Example sentences of "for [art] [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To know how to live for oneself and for the present when a choice involving sacrifice for others or the future does not arise will be indispensable to learning to make such choices in sufficient awareness . |
| 2 | In Greaves [ 1987 ] The Times , 11 July , it was held that it was a question for the jury whether a gap of 17 days between burglary and handling meant that the accused was not the burglar and so could be convicted of handling . |
| 3 | For the question whether a property is present here can never be different from or lie beyond the question whether we have the best possible evidence that it is present . |
| 4 | This claim might not unreasonably be held to cover such examples as we see in the following subject phrases : ( 15 ) the bicycles damaged all had red handlebars the line defective is the one to the outside a dose strong enough would put him out all night In all these cases , prenominal position would also be acceptable and appears to give the same cognitive meaning for the sentence as a whole , hence encouraging us to accept a solution to the first question , above , in terms of " emphasis " or " focus " . |
| 5 | Transparency itself is left as a relatively flexible concept : more of a commercial decision for the exchange than a matter of regulatory principle . |
| 6 | The same goes for The Shamen as a whole . |
| 7 | Councillors have suspended plans for the hostel until a meeting can be held . |
| 8 | NICK FALDO stirred himself at last in the Masters at Augusta National yesterday when a third round of 68 made him five under par for the tournament before a storm caused a three-hour delay that had a disastrous effect on defending champion Ian Woosnam , who had been sharing the lead with Craig Parry . |
| 9 | An exclusion clause gives the party relying on it total exemption for the breach whereas a limitation clause limits liability to a specified amount . |
| 10 | Euro competition chief Sir Leon Brittan has been pushing for the guide since a survey found British cars were an average 59 per cent dearer than the cheapest Continental prices . |
| 11 | Asking for a biscuit after a meal will be acceptable but not before . |
| 12 | To be sure , Pamela is a better companion for a lady than a monkey or a harlequin . |
| 13 | BRITAIN 'S third-biggest clearing bank looks fit more for a wake than a wedding . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose it 's better for a girl than a boy , ’ said Ken doubtfully , ‘ but all the same you should have asked me . ’ |
| 15 | It 's just been announced that three Oxford University students have been suspended for a year after a friend died at a drink and drugs party . |
| 16 | The six-month-old animal fell through a hole less than two feet wide in a field at Great Burdon , Darlington and was imprisoned 12ft underground in a narrow chamber for a day until a man walking his dogs discovered her and called the RSPCA . |
| 17 | She was imprisoned 12 feet underground in a narrow chamber for a day until a man walking his dogs discovered her and called the RSPCA . |
| 18 | A sister with a part-time job looks more available to care for a parent than a brother who works full-time . |
| 19 | He could get up to all sorts of tricks and I was told that when another one of the lads at the same farm applied for a job as a coachman , Grandad gave him a reference . |
| 20 | In its Philip Morris decision in November 1987 , the Court held that all agreements for a merger where a cartel situation already existed , or might be created by the merger , were exposed to Article 85 . |
| 21 | The Crumps ' boat was a splendid , new affair , more fitted for a picnic than a fishing expedition , unusually comfortable and a pleasure to handle . |
| 22 | I ca n't see the point in going for a walk unless a chop lies at the end of it . ’ |
| 23 | I think it 's worse for a woman than a man . |
| 24 | What she is really saying , after all this time , is that it is more important for a woman than a man to look good . |
| 25 | The abbey of Otley on Otmoor was abandoned after three years , in 1141 , as ‘ fitter for an ark than a monastery ’ . |
| 26 | He had even spoken — interminably — at the famous meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , held at Oxford in 1860 , when Huxley allegedly scored his victory over Bishop Wilberforce with the retort that he would rather have an ape for an ancestor than a man who used his privileged position to pronounce on matters he knew nothing about . |
| 27 | Huxley 's retort that he would rather have an ape for an ancestor than a bishop — or words to that effect — has come to symbolize not merely the conflict between Darwinism and the Bible but the victory of science over religion . |
| 28 | We shall start , in Chapter 3 , with the hunt for an offender after a sex crime has been reported to the police . |