Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The estimate for the current work is far in excess of any price yet realised for a work by Goya and the highest price achieved at auction is currently the $650,000 ( £391,000 ) paid for a drawing entitled ‘ Those who escape work end up like this ’ sold at Christie 's New York in October 1990 . |
| 2 | Despite the stronger US dollar in the latter part of 1992 , the average sterling price of oil realised for the year at £10.95 per barrel [ 1991 £11.00 ] was also marginally lower . |
| 3 | Essentially , of course , a freehold is seen as an appreciating asset the value of which can be realised for the benefit of the firm free from tax ( where the proceeds of sale are reinvested in other firm property ) . |
| 4 | Reading schemes have been heavily criticized for a range of reasons . |
| 5 | The campaign of the Conservative candidate , Richard Hickmet , was criticized for the way in which it dwelt on the controversial claim that it would be a " moral victory for terrorism " if the seat were to change hands as a result of the killing of Gow . |
| 6 | The Beeching proposals have been criticized for the lack of serious consideration given to the possibility of retaining many unprofitable passenger services , and the case for closure was presented in a way that prejudged the final decision . |
| 7 | Derrida has sometimes been criticized for the generality of phrases such as ‘ the history of the West ’ or the claim that his work involves a critique of ‘ Western metaphysics ’ . |
| 8 | While Castells ' early work has usually been criticized for the absence of agency and consequent essentially functionalist explanation , this absence of connection between base and consciousness — an implicit dismissal of the notion that social being determines consciousness — is also a licence for action explanations in a Weberian tradition which completely sever the connection between the production system and social action around reproduction . |
| 9 | But Pearl 's study was criticized for the non-randomness of his sample . |
| 10 | The word had now gone out — the ‘ Loony Left ’ was to be bashed for the sake of the Party . |
| 11 | ‘ Just stopped for a look at the map , ’ Ivy told him . |
| 12 | We decided to halt the nonsense and stopped for a sandwich on a picturesque rocky outcrop that provided views east and west along the glen , and over to spectacular Knoydart . |
| 13 | We were riding back to Stratford in the spring of 1613 and stopped for the night at the Crown Inn in Oxford . |
| 14 | The journey took only two nights and a day ; previously it had always taken three days , since the train stopped for the night at Dire Dawa and the Awash Station . |
| 15 | if the driver has stopped for the purpose of complying with regulation 8 or regulation 10 ( to accord precedence and not overtake ) ; |
| 16 | if the vehicle is stopped for the purpose of making a left or right turn ; |
| 17 | It was received for a variety of voluntary input in Scotland and nationally , but most notably , I gather , in respect of Education and Professional Development , which leads on to my other purpose in writing . |
| 18 | If a claim is received for a loss of travellers cheques then the Claimant should be advised to claim from the issuing Bank . |
| 19 | A claim may be received for a piece of jewellery or a valuable , which is not specified under the policy , but the value of the item exceeds the policy limit for unspecified items . |
| 20 | Where , however , the cost of providing a service is balanced or overtopped by amounts received for the service from others to whom it is provided , the man in the street might well , and probably would , say that the provider had incurred no expense in providing the particular benefit under consideration . |
| 21 | Copy of handwritten letter from Gordon C. Thomas , Engineer , to the Chairman and Directors of the Grand Junction Canal Company , giving details of the tenders received for the construction of the Foxton Canal Lift . |
| 22 | Additionally , if a young trainee achieves a vocational qualification additional funding can be received for the benefit of future trainees . |
| 23 | The lack of a forestry tradition was strikingly demonstrated recently , when no tenders were received for the thinning of a Forestry Commission plantation in Lewis . |
| 24 | He was pleased with the support received for the practice of joint confirmation and particularly , welcomed the first ever united service for Christian Unity week . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) In sections 173 , 174 and 176 above , the expression ‘ approved duty ’ , in relation to a member of a body , means any of the following duties , that is to say — ( a ) attendance at a meeting of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; ( b ) the doing of any other thing approved by the body , or anything of a class so approved , for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; , ( c ) where , in pursuance of a duty imposed on or a power granted to the body by any enactment or instrument ( including a Royal Charter ) , he has been appointed by or on the nomination of the body to be a member of some other body prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph ( whether or not that other body falls within any of paragraphs ( ab ) to ( f ) of subsection ( 1 ) above ) , the doing of anything as a member of that other body for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of that other body . |
| 26 | Three major metals are prescribed for the making of such icons : gold , silver and copper , although bronze and brass are often used as well as a mixture of five metals , copper , gold , silver , brass and white lead . |
| 27 | She turned to the door , almost shivering with nerves as she heard the rapid flow of French from the hall and knew that now she was about to meet the woman she had unconsciously hated for the whole of her life . |
| 28 | When he least needed a vote of no confidence , Leighton was sensationally dropped from Manchester United 's 1990 Cup Final replay team and punished for a slump in form during a suspect season in front of a United defence that bordered on the arthritic . |
| 29 | This important legal ruling that the untaught deaf and dumb could be held responsible for the crimes they committed helped to ensure that another uneducated deaf woman was punished for the infanticide of her child . |
| 30 | After all , I could not be punished for the death of Victor Frankenstein if he was not dead . |