Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [vb base] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 The Indian Supreme Court on Aug. 27 cleared the way for a resumption of investigations into allegations of high-level corruption in connection with the 1986 deal for the purchase of Bofors artillery from Sweden for the Indian army [ see p. 37184 ] .
2 TICKET sales in Cornwall have approached the 30,000 mark for the ADT County Championship final at Twickenham tomorrow , confounding fears that the Easter holiday would deter supporters from travelling to London .
3 In 1976 , unemployment in Britain passed the one-million mark for the first time since the Second World War .
4 Neither the Lamoureux nor ‘ Symphony Orchestra ’ in the early 1930s were first rate ensembles technically , but the authentic feel for the music is there , no mistake about it .
5 A sticking-point seemed to be the Burmese demand for the Frontier areas to be brought into the constitutional process .
6 The crucial social question raised by the zombies , relevant to all societies , capitalist or communist , is ‘ Why should the many work for the few ? ’
7 In 1987/88 , the number of certificates issued in a session topped the 100,000 mark for the first time — almost 115,000 were issued .
8 ‘ If the going is suitable , Whaat Fettle could come back here next Thursday for another handicap chase , ’ added the trainer , joining Martin Pipe on the 33 mark for the season .
9 Darren Biggs hit the 50 mark for the season with his win on Iommelli at Sandown yesterday .
10 None of the characters he meets comes alive ( designer Wayne Cherry is the nearest ) , and the dramatic feel for the politicking , pressures and personal fears and obsessions that so enlivened Kidder 's book is lacking .
11 I did n't want to have to keep carrying her back to the same perch for the rest of her life , although she did occasionally fly to the perch herself , she was so used to it .
12 Junior counsel for the appellant is then invited to address the court , followed by the two counsel for the respondent ( or Crown ) .
13 The wheel dates from the 1955 Campaign for the Congress of the People which drew up and adopted the Freedom Charter .
14 Jason Ratcliffe , 22 , would surely have reached the 1,000 mark for the first time but for the early-season decision to spread Asif Din 's role as a limited-overs opener into championship cricket .
15 Dozzell becomes only the eighth player to go over the 400 mark for the club .
16 He left Kathleen to strap the toes together with a gauze swab between them to maintain the alignment , and then sent them off with a few coproxamol for the pain .
17 This pretty island is only an hour away by ferry so you will have plenty of time to get a real feel for the island and begin to enjoy its special magic before it is time to leave .
18 The singing lines , the sense of momentum , of progression towards and relaxation from climaxes is gauged with a natural feel for the musical contours and the poetic expressiveness of both sonatas .
19 The race is now on to fund what would be a major buy for the museum .
20 If he had his fishing tackle ready , his polo ponies saddled and a 5 note for the church collection he was perfectly content .
21 ‘ We 're not aware of creating a visual identify for the house scene , because we 're right in there .
22 By the time the area basic training course starts , trainees should have a good feel for the work of their bureau , and CAB policy and practice .
23 They should have a good feel for the sector 's long-term confidence .
24 This , combined with the smallish cutting length , make it a good buy for the owners of small to medium gardens , who want the convenience and added safety of a cordless trimmer .
25 It is a vital read for the fan , but in it the group become parodies of themselves .
26 And , as I came to discover later , a genuine feel for a story .
27 A new employ for the aircraft was that of a " minifreighter " .
28 In the Janacek second string quartet Intimate Letters that followed they really cracked the idiom , playing with a perceptive feel for the uniquely arhythmic phrasing that echoes that of the Czech language .
29 Shirley Hughes 's The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook ( TS403 — one cassette ; 33 minutes ) read by Thora Hird is a lovely listen for the very young and more than tolerable for their elders .
30 The pope despatched two pallia in June 634 ( HE 11 , 18 ) , but the death of Eadwine in battle in Hatfield Chase against combined Welsh and Mercian forces , either in October 633 or more likely October 634 , and the subsequent collapse of the ecclesiastical community at York with the flight of Paulinus to Kent ( HE 11 , 20 ) ( see below , p. 83 ff. ) , terminated this phase in the history of the church of York and arrested its development as an archiepiscopal see for a hundred years .
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