Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know we got a mention in it for the museum and that was , oh did you get your keepsake ? |
| 2 | She had turned on him again that remarkable glance in which for the first time he had detected to his discomfiture a brief flash of intelligence and of calculation . |
| 3 | The web of diplomatic contacts which had developed in western and central Europe over the last 200 or more years was now being extended further east by the full incorporation in it for the first time of the great new emerging state of Russia : henceforth events in eastern Europe were to be far more significant in the calculations of statesmen in the west than ever in the past . |
| 4 | Perhaps a crewman stumbles , it could be the gloop is n't hot enough , maybe there is n't enough pepper in it for the cook 's liking . |
| 5 | The syllabus for modern languages in the GCSE is very full ; but there is no place in it for the teaching of grammar . |
| 6 | ( Only now do I realize how strong the desire in her for a daughter must have been to cause her to dress her youngest son as a little girl almost until the day he went to school , his fair hair nearly reaching his waist ; yet he had grown up a man . ) |
| 7 | The distinction between the meaning of the word ‘ agent ’ in the common law sense of ‘ special agent ’ and its meaning in what for the want of a better expression I will call its ‘ equitable sense ’ was not expressly pointed out until the judgment of the court was delivered by Slade L.J . |
| 8 | She had a cloud of short hair curving in clinging waves about her head , the colour of barley silk , and under the feathery fringe her forehead bulged childishly , with room in it for a notable brain , the one thing about her that was not suavely curved and ivory-smooth . |
| 9 | Private court patronage was not just a reserve of employment for members of a political interest , however , for there was danger in it for the patron . |
| 10 | She began , Dear Sis , Tell Joel that it 's quite an education in itself for the girls to be brought up in the heart of the capital , and on the very shores of London 's historic river . |
| 11 | who 's going to the money in who for a duck , who 's gon na the money in ? |
| 12 | This was not the rich pap of the commercial world and there was little money in it for the artists . |
| 13 | The third , from the history department , is more explicit and distinguishes between general reading matter which would make " browsing … a broadening experience in itself for the children " and teacher resources ( including teaching packs and reference books ) which would not only stimulate improved pedagogy in the new " evidence-based course " , but also permit teachers to foster pupils ' library use by example . |
| 14 | Had Andrewes remained in Cambridge , his reputation would probably have been unblemished but he would have lacked the stimulus to write the magnificent sermons which he preached at Court ; and he would not willingly have engaged in the controversial writing in which for the first time he set out the Anglican Church 's position in terms which European scholars could respect ; above all his Preces , even had they been written , would not have contained the breadth of experience , and the depth of feeling , based on that experience , which made them treasures of the Church . |
| 15 | But that may happen to you anywhere , if there is any profit in it for the criminal . ’ |
| 16 | He felt alien , not necessarily a bad thing in itself for an observer . |
| 17 | Given recent reductions in the rate of personal taxation , there is now little fiscal benefit to be obtainedthough in any case that should have been regarded as an incidental benefit and not a justification in itself for the establishment of such a company . |
| 18 | When he arrived he put his cold , white hand in hers for a moment and said , ‘ Hello , Tessa , ’ as if he had always been aware of her as part of the background furnishings . |
| 19 | Having obtained B , we now select a pivotal element in it for the next step ; the selection is arbitrary except that the element must be nonzero and must not be in the second row , which contains the unit . |
| 20 | Once it has been lifted from the frames it will be offered to the NRM who have expressed interest in it for a projected display . |
| 21 | A company is treated as an associated undertaking when the group holds a substantial interest in it for the long term , and exercises a significant influence over its operating and financial policy decisions . |
| 22 | ‘ He may have some kind of interest in you for the moment , little make-up lady , but , believe me , it wo n't last . |