Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tala-Tala even had its own home-made harbour , a kind of inner lagoon in the outer lagoon , obviously a laboriously built , three-sided breakwater , in which I assumed that every stone must have been carried by hand or on rollers to afford protection for the boats it enclosed . |
| 2 | His defects were that he lacked subtlety , was vehemently anti-communist to the point where any unrest or dissent might be regarded as a sign of communist activity , and that he lacked preparation for the tasks he faced . |
| 3 | I was always impressed by the quality of the students ' preparation for the lessons I observed on my weekly visits to them and by their willing capacity to learn by their mistakes . |
| 4 | The rest of the money that British Rail has available should be spent on projects that are desperately needed to provide jam today , not tomorrow , for the commuters who are paying British Rail for the services it offers today . |
| 5 | When our Party Secretary General , Salvador Cayetano Carpio. started a hunger strike for a wage rise for the bakers we helped out . |
| 6 | Official reports into local government administration have in the past been extremely coy about the significance of such Partisanship for the matters they investigated . |
| 7 | Even the king was not sorry that Priestley was ‘ the sufferer for the doctrines he and his party have instilled ’ . |
| 8 | He was already owed money by Hope for the times he had taken him fishing . |
| 9 | The Pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt had little sympathy for the Arabs he painted in the mid-19th century : ‘ Speaking generally I regard these people as the most detestable in existence . ’ |
| 10 | Watt found great difficulty in working with the Cornish mine captains and obtaining from them full payment for the engines they had built or modified . |
| 11 | She had expected to return home with full payment for the shoes she 'd made , but it seemed the theatre people were not too quick in settling bills , a practice they shared with the gentry . |
| 12 | The guardians proposed that the Borough would contribute a quarter of the cost of the building and payment for the patients they sent . |
| 13 | The mixture between cajun , bluegrass and boogie styles was almost seamless and all gained from the five musicians ' vigour and enthusiasm for the songs they were playing . |
| 14 | No doubt , though the Dalgliesh , the old warrior was unaware that other schools existed ; like every other class , the aristocracy , however poor , could always find the money for the things they really wanted . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've got nearly enough money for the things I want , and my brother , Robert , is a lord — Lord Burlesdon . |
| 16 | Obviously when you budget you have to allow the most money for the rooms you arc actually going to live in , but once you have decided on what cash is available you must turn considerable thought and care — if not money — to making your hall as warm and welcoming and practical as you can . |
| 17 | Although it is a commercial decision for the banks we can see no reason for the delay , ’ said one . |
| 18 | Cinestra offers a regular training programme , and for the past few years has operated a highly successful bursary scheme for new video makers which also offers practical production experience for the women they train . |
| 19 | Obsessed by recordings of Gigli 's voice , his life has become a shadowy search for the answers he feels only Gigli can provide . |
| 20 | We would expect them to corner discrete specialist areas of care and charge monopoly rent for the cases they treat . |
| 21 | ‘ She could be such a positive force for the organisations she purports to feel for , such as CARE , a charity for abused children . ’ |
| 22 | I t is the growing clamour from industry for the graduates it employs to have more work-related skills , and the ensuing tension with the mainstream curriculum . |
| 23 | The only financial bonus for the dangers they face is an environmental allowance of £1.14p a day . |
| 24 | I 've got a lovely mental test for the children it 's a bit hard . |
| 25 | Occupational background can emblazon the personality with unmistakable illumination for the endeavours we make towards a better and more acceptable society . |
| 26 | Even though international organisations , as international persons , may be held liable under international law for the acts they perform , this can not exclude the secondary liability of the Member States themselves . |
| 27 | He was forced to pay costs and £2,965 compensation for the paintings he had already sold . |
| 28 | I ran two personal bests , 10.33 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.79 seconds for the 200 , which was further encouragement for me and compensation for the traumas I had suffered on the West London track throughout the long , cold , seemingly never-ending winter . |
| 29 | In May 1977 , the Ministry of Defence , although continuing to claim that the shooting had been an unfortunate case of mistaken identity in a legitimate and tense situation , agreed to pay William Black £16,700 in compensation for the injuries he had received . |
| 30 | The main remedy for an aggrieved purchaser would be to seek an injunction within the exclusivity period and compensation for the costs it incurred . |