Example sentences of "[art] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wolstenholme even chipped in from 25ft at the 17th for a three . |
| 2 | Welshman Ian Woosnam would have joined them in second place but for a double bogey at the 17th for a 73 , while Scotland 's Colin Montgomerie is tucked in just behind after finishing four over par . |
| 3 | The so-called Anabaptists ' take-over of Munster in 1536 became for more than a century afterwards a byword among the respectable for the supposed anarchy , savagery and madness which were bound to result if ever the " multitude " gained political power . |
| 4 | Is it really beyond the realms of the possible for the international community to put any tangible pressure on Ceausescu ? |
| 5 | I am rebuilding a 1965 LWB Safari IIA and have opted to exchange the 2.25 for a V8 . |
| 6 | The spread is measured in " ticks " ' with each tick equal to %; and whereas , prior to October 1986 , a typical spread for short-term bonds would have been 2-4 ticks ( the lower for the more liquid stocks , the higher for the less liquid ) it is now 1-2 ticks . |
| 7 | Henry had read an article in The Times , which said that partners who lost a loved one often blamed the departed for the death . |
| 8 | The caddies ' prizes for the 18 entrants were £1 , for the winner down to 2s. 0d. , and a club supplied by the Professional for the best behaved caddie . |
| 9 | Nor can the horse hear so much when stabled , although some people try and overcome this deficiency by leaving a radio playing all day in the stable for the horse 's benefit . |
| 10 | She was always on the alert for a scene of frustration between husband and wife . |
| 11 | Jargon and quirkiness assail him at times like passing attacks of cramp , but in the main he is always on the alert for a new ‘ angle ’ , always individual in expression and always ready to usher the most illuminating quotations to their correct places with the discreet poise of a butler from his chosen period . |
| 12 | The Head was constantly on the alert for the emergence of what he termed ‘ congruence ’ . |
| 13 | Whatever ‘ security ’ there may be in the working for the Church of England has been lost . |
| 14 | He was staring at the double-page for the week beginning Sunday 23 August . |
| 15 | This is the 10th year the Celebrities Guild has presented its Unsung Heroes Awards to people who help the disadvantaged for no personal reward . |
| 16 | 2 Heat the oil in a small frying pan and fry the turmeric for a few seconds . |
| 17 | One law for the rich and another for the poor , as the two systems can be made to seem , are laid down together in a book which commemorates a desertion , on the author 's part , of the rich for the poor . |
| 18 | Given that 100 companies are going under every week in the west midlands and that 1,000 companies are going under in England , Scotland and Wales , will the Secretary of State apologise to business and to the unemployed for the false promise throughout 1991 of a recovery which never materalised ? |
| 19 | But the spokeswoman said the concession in no way gave the allclear for the brewers to delay action . |
| 20 | All growth of character implies this exchange of the lesser for the greater . |
| 21 | It was the highest stand for Yorkshire at Acklam Park since they came to the ground in 1956 , beating the 188 for the fifth wicket by current coach Doug Padgett and Vic Wilson against Sussex in 1960 . |
| 22 | But although he sacrifices the transitory for the long-term , the latter are not differently or more solidly grounded ; indeed they are in danger of becoming rigid and brittle if they are not continually being enriched , modified and eroded by local and temporary reactions . |
| 23 | The tournament has been well and truly annexed by the British for the past four years , and the form book still favours a non-American winner this time . |
| 24 | Moreover , in the 1890s the British for the first time consistently encouraged headmen to report all cases . |
| 25 | Imagine if Mr Osborne were to try to sell the concept of milk , eggs or , heaven forbid , blue cheese to the British for the first time — how would you rate his chances ? |
| 26 | Accordingly we would have to play along with the British for the time being , and take the beating which inevitably results through our association with an ally whom the Egyptians and other Arab states hated as imperialists . |
| 27 | I believe erm the rulers of Kuwait at the time were very erm wise to make such treaty with the British for the protection of their country and the British respected the Kuwait autonomy at the time and this joint erm respect for each other I believe which gave rise to Kuwait to be what it is today . |
| 28 | From London we would carry general merchandise back to Rotterdam — Every ship has a ledger to herself , and the manifest for every voyage has to be entered in it , so that you know precisely what the returns from each voyage are . |
| 29 | The consequence , for me at least , was that I reckoned that the earthquake account for 1992 had , so to speak , been settled , and that we were in the clear for a year or so . |
| 30 | Mark Moncrieff gave Gala a lifeline when he raced in from the 22 for a try which Jim Maitland converted . |