Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might be tempted to attribute it to lowish wage rates ( at the Brasserie ? ) , but a good answer would produce figures to justify this assertion ( you know both the staffing structure and the total wage bill for 1983 , at least , so you could work out the average gross wage per annum and relate it to what you knew about catering wages for the period ) . |
| 2 | There is also concern that complainants might be put off bringing complaints for the same reason . |
| 3 | If you are not aware that your eating habits change depending on the time of your menstrual cycle , it would be worth keeping diary for a few months to check . |
| 4 | The department has written to the dental schools at Liverpool , Newcastle , Birmingham and Manchester and the London Hospital to canvass their support for becoming centres for the evaluation of new dental materials . |
| 5 | If they did , however , then Stefan Edberg , the world 's leading tennis player , would surely be a candidate for opening batsman for the test team . |
| 6 | The 25-year-old central defender , who captained the troubled Second Division club in the season just ended , made his feelings clear yesterday after opening negotiations for a new contract with chief executive Freddie Fletcher . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the best day of my life , ’ said Capriati after defeating Graf for the first time . |
| 8 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
| 9 | ‘ After paying £70 for the cab fare they had no money left . |
| 10 | After providing music for the Druid Theatre 's production of Behan 's ‘ The Hostage ’ , she was invited to join Johnny McDonagh 's new group Arcady , and subsequently toured the world for eighteen months with The Waterboys , as well as contributing to their ‘ Room To Roam ’ album . |
| 11 | Diego Maradona , the only player in Italy to earn more than Gullit , played in Napoli 's Uefa Cup third-round home leg against Werder Bremen yesterday after taking painkillers for a back injury , but was largely ineffective as his side lost 3-2 . |
| 12 | Councillors approved the scheme after learning plans for the golf school had been dropped . |
| 13 | He was attacked and stabbed in the chest in the town centre , after playing rugby for the college team . |
| 14 | After making provision for the payment of their debts and funeral expenses , they then proceeded to the disposal of their worldly goods . |
| 15 | After making corrections for the spotting order of the microtitre plates all the data were combined into two files , one listing the probes used and the other listing the hybridisations of all probes to each clone . |
| 16 | The Northern Ireland Panel was dissolved in December 1984 after making arrangements for the evaluation and dissemination phase of the research programme . |
| 17 | Mr Richardson applied for outline permission to build the chalets after winning approval for a hotel and golf complex at Humbleton . |
| 18 | But after watching Brazil for a total of three hours , few gems of individualism stayed in the memory . |
| 19 | After advising counsel for the government that Washington could not keep on withholding relevant evidence , Chief Judge Platt ordered the government to produce all documents relating to how and where the bomb was placed on Flight 103 for inspection in camera by 1 October 1990 . |
| 20 | Knighton met residents living near 19-acre Brunton Park after unveiling plans for a 30,000 all-seater stadium , hotel , multiplex cinema , restaurant and tropical plant and butterfly kingdom . |
| 21 | There was a strong case for saving Thoresby for the nation , but unfortunately its future came into question just at the moment when all thoughts were focused on Brodsworth , near Doncaster , another Victorian house with an even more complete set of contents . |
| 22 | The third-ranking member of the CPV politburo , he had served as acting Premier for a few months in 1988 following the death of Pham Hung , but had then been dislodged from the post by the more conservative Do Muoi . |
| 23 | This potential increase of reporting rape incidents became the main rationale for seeking anonymity for the victim . |
| 24 | ‘ They play a role in global warming and they are important for dating rocks for the oil industry . ’ |
| 25 | Retailers with power will , perhaps less commonly , use it to invoke restraints such as slotting allowances for the right of a manufacturer 's product to be on the shelves of a supermarket . |
| 26 | He was entirely serious , and had adopted a portentous tone suitable for expressing admiration for the Greatest Living Englishman . |
| 27 | Designed for office dictation use , this machine followed Edison 's preferred method of using electricity for the motor , but it had acoustic recording and reproduction . |
| 28 | The advantages of using microbes for the early stages of such studies were well known and their biochemistry provided a convenient starting point for several investigators , especially in America . |
| 29 | But since ministers , including the Prime Minister , are so fond of using statistics for the purposes of debate , they can not be allowed to make the contradictory claim that these figures are irrelevant . |
| 30 | One of the advantages of using stripes for a garment is that only a small amount of each yarn is needed and the width of the stripes can also be varied , depending on the amount of each yarn which is available . |