Example sentences of "was make for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | United 's goalscoring slowed significantly in the second half of the season , but no move was made for a striker until £1 million Dion Dublin arrived in August . |
| 2 | On March 19 Bolivia announced the appointment of a consul but no decision was made for a resumption of diplomatic relations [ for Bolivian sea outlet issue see p. 37488 ] . |
| 3 | Provision was made for a crew of five ; pilot and co-pilot side-by-side in an open cockpit , a flight engineer , wireless-operator and gunner . |
| 4 | Her nose was too small to balance her high flat cheekbones , and her mouth was made for a face at least two sizes larger . |
| 5 | The " mistake " was made for the purpose of emphasising those properties which distinguish a vanished childhood from one that is simply gone — the mystery , lack of explanation , for example . |
| 6 | No provision was made for the payment of special rates in order to retain the services of particularly talented people . |
| 7 | No provision was made for the payment to Co-operative retail stores of dividends on their purchases from the Agency . |
| 8 | Possible tests would include testing the wheat from which the poisonous bread was made for the presence of the fungus , cultivating the fungus on some specially prepared wheat and testing the nourishing effect of the bread produced from it , chemically analysing the fungus for the presence of known poisons , and so on . |
| 9 | The award was made for the development of the Vortoil hydrocyclone unit for separating oil droplets from water . |
| 10 | Some provision was made for the giving of legal advice by salaried solicitors outside the ambit of private practice in the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 , but the part of the Act which would have established full-time paid solicitors located at the Legal Aid Area Headquarters and travelling to smaller places was never brought into force . |
| 11 | the Sabbath was made for the sake of man and not man for the Sabbath ( Mark 2:27 ) . |
| 12 | She was making for a hollow at the base of a large tree . |
| 13 | Strangely this pledge was nearly fulfilled , for when the crippled Bismarck was making for the shelter of Brest , the U.556 , returning from patrol , came within torpedo firing range of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal , then hurrying north to intercept the German battleship . |