Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] [noun] ['s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This assertion was grounded on results of several studies , including one based upon the 25 WFS countries mentioned above and which reported that if all mothers had seven or more years of schooling , other things being equal ( that is , all mothers ' offspring would have the same conditions concerning survival as those observed for the educated mothers ' newborn babies ) , infant mortality would fall by 41 per cent and death rates of children aged 1–4 by 60 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) . |
| 2 | The 1989 defence budget called for 1.7 per cent growth in spending to 11.75 billion lei ( approximately £500 million — Britain 's defence budget in the same period was £19.2 billion ) , but this is insufficient for the armed forces ' perceived needs . |
| 3 | What better protection for the rich world 's vanishing wildlife than a tract of land that stays untouched because people are frightened to visit ? |
| 4 | Its direct-drive 33hp electric motor gives it a good top speed of 74mph and a range of 90 miles : more than enough , says Renault , for the average commuter 's entire week 's travel . |
| 5 | When visiting a church on the south coast , I saw the following notice for the Young Wives ' Social Evening : ‘ If your husband has nothing on , bring him along to join in the fun ! ’ |
| 6 | Try I fall in love too easily for the young Marsalis 's strong sound gelling with the experience of the rhythm section . |
| 7 | He felt he might even have given the captain a good run for his money if it had n't been for the damn man 's obvious advantage of height and weight . |
| 8 | As Mr Smith travelled to the TUC in Blackpool , a senior union leader — sup-posedly an ally — called for the Labour leader 's anti-devaluation stance to be ditched . |
| 9 | THE CHOICE of the ‘ capital ’ of Cornwall 's one-time china clay industry as the venue for the Liberal Democrats ' penultimate and most glitzy election rally last night was no accident . |
| 10 | Apart from an influx of long-awaited sliding-door stock for inner suburban units and a small batch of unpopular Weymouth-Waterloo stocks , the headlines for the Southern Region 's vast DC electric fleet were disappointingly dull . |
| 11 | Both groups were about equally confident of their judgements ( mean confidence rating 2.6 for the black group 's correct guesses , 2.5 for the white group 's ) . |
| 12 | For Belgium to qualify for the European Communities ' final stage of economic and monetary union [ see p. 38658 ] , the budget deficit would have to be reduced from the current 6.4 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) to 3 per cent by 1996 . |
| 13 | The ruling National Democratic Party ( NDP ) of President Hosni Mubarak was the clear winner in the first and second round of elections for the new People 's National Assembly , held respectively on Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 . |
| 14 | If you add on the transfer of resources caused by rich countries paying much less for the poor world 's raw materials , then the flow is more like $60 billion . |
| 15 | After a move to Brabham in 1978 , Lauda made the shock announcement during practice for the following year 's Canadian Grand Prix that he was retiring to concentrate on building up Lauda-Air , his own airline company . |
| 16 | It is indeed remarkable — and perhaps a comment on the tunnel vision of many in academic life — that no previous scholars have looked for the Belgian detective 's literary antecedents in the most obvious of sources , the Medieval Mystery Play . |
| 17 | The car park was empty but for the elderly gentleman 's massive Ford , which was just crunching over the gravel towards the road , an old but impressive bronze Aston Martin which Charlotte supposed must belong to Gus — it sent him up a couple of notches in her regard — and the school bus , still stationary , boiling over with bored boys , and emitting a plaintive chorus of : ‘ Why are we waiting ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The priests have ordered all their followers to pray for the Prime Mover 's eternal mercy . |
| 19 | Police are also searching Sharpness and Bristol for the dead woman 's missing clothes ; a brown jacket , a black polo-neck sweater and a denim mini-skirt . |
| 20 | Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez , expressing support for the Colombian government 's anti-drugs campaign , called for a " world war against drug trafficking " . |
| 21 | I was grateful for the Foreign Secretary 's friendly reference to me at the Conservative party conference , and his acceptance of my expertise on one subject — even though it was only the cinema . |
| 22 | The precise allocation of resources within the region is a matter for the hon. Gentleman 's regional health authority chairman , but I know that he will have confidence in the excellent work taking place in Sheffield , particularly in the light of its new health strategy . |
| 23 | They have identified and recreated the lost recipe for the French emperor 's personal cologne . |
| 24 | Lio ! rt came in for a second run , but slower this time to allow for the big man 's unexpected agility . |
| 25 | FERGIE 'S MP yesterday led a chorus of praise for the Daily Mirror 's amazing pictures of the duchess 's holiday romp with her ‘ financial adviser ’ . |
| 26 | Art in Modern Culture : An Anthology of Critical Texts , edited by Francis Frascina and Jonathan Harris , is a set book for the Open University 's new Modern Art course . |
| 27 | NINE-EIGHTEEN is the name of the Italian company which came to Ferndown for the British Women 's Open and sold designer golf shirts and T-shirts such as we have never previously seen , even in the tented village at The Open . |
| 28 | That leaves two plausible reasons for the British public 's stubborn refusal to enjoy the fruits of share ownership : savers are either too dim or too smart . |
| 29 | This is the case for the English king 's financial archives which provide us with much information on the sums collected , how they were spent , and the organisation which lay behind that expenditure . |
| 30 | Final results of the multiparty elections held on July 29 showed the Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( MPRP ) winning 85 per cent of the votes for the 430-seat People 's Great Hural . |