Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [conj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An examination of magistrates courts revealed that for the under-21 population , black youth on average received 12 months imprisonment , whilst white youth only 9 months for similar offences . |
| 2 | Lisabeth asked and for a moment I thought he was going to slam the door on us . |
| 3 | The difficulty arose because for the most part the single-sex grammar schools did not want to become co-educational , in spite of the court 's ruling . |
| 4 | It was a terrible disappointment , my heart sank as for the first time I detected a stiffness in Leo 's voice . |
| 5 | The Association found that for the first time the municipal government was taking its demands seriously and was prepared to make concessions which would effectively improve working conditions . |
| 6 | Reviewing this same exhibition , both Allard and Apollinaire noticed that for the first time in several years the influence of Matisse and Fauvism was slight . |
| 7 | Research conducted in the United States discovered that for the top five executives from a sample of 50 of the largest companies three times as much income came from shares as from employment . |
| 8 | While feeling a little sad at leaving , Mr. Offer said that for the first time he would be looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning . |
| 9 | Although there was widespread speculation as to the authenticity of the leaflets , experts believed that for the first time there was fairly solid evidence to show that the group was experiencing internal problems , with the possibility that a moderate faction had appeared to question the cult of leadership of Sendero leader Abimael Guzmán Renoso and his military strategy to bring down the state . |
| 10 | Wilder 's withdrawal meant that for the first time since the 1980 nomination contest the Democratic campaign would be fought without a major black contender . |
| 11 | The committee thought that for a grass court tournament she should be marginally favoured over Sanchez Vicario . ’ |
| 12 | Mosley 's opposition to this national change of mood meant that for the small minority who still wished to maintain the peace of Europe at any price , he was momentarily seen as an alternative leader who would keep Britain out of a war . |
| 13 | Half a century later the 1851 census provided clear evidence that an historic turning point had been reached ; the returns showed that for the first time more people lived in towns than in the countryside . |
| 14 | ASH , Action on Smoking and Health , said the new move meant that for the first time the true toll of smoking would be seen ‘ in black and white ’ . |
| 15 | DUP councillor Sammy Wilson said that for the second year running he had been swamped with complaints from local people who feel they are living in ‘ eyesores ’ . |
| 16 | Presumably Philip judged that for the moment he had no means of putting pressure on either Henry or Richard which would be both legitimate and effective . |
| 17 | As far as the contribution of the residual factors is concerned , Denison estimated that for the period 1929–57 , economies of scale at the national and local level accounted for 0.35 per cent and advances in knowledge for 0.58 per cent . |
| 18 | An even harder-hitting report from the National Association of Citizen 's Advice Bureaux claimed that for every council house in the country there are ten people on the waiting lists . |
| 19 | Later figures showed that for the whole of 1922 over twice as much grain was transported by rail and waterways as in 1921 . |
| 20 | Mr Butler explained that for the purposes of the filming there was a dummy ripcord handle for Mr Tipping 's reserve chute as well as the real one . |
| 21 | The court held that for the application of the rule to have been lawful it would have had to be justifiable irrespective of race or ethnic or national origins . |
| 22 | But on 20 September the Commission announced that for the first time it would take Britain before the European Court of Justice . |
| 23 | The intactness of the tomb meant that for the first time it was possible to analyse fully how the many objects found within it were used , and their ritual and social implications within the Sicàn culture better understood . |
| 24 | Their talk and behaviour took a slightly different form from ours just as their uniforms did and for the same reason but their major premises seemed to be the same . |
| 25 | ‘ In some parts of the UK cuts in local authority spending and the move to the purchaser-provider split meant that for the first time students coming off social work courses were having real difficulties finding jobs ’ Weinstein said . |
| 26 | However , Chandrasekhar showed that for a sufficiently massive star the gravitational collapse continues until the star shrinks to a point . |
| 27 | One day perhaps , he thought , the bugger might be caught for sodomy and Athelstan vowed that for the first time in his life he might attend an execution . |
| 28 | Jay Barlow of the US discovered that for the vaquita , new births into the population each year almost exactly balanced the losses through natural mortality . |
| 29 | His voice broke and for a moment he stood silent , then , very quietly , he added , ‘ You will always be my guiding star . ’ |
| 30 | Prof Sargent said that for the past five years , Croda Universal — the British company which has produced the oil — had funded research on ALD at the university . |