Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The order is likely to be the largest single low pressure C02 contract awarded for a UK site this year . |
| 2 | IBM also has new 1Gb and 1.37Gb disk drives for the RS/6000 , $4,800 and $5,480 respectively , as well as an M-Video Capture Adaptor at $2,250 , a new Ethernet transceiver converter for connection to twisted-pair cable networks at $280 . |
| 3 | Claude Simon 's fiction provides for the possibility of retrieval , if we accept the mimetic claim that the form of the novel must be dictated by the incoherence and instability of memory and perception : in Le Vent ( 1957 ) , L'Herbe ( 1958 ) , La Route des Flandres ( 1960 ) , Le Palace ( 1962 ) and Histoire ( 1967 ) , the fragmentation and discontinuity of reality is conveyed in the narrative syntax itself . |
| 4 | Lord Denning concluded that the proposition did not apply in this case and that there were reasons which a reasonable minister could entertain and so there was no ground on which the court could interfere with the minister 's decision to ask for a ballot order . |
| 5 | It is not hard , however , to make a strong case for the view that unrest in a particular part of the empire in 1858 loomed large in the regime 's decision to opt for the version of emancipation which gave peasants land . |
| 6 | Greenpeace 's decision to apply for a review follows its successful private prosecution of chemical company Albright and Wilson — the first such private action taken under the provisions of the 1989 Water Act . |
| 7 | Sophia 's decision to pay for a private nurse was a super gesture . |
| 8 | Crawford 's willingness to suffer for the good of the show , beyond the call of duty , was an early example of the masochistic rigours he would endure for the sake of comedy . |
| 9 | Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot 's script called for the clerk to be a ‘ heavy ’ type , but Crawford was successful in changing the underling to a meek , nervous sort . |
| 10 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 11 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |
| 12 | Without a moment 's hesitation Stirling 's jeep headed for the runway , the fighting formation behind him . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ she asked with swift acidity , as Melissa 's mouth sagged for a fraction of a second because of the unexpected ferocity of her reply . |
| 14 | A speechwriter 's attempt to compensate for the public relations lapse in not going to the Berlin Wall , Mr Bush 's prime time statement went out on all television channels on Thanksgiving Eve . |
| 15 | The boy 's concentration lasted for a couple of seconds after the halt was achieved . |
| 16 | Below : A late evening view taken as Oak 's engine runs for the first time since restoration . |
| 17 | When they arrived home , Liz quickly wrote to the curator of the castle 's museum to ask for a pattern of the dress , only to be told that it had been copied from an 1898 issue of the London Illustrated News . |
| 18 | In 1936 he had been a member of the Archbishop 's committee preparing for a conference to be held at Oxford on Church , Community and State . |
| 19 | So to New York , where the world of women 's tennis met for the Virginia Slims Championships to a background of political ferment , following my disclosure in The Daily Telegraph , that , like the men three years earlier , the women — or at least the WTA board — felt they were also ready to declare UDI . |
| 20 | Although such testimony is important , it is a little unfortunate that Dobson 's influence led for a time to an undervaluing of occasional spellings , rhymes and puns . |
| 21 | This shift was particularly evident in Hoffmann 's pavilion designed for the Secession 's 1908 Kunstschau . |
| 22 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 23 | The UK government has since tried to use Acheson 's opinion to argue for an upwards revision of the 50 mg/litre limit . |
| 24 | It 's a carpenter 's tool tuned for the top notes . |
| 25 | Did Manchester United 's relegation to Division Two , England 's failure to qualify for the Argentina Soccer World Cup , Australia 's mid-70s cricket XI , see the demise of their sport ? |
| 26 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
| 27 | Coach quits AMERICAN Kevin Cadle has resigned as England men 's basketball coach following the team 's failure to qualify for the 1993 European Championship finals . |
| 28 | England 's failure to qualify for the 1974 World Cup finals saw Moore 's departure from the national scene . |
| 29 | German doctors at a university hospital in Bavaria planned to keep the unnamed brain-dead woman 's body functioning for the sake of the child , which was not due to be born until next April . |
| 30 | If pressed , many ERM-sympathisers would agree that last year 's crisis calls for a rethink , but few see the need for anything radical . |