Example sentences of "[was/were] reserved for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These qualities were reserved for a small minority of disinterested intellectuals whose insights into the great tradition of literature were said to develop in them a maturity of vision . |
| 2 | But Mr Desmond Fennell , QC , chairman of the Bar , claimed there was a danger that many people needing legal help would have access only to a ‘ more expensive Jack of all trades , ’ while specialist skills were reserved for the privileged few . |
| 3 | The number of foresters was to be limited under the supervision of the regarders : no warden or local Forest officer was to hold pleas of the forest , which were reserved for the Forest Eyre . |
| 4 | But the fireworks were reserved for the last six holes , each of which he birdied . |
| 5 | Tithes of reed were reserved for the local priest on the Somerset Levels , and Chaucer 's monk cast an entirely practical eye on the local birdlife : ‘ he liked a swan best , and roasted whole . ’ |
| 6 | Two rooms and a telephone were reserved for the CAB and , with a list of appointments prepared by the company , clients were called over the tannoy system to avoid queues . |
| 7 | The public , however , had only a total of fifteen days to view the exhibition , between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. , as Thursdays and Fridays were reserved for the judges . |
| 8 | Our stronger feelings were reserved for the unscrupulous organisers of this sordid trade in human cargoes who were profiting from the Asians ' misery . |
| 9 | But the benefits of such progress were reserved for the white-skinned Christian Europeans . |
| 10 | In the Chamber of the People 101 seats were reserved for the Czech Republic and 49 for the Slovak Republic ; in the Chamber of Nations each republic had 75 seats . |
| 11 | About 50 parking spaces were reserved for the disabled in Abbot 's Yard car park , Houndgate , Horsemarket and Raby Terrace , said Coun. Robinson . |
| 12 | The opening piece , Respighi 's symphonic poem Fountains of Rome , was subtly characterised and sensuously played , but the real fireworks were reserved for the second half of the concert . |
| 13 | By convention , the post of Speaker was reserved for a Shia Moslem . |
| 14 | Secondary education was available for the more fortunate and higher education was reserved for the privileged few . |
| 15 | The total collapse of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ was reserved for the last phase of the war . |
| 16 | Cubitt 's greatest savagery was reserved for the ‘ Meeting-House Gallery ’ ’ which he described as ‘ about the crudest attempt ever made at providing seats for a certain number of people over the heads of the rest ’ , a ‘ failure practically , and a horror artistically ’ , ‘ uncouth ’ and a ‘ gigantic misfit ’ . |
| 17 | The Pallatine School was reserved for the teaching of the law , rhetoric , medicine and mathematics . |
| 18 | Their mother was unable to do more than feed the girls and keep them clean ; her affection was reserved for the boys , it seems . |
| 19 | Most consternation was reserved for the prospect that the Japanese will probably get there first . |
| 20 | The Holy of Holies was reserved for the presence of God . |
| 21 | He lived quietly in half his old house , he sometimes went to visit friends in other parts of the country , and occasionally to London , where he stayed in the Dorchester Hotel and was asked to luncheon by Churchill , whose venom was reserved for the index of his book . |
| 22 | This term was reserved for the rural dialects , which had been legitimized by nineteenth-century investigations , and which were believed to be ‘ genuine ’ in a way that urban dialects are not . |
| 23 | The most passionate prejudice was reserved for the Jews . |
| 24 | By convention , signature A was reserved for the preliminaries . ) |
| 25 | But if it was the courtesans that captured Dargah Quli Khan 's imagination , his real admiration was reserved for the Delhi poets . |
| 26 | The usual critique was reserved for the evening , in view of the common abstraction . |
| 27 | Then she turned back to Dane , effectively ending the audience , and for the rest of the trip her conversation was reserved for the driver alone . |
| 28 | The the the seeds hay , the first crop after after er a filed had been reseeded , the first crop you grew , that was reserved for the horses . |
| 29 | In Miletos , for instance , the central area was reserved for the agora , which was an open-air meeting place for the transaction of business , comprising a market place , stoas and commercial halls . |
| 30 | Most of the rehearsal time was reserved for the first play and Ken and Pearson would do much of their own rehearsing together . |