Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 2 | His ginger beard came round and his teeth gleamed for a second . |
| 3 | This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel . |
| 4 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 5 | Committee meetings had taken place at fortnightly intervals ever since early in the nineteenth century , but now , in view of the fact that there was a war on , the local government board asked for the meetings to be held monthly , a suggestion that was accepted with alacrity . |
| 6 | Then Swindon asked for a million pounds , Chelsea offered nothing , and Hoddle was valued at a maximum of 175 thousand pounds . |
| 7 | Rodney Hampton ran for 138 yards and Jeff Hostetler passed for a pair of touchdowns . |
| 8 | At Maastricht , the Germans argued for a common foreign policy for the European Community . |
| 9 | BASIC INSTINCT is already famous , a ) for the precedent-setting and record-breaking three million bucks writer Joe Eszterhas got for the screenplay , and b ) for the concerted efforts of the American lesbian and gay community to harass the production because of its alleged depiction of lesbianism and bisexual women as homicidal maniacs , and standing outside theatres giving away the surprise ending . |
| 10 | ‘ Pozzo , ’ Haverford translated for the benefit of the English present . |
| 11 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 12 | In 1923 Van Der Meulen applied for the post of consul there and was selected for a three-year training in Arabic and Islam by the great Leiden Arabist , Snouck Hurgronje . |
| 13 | The buyer asked for a copy of the restrictions ; they were not forthcoming , the seller having no copy . |
| 14 | One branch asked for a dispensation . |
| 15 | Quite what the taxpayer got for the extra money is not readily apparent . |
| 16 | Sunderland asked for a £50,000 facility fee for admission to their match with Middlesbrough . |
| 17 | With her new role Alison qualified for a company car . |
| 18 | The 25-year-old QPR striker , who once had the blood of a slaughtered sheep smothered on his forehead and boots in Turkey , was the only new name Graham Taylor announced for the November 18 game . |
| 19 | A NIGHTCLUB bouncer accused of murdering Marie Wilks asked for a cloth to clean his car hours after her disappearance , then asked to keep the cloth , a court was told yesterday . |
| 20 | Whitehall asked for a slower offtake of the gas , a guarantee that UK companies would share in the development of three platforms in 1990 , 1992 and 1994 , and that the natural gas liquids ( NGLs ) from Sleipner should go by UK pipelines to Flotta in the Orkneys . |
| 21 | De la Mare asked for the Earl of March to be appointed to the advisory group , together with the Earls of Warwick , Stafford and Suffolk . |
| 22 | But ten minutes sufficed for the blazing gun-fight , and for the affecting death scene with soaring strings . |
| 23 | The Yasa provided for the settlement of disputes and affairs of honour only between the races of the True People , for they alone were equipped with the talons with which the kanly — formal mortal combat — was fought . |
| 24 | Having evaded the other Fiats , Taylour headed for the carrier with his wounded TAG , where only prompt and skilful action by the ‘ Ark 's , surgeon prevented the loss of Howard 's leg . |
| 25 | The board flickered for a second or two , then slowly faded until it was gone , and Quiss was left sitting looking angrily at the small wooden table . |
| 26 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
| 27 | He then spent a brief spell on the staff at the Gaczyna spy school before being sent to Angola in 1974 as a senior military adviser ; three years later he took over as commandant of the notorious Balashikha , a centre on the outskirts of Moscow used for the training of international terrorists . |
| 28 | I have to admit that I felt a strange sense of elation as I hit him again , in fact I plumbed the depths of bad taste by yelling , ‘ Never one around when you want one , is there , Jack ? ’ as Armstrong bounced for the second time . |
| 29 | The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer . |
| 30 | But when they cast off Penry seemed reassuringly unconcerned , and sang under his breath as the Angharad headed for the turbulent stretch of sea separating Gullholm from the coast . |