Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they lacked the capacity for complete cultural and political hegemony , he argues , not all elements in the movement were assimilated . |
| 2 | In the Boston area up to 2ft of snow fell and the storm was compared to a 1978 blizzard which paralysed the city for four days . |
| 3 | He endured the situation for ten minutes , then he grew tetchy . |
| 4 | The social transformation brought about by the enfranchisement , economic as well as political , of working populations has not impaired the regard for precious substances as symbols of excellence in every field of endeavour , any more than it lessened the hunger for personal jewellery remarked in our opening chapter . |
| 5 | Chief Executive Dr Robin Jeffery agreed the target for 1993 – 94 of savings of £2 million — a very great deal of money , but one which is attainable . |
| 6 | They spouted the need for hard line , no compromise , battle tactics and urged for the medium of roack/pop music to be used for propaganda purposes . |
| 7 | Fortunately Fen mistook the sound for one of pain . |
| 8 | The research aims to show how the requirements of mass social and economic mobilisation associated with the Five Year Plan and the epoch of socialist construction made the need for political control more urgent . |
| 9 | More precisely , their nominal faith in God was supported and accredited by a closed system of mutual human honouring which made the need for any honour from God superfluous . |
| 10 | The threefold character of the German Bürgertum — strong state , strong Bildungsbürgertum , statist Bildungsbürgertum — made the situation for cultural modernism and for civil society trebly difficult . |
| 11 | The refugees , who had been staying in camps in Croatia , were accompanied by Jean Kahn , president of the European Jewish Congress , which made the appeal for more action from European countries and Israel to provide a refuge for Bosnians . |
| 12 | Quota filmmaking also made the argument for narrative simplicity that sometimes escaped the more prolix mainstream filmmakers . |
| 13 | Jean-Claude made the appointment for six o'clock at M. Chaillot 's appartement in Passy . |
| 14 | The late Mrs Wallace , who purchased The Spinnery in 1958 and owned the property for many years , gave many interesting details of the old house and later wrote an article for Cumbria . |
| 15 | He owned the journal for another twenty years and it was his main periodical warhorse , supported by several others he established : Gardening ( Illustrated ) ( 1879–1919 ) , Farm and Home ( 1882–1920 ) , Cottage Gardening ( 1892–8 ) , and Flora and Sylva ( 1903–5 ) . |
| 16 | The Ottawa Conference of July and August 1932 paved the way for increased trade between the nations which formed the British Empire and thus effectively operated a system of protection . |
| 17 | The worrying situation described above ( characteristic of many developing countries ) paved the way for humanitarian action . |
| 18 | Groningen paved the way for many other cities in Holland to become cycle friendly , and a second phase to the plan , which will further restrict traffic in the city centre , has just started . |
| 19 | More than this , it also paved the way for wider talks on European security . |
| 20 | The proposals themselves were generally positive and paved the way for community-based nursing to really move forward as a cohesive and dynamic force , but the fact remains that significant concerns have been raised , and the organisations and individuals concerned should at least have an explanation as to why these concerns can not be acted upon , if that is indeed the case . |
| 21 | It paved the way for expanded West German trade with the Eastern bloc and for greater personal links between the two . |
| 22 | Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd yesterday paved the way for British involvement in the conflict . |
| 23 | The Comet , brought into service in 1952 , was the first commercial jet and although design faults made its supremacy short , it paved the way for faster and faster travel . |
| 24 | Davis , himself , paved the way for this when he admitted the existence of arid and glacial cycles of erosion . |
| 25 | The case which paved the way for this approach was Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co . |
| 26 | it also helped to take some of the ‘ sting ’ out of the staff review , and paved the way for further work e.g. the planning of an evaluation of the 12–16 curriculum with respect to areas of experience and skills . |
| 27 | The government defended this charge by arguing that some LEAs manipulated the curriculum for ideological purposes rather than solely seeking to accommodate electors ' wishes and meet children 's needs . |
| 28 | Further divisions concerned the date for presidential elections which all sides agreed should supersede the mid-1989 elections [ see p. 36828 ] in the light of the constitutional reforms enacted since then . |
| 29 | McEwan 's company was bringing the live World Cup feed to New Zealand through Los Angeles and also sold the feed for all 32 games into Canada . |
| 30 | Yet in the end it sold the site for three times the amount that the City expected to obtain by demolishing the buildings . |