated settlement but asserting its right to continue the ‘ armed struggle ’ . |
| 30 | I welcome the meeting of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa in December . |