Example sentences of "[vb -s] for [art] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect it is worth asking whether it is a mere coincidence that neo-colonialism produces for the bureaucracy a reversion to pre-bureaucratic ( e.g. medieval ) forms of compensation for service to the state . |
| 2 | I still do barre exercises for an hour a day , though . ’ |
| 3 | Nothing seems to happen here , remote from the rest of the world , yet one of the houses supplies weather reports to the BBC and achieves for the community a frequent mention . |
| 4 | An engagement of sympathy on the side of the character who seems superficially to be the target figure constructs for the reader an unusual angle of vision on the events and characters of this fabliau . |
| 5 | Waves of compassion and outrage fuse with delayed feelings of self-pity for her own plight , and society seems for a moment a huge conspiracy to exploit and oppress young women . |
| 6 | Scientists at Reading University have made a plant-stroking machine which brushes polythene strips over test plant leaves for an hour a day . |