Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two conferences of the Football Supporters ' Association have called for a re-think , but it seemed we were banging our heads against a brick wall . |
| 2 | Some learning resources are cheaper than others , and British primary schools have improvised for a long time with the very simplest materials including the discarded packaging of the consumer society . |
| 3 | That shared culture has gone , though its traces have persisted for a long time , at least among those unworldly older academics who assume that students of English will have read the whole of Shakespeare in the sixth form , or that they can readily identify classical or biblical references . |
| 4 | The family of a remand prisoner found hanged in his cell have called for a public inquiry after an inquest reached a suicide verdict . |
| 5 | According to Ms Leith , the designers have gone for a ‘ serious and conventional restaurant ’ look ‘ which will not frighten members with too much yuppie jazzdom ’ , but which is also fun — ‘ witty , modern and stylish enough to encourage them to come ’ . |
| 6 | One or two other manufacturers have opted for a similar idea to this , where the knob sweeps through an infinitely variable range of tones , from soft and middley to bass and treble-heavy ‘ crunch ’ . |
| 7 | FOUR RAILWAYMEN have plumped for a ‘ busmen 's holiday ’ this autumn … by organising a charity rail tour to delightful Poole in Dorset which will be picking up at Wigan North Western . |
| 8 | It is fascinating to see how theory and experiment have vied for the lead over the past 30 years , with first one then the other leading the way . |
| 9 | Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker . |
| 10 | The Kremlin have paid for the production of the catalogue which will be on sale at the exhibition . |
| 11 | The club have opted for a left arm spinner Jamie Stewart from Western Australia as their pro . |
| 12 | Most of the existing pilot sites have opted for a fairly large-scale computer-based system with a central system that stores for case-mix purposes , the data from a number of locally based feeder units . |
| 13 | As we all know , not only in London but in many of our big cities , there are areas of great depression — neglected areas where there are thousands of people out of work — and those areas have existed for a long time . |
| 14 | Some European countries have opted for a more acceptable solution in the form of " right to reply " legislation , which allows judges or " ombudsmen " to direct newspapers to publish corrections and counter-statements from those who claim to have been misrepresented . |
| 15 | SCOTLAND — SCOTLAND have qualified for the last five World Cup finals , but with only one point from two games they already face an uphill struggle to qualify for a sixth time . |
| 16 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |
| 17 | Like their colleagues in further education , the 17,000 lecturers in the sector have voted for a marking and exam boycott . |
| 18 | Annie Get Your Gun , opening on November 25 , has sold 25,000 tickets , and 80,000 seats have gone for the revival of Barnum , which opens on December 17 with Paul Nicholas in the starring role . |
| 19 | Already television consultants , Judge Marketing have arranged for a special camera to be set up on board British Steel Challenge . |
| 20 | Rail workers have voted for a twenty-four hour strike over job losses . |
| 21 | It was very well presented and that whilst Billy Connolly freely admitted he was not in fact a culture vulture , it was his enthusiasm that in a sense having his own that make the programme apparently a complete and utter joy and in a sense that 's what sponsorship should do , it should do for art , music , ballet and opera what Cousteau and Bellamy have done for the environment and Attenborough |
| 22 | ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park . |
| 23 | Will Tendulkar 's arrival mean the end of Yorkshire 's perceived racial policy — no Yorkshire Asians have played for the county ? |
| 24 | Different investigators have argued for a partial dominant gene , a two-gene theory , a polygenic theory , and a combination of genes of incompatible traits . |
| 25 | In Birmingham , the dealers have gathered for the 11th British Antiques Fair ( Thursday to the following Wednesday ) , while over the Border , there is still time to catch Pen Panting 's second one-man show , at the Glasgow Print Studio . |
| 26 | According to Ravik Smirnov , Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Cultural Commission , the Georgians have already requested the return of knives and weapons from the Kremlin Armoury ; Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have asked for the return of carpets , the Armenians lay claim to the seascape painter Ayvazovskiy , while the Ukrainians want the Cossack Blades . |
| 27 | A parallel debate is evolving in Maine where officials have asked for the removal of a dam , built in 1936 , in order to preserve salmon runs . |
| 28 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 29 | Radical economists have argued for an escape to a market system before it is too late , but the conservative establishment has always over-ruled them . |
| 30 | In your letter you present the fact that yourself and the Deputy Director have opted for an increase based on the Grade 1 salary and presumably you saw that as a gesture of good will or a concession to our demands . |