Example sentences of "that [vb past] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that often it was jealousy — mixed with booze — that made for a lethal cocktail , with Bogie as the stirrer . |
| 2 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 3 | For the client , the advantage was that he could go direct to those various tradesmen who , collectively , could provide all that made for an average funeral . |
| 4 | He would recognise the need for utility , the same need that provided for a discreetly-concealed compost and refuse heap in the ancient gardens of his homeland . |
| 5 | From here , a futher interpretation of the Miller 's Tale may be proposed which is similar in form to that of Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin recalled just above , although far less severe , morally , than either that proposed for the French fabliau or that of the allegorizers . |
| 6 | The freehold was purchased at a reasonable price in a complicated deal that allowed for a sensitive refurbishment of the grade 1-listed building and a limit of 30 hotel bedrooms . |
| 7 | There has been a lot of debate about the reasons for producing complicated patterns on the suture line ; what advantage would this have given the ammonoids over their nautiloid ancestors , that allowed for the explosive bursts of ammonoid evolution ? |
| 8 | Several years ago , when General Motors reached agreement on a contract with the United Auto Workers that called for a new relationship based on cooperation and shared sacrifice , and then , on the same day , announced a new formula for generous executive bonuses , long-time union members simply nodded to themselves . |
| 9 | Indeed , food requirements can rise anywhere from five to ten times that needed for a similar ectotherm . |
| 10 | In my opinion the Italian Federation should even now refund substantial sums of money to all the countries that attended for the dreadful food and facilities . |
| 11 | Anyone who indulged in it for its own sake was an out-and-out sinner — and that went for the resulting offspring , too . ’ |
| 12 | Swod was of the generation that reached for an extra layer of clothing rather than turn the heating on . |
| 13 | It was Daedalian blood that accounted for the native handiness and wit and industry of the people of Ninfania , the father had always thought . |
| 14 | It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . |
| 15 | The Leeds manager would never have been given air time on general football matters as he was always perceived as someone who was fronting an organisation that stood for the worst things in football . |