Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After being turned down by university , I moved to London and joined the Territorial Army , attending evening training sessions in preparation for the physical selection tests . |
| 2 | Travis closed his eyes in pain for a second , and then almost as if he could n't help himself he reached out a hand and pulled her to him , pressing a kiss on her hair . |
| 3 | Trade unionists could be persuaded to accept a moderation of their organization 's stated goals in return for the fulfilment of part of those goals . |
| 4 | Although the prison is euphemistically called a rehabilitation centre , the women staff workers are known to arrange appointments for the prostitutes with the male guards in exchange for a small return and there is no attempt to train the women to help them find some other form of employment when they are freed . |
| 5 | We hear the saga of Lila , Molly and the so-called Charity Collector ; Second-Cousin Sadie denting her best new soup-ladle on the head of a Fascist in the blackshirts ' march down Cable Street ; the one about the optician who gave Mama free spectacles in exchange for a bottle of her home-made slivovitz ; What Minna told the Would-be Matchmaker ; Lila and the Driving Instructor : and , finally , The Day We Moved from Whitechapel and Baby Becky Was Almost Left Behind . |
| 6 | This causes temporary softening of the ligaments in preparation for the birth . |
| 7 | Both brothers were dressed in neatly tailored white tuxedos and black ties in preparation for the formal reception being given in their father 's honour at the palace of the governor of Cochin-China , and it was Chuck who had insisted that they travel separately by pousse-pousse rather than in the official Citron sent for their parents . |
| 8 | Banks were able to bid aggressively for wholesale deposits and to take in funds in return for the issue of certificates of deposit . |
| 9 | In settlement of Point Four , the sultan expressed goodwill towards his Christian subjects in return for an acknowledgement , on the part of the Great Powers , that they had no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Ottoman Empire . |
| 10 | Aside from its last-minute agreement with Unix System Labs ( see front ) , SCO was strengthening some other key relationships in preparation for the highly-competitive months ahead for those in the operating system software business . |
| 11 | Shannon absorbed his words in silence for a moment , then her eyes opened wide in shock as their meaning sank in . |
| 12 | The decision came after the UN Security Council had accepted an Iraqi proposal offering to release the inspectors in exchange for a joint inventory of all confiscated documents . |
| 13 | The former Dublin captain , sent off after only four minutes following an off-the-ball incident with Donegal midfielder Brian Murray , could be left kicking his heels in frustration for the best part of the summer . |
| 14 | A draft treaty of co-operation was also exchanged , and an education agreement signed on March 5 allowed for the establishment of Polish-language schools in Byelarus for the Polish-speaking minority there . |
| 15 | He spent a total of four and a half months in custody for a crime he did not commit . |
| 16 | She had spent a total of twenty-two months in prison for a series of different offences , mainly theft and ‘ dipping ’ ( pickpocketing ) . |
| 17 | However , it is sadly the case that it is still true that there are er a number of landlords around who tend to control a lot of property , who er are charging er absurdly and unreasonably high rents in return for an appalling service . |
| 18 | For the past week I had been learning lines in preparation for an appearance in a new play due to start rehearsing later that month , and I loathed interruptions . |
| 19 | Carr and Morgenthau rejected the prescriptive and utopian elements in Idealism for the sake of a science which sees the world as it is . |
| 20 | Yet the Secretary of State says that child benefit is one of the main elements in support for the family , and the Prime Minister says that he attaches ’ particular significance ’ to it . |
| 21 | Such a company should be empowered to carry out these duties in return for an annual management charge to cover : |
| 22 | His financial difficulties , however , compelled Henry III in 1237 and yet again in 1253 to repeat his confirmation of the Charters in return for an aid from the magnates . |
| 23 | It is nonsense for us to debate such matters in Committee for an hour and a half and then , at the end of the debate , we vote not on the merits of the matter but on whether it has been considered . |
| 24 | Soon he was seeking analogies in nature for the human beauty he wanted to unearth . |
| 25 | Boltanski photographed each of 143 pupils when he visited London in September and he is testing the way in which art is created by its context by also sending the portraits to the pupils ' parents in return for the fee which would have been charged by the school photographer . |
| 26 | the average age of lone parents in accommodation for the homeless is in the mid-to-late twenties and a very small percentage are unmarried teenage girls . |
| 27 | The Environment Committee had it 's last last meeting by a majority vote , made a decision that the proposed reductions in service for the Fire Service sh er er should not be gone ahead with and that and that issues around the should be looked at again at the . |
| 28 | The 25-year-old will cost around £700,000 and the signing is likely to be pushed through in the next few days in time for the Christmas programme . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , just the small matter of the DGSE turning a blind eye to arms sales to Iranian terrorists in return for the release of our French hostages in Beirut . ’ , |
| 30 | Speaking in a Belfast safe house a hooded IRA member claimed it had enough explosives and terrorists in place for a major offensive . |