Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now the solar influence is beginning to turn around to contribute a further warming influence up to the year 2010 , boosting the greenhouse effect where for the past 30 years it has been counterbalancing it . |
| 2 | ‘ Better for a horse than for a man , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee with relish . |
| 3 | His body bore no sign of violence except for a weal around his neck . |
| 4 | Our cooker is about 35 years old , but is still in excellent condition except for the sealing ring . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh my boy , my boy , home at last ! ’ cried Mrs Clare , who at that moment cared no more for Angel 's lack of religion than for the dust on his clothes . |
| 6 | Is it any better to act for the National Rifle Association than for the Cote d'Azur Development Agency , to take one name from his appendix ? |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , yes , the Wheel was ready for the ceremony except for the foliage ; we do that on the day of the event so that it is fresh ; laurel and yew . |
| 8 | There were problems about being the carrier of bills , final demands , and offensive advertising material , but as far as Caro knew Bryony overcame her scruples sufficiently to deliver all mail except for a succession of very obvious plain brown envelopes , which were frequently sent to one particular address on her route . |
| 9 | Calculation of standard errors of sample statistics is generally more complicated for the sampling schemes described in this chapter than for the simple random sample . |
| 10 | Hall and Honey ( 1989a ) report a further study ( experiment 3 ) in which the procedures were exactly the same as those used in their appetitive conditioning experiment except for the use of shock as the reinforcer and conditioned suppression as the measure of behaviour . |
| 11 | Twenty minutes later the Sergeant was showing me my accommodation for the night : a bare cell except for a wooden bunk in one corner and two blankets . |
| 12 | I have to include this extract if for no other reason but to draw attention to JTR 's unconscious déjá vu language comparisons and the uncanny metaphor of ‘ the strongholds of a brotherhood in holy alliance with each other to withstand all assaults . ’ |
| 13 | Then he saw that the movement was a mere craning of the neck because for an instant he had obstructed her view of the screen . |
| 14 | It was an historic statute since for the first time it provided a statutory power for the banning of marches and processions of protest and demonstration . |
| 15 | In the case of the discretionary sentence there is always a notional equivalent determinate sentence which could be imposed in accord with established sentencing practice but for the current mental state of the defendant which makes him a danger to the public . |
| 16 | Even this product of genius was flawed as it trailed away into melodrama but for a fleeting moment Hollywood was shown what could be achieved if its resources were used as the basis for a director 's cinema . |
| 17 | Although there are two offences , murder and manslaughter , the latter includes two distinct varieties : ‘ voluntary ’ manslaughter ( killings which would be murder but for the existence of defined extenuating circumstances ) ; and ‘ involuntary ’ manslaughter ( killings for which there is no need to prove any awareness of the risk of death being caused , but for which there is thought to be sufficient fault to justify criminal liability ) . |
| 18 | Where the plaintiff sues as an assignee the action shall be commenced only in a court in which the assignor might , under the above rule , have commenced the action but for the assignment ( Ord 4 , r 2(2) ) . |
| 19 | Zone I was in its way as much of a prison for the Commandant as for the eight hundred men to whom he played a vague mutation of God and Commissar . |
| 20 | Complimenting people is a real pleasure — as much for the recipient as for the person giving it . |
| 21 | It was very quiet in the kitchen except for the clock in the corner that ticked so loudly that it sounded as if it would burst out of its case . |
| 22 | A charge of manslaughter can still result in a custodial sentence although for a child as young as ten it could be reduced to a supervision order . |
| 23 | However , this is more surely an argument for adequate preparation than for a refusal to appear . |
| 24 | Never stash money in the house — either in little tins , jars or under the mattress except for a small amount for use in emergencies . |
| 25 | Working with Thirkell , Pilger had drawn up sample pages of a new design , using gobbledegook text except for the headlines . |
| 26 | Immersion in water is less beneficial for the skin than for the woman , however . |
| 27 | Such discounts can mean the price is many times lower for the branded drug than for the generic drug and consultants may be unaware of the price in the community . |
| 28 | It is perhaps slightly easier for the writer than for the reader . |
| 29 | Whatever had been achieved by the 1976 Act , it had made little impact on this case except for the removal of her name from the media . |
| 30 | New light on an Old Master is illuminated indeed , and it 's what you will find at Canada House Gallery where for the first time , an almost forgotten body of work by Henri Matisse , relating to his fascination with the Canadian Inuit , has been mounted together with much original source material in the way of Inuit masks , photographs and books which the artist studied . |