Example sentences of "for [art] good [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But we do n't have many holiday houses lying empty for the better part of the year , ’ said one local , proudly . |
| 2 | For the better part of the next forty years they were to be the decisive restraints . |
| 3 | The ILN commenced publication in 1842 and for the better part of the 19th and early years of the 20th century enjoyed enormous popularity because it was able regularly to reproduce illustrations when the newspapers could not . |
| 4 | If the purpose of the annexation be for the better enjoyment of the object itself , it may remain a chattel , notwithstanding a high degree of physical annexation . |
| 5 | Their motives tend , I suspect , to be a mixture of concern for their own and their families ' future , concern for countries and people who are less well-off than they are and a sympathetic response based on a wish for the better treatment of the animal world . |
| 6 | Alfonso was rumoured to have said , ‘ If I had been present at the Creation , I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe . ’ |
| 7 | One can look around the world but even though there are somewhat similar leathers produced in South America and Africa , they 're not really quite suitable for the better end of the Walsall trade . |
| 8 | Stella must remember that she carried a heavy responsibility for the good name of the theatre . |
| 9 | He and his uncle had visited the Governor in Asba Tafari and there they had been detained as hostages for the good behaviour of the Asaimara ; his uncle 's refusal to guarantee my safety in Bahdu had led to my recall . |
| 10 | There was some scepticism about this solution — given that we had altered the recommendations for doctors and dentists — but it says a great deal for the good sense of the nurses that they accepted the plan . |
| 11 | Unless a particular task is repeated regularly , it is essential for the good management of the job to prepare properly by considering the objectives of the work . |
| 12 | In some cases , the symptoms may have been psychosomatic in origin , which would account for the good effect of the placebo . |
| 13 | Maybe his story had been , in God 's plan , an evangelica praeparatio : a clearing of the ground for the good seed of the Gospel . |
| 14 | In April 1477 the duke 's feoffees granted the countess ' manor of Fowlmere ( Cambs. ) to Queens ' College , Cambridge , for prayers for the good estate of the king and queen and of Gloucester , his wife and son , and for the souls of John de Vere late earl of Oxford and Elizabeth his consort . |
| 15 | In April 1477 the duke 's feoffees granted the countess ' manor of Fowlmere ( Cambs. ) to Queens ' College , Cambridge , for prayers for the good estate of the king and queen and of Gloucester , his wife and son , and for the souls of John de Vere late earl of Oxford and Elizabeth his consort . |
| 16 | There 's the holiday of a lifetime for the best tip of the year |
| 17 | But looking back , we seem to have a selective memory for the best bits of the past . |
| 18 | But Great Malvern was worth visiting , if only for the best one-liner of the conference , from Joan Beck , chief inspector of Doncaster SSD : ‘ Equal opportunities is all very well until someone else gets the job you wanted . ’ |
| 19 | Much of our present activity is directed towards building upon these solid foundations — the ultimate aim always being to strive for the best interests of the general public concerned . |
| 20 | They had to hassle for the best part of the day to get the machine out of the factory because , like most of these auctions , the auctioneers wanted the place cleared immediately . |
| 21 | His sports and hobbies frequently took him away for the best part of the weekend ; work also ate into parts of Saturday and Sunday . |
| 22 | Although Common have been riding high on top of division one for the best part of the season , with luck they will not have forgotten their 3–0 home defeat by Alton Bass in October . |
| 23 | Across the Atlantic , the Indian hockey team was in its pomp , winning the hockey tournament at the Los Angeles Olympics , and dominated hockey for the best part of the next 40 years . |
| 24 | This was quite straightforward when they scythed the corn or used the self-binder : I could leave the sheep in the stubble for the best part of the day and I need n't worry much about them . |
| 25 | The former Dublin captain , sent off after only four minutes following an off-the-ball incident with Donegal midfielder Brian Murray , could be left kicking his heels in frustration for the best part of the summer . |
| 26 | MPs did have the opportunity for dalliance , away as they were from home for the best part of the week — and for more than half the year . |
| 27 | But in fact the Mort Homme , with its sinister name acquired from some long-forgotten tragedy of another age , was to be the centre of the most bitter , see-saw fighting for the best part of the next three months . |
| 28 | David Ottewill 's The Edwardian Garden ( Yale University Press , 1989 ) has won the Sir Banister Fletcher Award for the best book of the year on architecture or the fine arts . |
| 29 | Lady Bailey drew out the top letter of the other sheaf , almost teasingly , like an actress announcing on television the award for the Best Actress of the Year . |
| 30 | That government is the only institution now in a position to take possession of the funds and employ the money as it thinks fit for the best interest of the state . |