Example sentences of "[adj] and for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Government must recognise that training is the way forward both for the long-term unemployed and for the business community . ’ |
| 2 | Away from industry , areas stacked up with chemicals , the Isle is raw and for the taking . |
| 3 | These were ( 1 ) ‘ Association for the Oral Institution of the Deaf and Dumb ’ based at Fitzroy Square , London , founded in 1872 ( 2 ) ‘ Society for Training Teachers of the Deaf and for the Diffusion of the German System ’ , based at the training college at Ealing , founded in 1877 ( 3 ) ‘ College of Teachers of the Deaf and Dumb ’ , founded in 1885 . |
| 4 | Sophie looked aghast and for a moment they stared at each other . |
| 5 | It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed . |
| 6 | Ruth felt her throat go dry and for a moment her body yielded to something she would rather not have recognised — a need for another sort of passion in her life . |
| 7 | Panic slapped her hard and for the splitting of a second she hesitated . |
| 8 | In the corner was a large gilt cage containing a number of stuffed birds with glossy black plumage , yellow beaks and sharp little eyes ; they were disconcertingly lifelike and for a moment Melanie thought they were real . |
| 9 | Although ‘ swamping ’ by elderly disabled people was partly responsible for this situation , the lack of motivation is attributable to users ' earlier life experiences : for the majority rehabilitation was inappropriate and for the rest the facilities offered were inadequate . |
| 10 | Women , being closer to nature because of their biology , were more likely to be overcome by powerful feelings , and the burden therefore fell upon women to control themselves , for their good and for the good of all around them . |
| 11 | Any change would be gradual and for the time local parties were left with a free choice . |
| 12 | And you shall not strip your vineyard bare , neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard ; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner : I am the Lord your God ’ ( Lev . |
| 13 | Thanks to the site 's owners , the Guiting Manor Amenity Trust , excavation continues to search for signs of those whose victim has lain undisturbed for so long and for a reason why the site was built so carefully in a line with the mid-summer sun . |
| 14 | It may well be more effective for the program not to attempt anything too complicated and for the teacher to provide and guide the questions at the level required . |
| 15 | We can all still bring leather in from our friends in Australia but for reasons that I do n't wholly understand , this is very much dearer than the local er supplies available and for the time being it 's not of interest to the saddlery-makers in Walsall . |
| 16 | He lifted one palm uppermost and for a moment seemed half swayed , but his scepticism reasserted itself and he gave an aggressive jerk of his head . |
| 17 | The R.S.F. was equally adamant and for a while , the management held out the driver was responsible was to be reprimanded . |
| 18 | The boys had local reactions and quickly recovered but his wife 's arm became very inflamed and for a time her condition gave cause for concern . |
| 19 | Her mood of euphoria was infectious and for the moment anyway Harry knew that he was every bit as happy about this new relationship as the girl in his arms . |
| 20 | The successors to the old skins tended to side with the teds , who were pro-British and for the Union Jack , whereas the punks were anti-royalist and happy to stick safety-pins into pictures of the Queen . |
| 21 | Some compare Portia 's characteristics to that of the Queen at the time — Elizabeth I. Women were thought of being inferior and for a woman to have so much power was a very rare situation . |
| 22 | David 's mother smiled then and her lovely face looked suddenly young and for a moment hardly tired at all . |
| 23 | The boy was ragged and dirty and for a moment he stood transfixed staring at Hari and Will as though he could n't believe his eyes . |
| 24 | There is a tendency for illnesses to become more prolonged , less intense and for the recovery to be slower . |