Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is how a system for dealing with genuine refugees — the losers in Indochina 's civil wars — became insensibly a system for turning North Vietnamese peasants into New York waiters . |
| 2 | That is how a system for dealing with genuine refugees — the losers in Indochina 's civil wars — became insensibly a system for turning North Vietnamese peasants into New York waiters . |
| 3 | For Hitler and the Nazi leadership , it provided only the base for racial-imperialist conquest and a war of annihilation . |
| 4 | Schmeichel failed to hold onto a weak 19th minute shot by Chelsea 's Steve Clarke , and Gavin Peacock prodded home the rebound for his third goal of the season . |
| 5 | She does high-impact classes 2-4 times a month , dabbles in Callanetics and swam once a week for a month . |
| 6 | He trained twice a day for the previous three days and Graham Taylor says he was doing everything . ’ |
| 7 | The US Administration under President Reagan rejected outright the need for a new international economic order or any sweeping changes in international monetary institutions . |
| 8 | During March 1830 his drawings for the new building were approved , and tenders were invited for the work , which comprised both a school for 150 pupils and a house for the Headmaster . |
| 9 | We noted earlier the need for investment in support for heads and in management training , while acknowledging the Authority 's recent ( that is , post-PNP ) initiatives in respect of the latter ( Leeds City Council 1991a ) . |
| 10 | We filed abroad the steamer for New Zealand like transported convicts . |
| 11 | Councillors rejected completely the proposal for a management board with its implied differentiation of councillors into board members and the rest . |
| 12 | Norman birdied the 11th , coaxed home a six-yarder for a two at the 13th , and surged ahead with a two-shot swing coming on the next green . |
| 13 | This pantomime aroused the defenders and showed clearly the need for better ship-to-shore communications . |
| 14 | In the House of Commons Sir Edward Boyle argued similarly the case for a ‘ continuing place for the non-autonomous sector within our national system of higher education ’ , but , he reflected , ‘ I was careful to preach no ‘ doctrine of eternal separation ’ , as Lord Robbins called it' . |
| 15 | Trusted paper became both a collateral for short-term credit and an immensely important medium of exchange . |
| 16 | This would be a feat of public agitation that he likens to the Anti-Corn Law League of the 1830s and 1840s , which successfully pressed home the case for free trade ( and caused a split in the Tory Party in the process ) . |
| 17 | As many were at the Very Severe upper end of difficulty , he developed quite a reputation for fearlessness . |
| 18 | Earl Robert stood tranquilly where he was , and bowed away the necessity for any such confirmation . |
| 19 | Michael O'Neill drilled home a second for the visitors before Dunne restored Saints ' hopes on the half-hour mark with his second goal in successive games . |
| 20 | At yesterday 's launch of Brook 's Impressions de Pelleas , his reworking of Debussy 's opera , Robert Palmer , Glasgow 's director of performing arts , introduced Brook as ‘ one who had brought to the Tramway the hallmark of excellence and established there a benchmark for others ’ achievement . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Then you took rather a lot for granted , did n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | With Joseph , however , things took eventually a turn for the better . |
| 23 | She forgot where they were , lost all awareness that they were surrounded by people , knew only a craving for his touch . |
| 24 | I went home every weekend for three nights and on Wednesday night , and believed I could blast up the motorway when summoned for the birth . |
| 25 | Longer working hours do not account for the increase , because on the whole the ‘ normal ’ working week was reduced and holidays grew longer The number of married women employed on a part-time basis also grew rapidly The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD , expanded from the OEEC ) has suggested that hours of work decreased by about 0.3 per cent a year during the 1950s , and by 0.8 per cent a year during the 1960s . |
| 26 | It took nearly an hour for her to empty the wardrobe and dressing-table . |
| 27 | He understood now the reason for Alexei 's remoteness . |
| 28 | ‘ I acquired quite a taste for them in the States . ’ |
| 29 | It took quite a while for the tears to cease . |
| 30 | It took almost an hour for Murray to prepare an 15-word statement saying : ‘ I can confirm the ball was changed at lunch-time but will make no further comment . ’ |