Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claude Simon 's fiction provides for the possibility of retrieval , if we accept the mimetic claim that the form of the novel must be dictated by the incoherence and instability of memory and perception : in Le Vent ( 1957 ) , L'Herbe ( 1958 ) , La Route des Flandres ( 1960 ) , Le Palace ( 1962 ) and Histoire ( 1967 ) , the fragmentation and discontinuity of reality is conveyed in the narrative syntax itself . |
| 2 | Lord Denning concluded that the proposition did not apply in this case and that there were reasons which a reasonable minister could entertain and so there was no ground on which the court could interfere with the minister 's decision to ask for a ballot order . |
| 3 | It is not hard , however , to make a strong case for the view that unrest in a particular part of the empire in 1858 loomed large in the regime 's decision to opt for the version of emancipation which gave peasants land . |
| 4 | Greenpeace 's decision to apply for a review follows its successful private prosecution of chemical company Albright and Wilson — the first such private action taken under the provisions of the 1989 Water Act . |
| 5 | Sophia 's decision to pay for a private nurse was a super gesture . |
| 6 | In the meantime I have returned the draft Contract approved to the vendor 's solicitors providing for a reduced deposit of £2,600 instead of the full 10% deposit of £5,200 and I enclose one part of the Contract for signature by you both where indicated in pencil . |
| 7 | The dark hole of the ship 's innards gaped for a moment . |
| 8 | Japan 's chip-makers head for the good life |
| 9 | It was a beautiful beach , and Breeze 's fingers itched for a paintbrush . |
| 10 | Alternatively , Labour 's rules allow for the shadow Cabinet to choose an interim leader who would take over until the annual conference chose an official replacement . |
| 11 | Convex 's plans call for a massively parallel machine that will be scalable to TFLOPS performance , in an air-cooled , stand-alone , general purpose system . |
| 12 | Convex 's plans call for a massively parallel machine that will be scalable to TFLOPS performance , in an air-cooled , stand-alone , general purpose system . |
| 13 | While Microsoft 's plans call for the groupware-enabling of all its applications so that they work together , Wordperfect thinks this is fundamentally misguided . |
| 14 | Crawford 's willingness to suffer for the good of the show , beyond the call of duty , was an early example of the masochistic rigours he would endure for the sake of comedy . |
| 15 | Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot 's script called for the clerk to be a ‘ heavy ’ type , but Crawford was successful in changing the underling to a meek , nervous sort . |
| 16 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 17 | But when she took Lucy 's hand and smiled at her , trying to convey some of the warmth she felt , Lucy 's lips smiled for a half-second and she took her hand away . |
| 18 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |
| 19 | But all instances share one characteristic : the author 's words become for a time the transmitters of other voices , voices that come from inside someone else 's head . |
| 20 | Lacuna 's eyes closed for a few seconds . |
| 21 | Isabel 's eyes closed for a despairing second . |
| 22 | Without a moment 's hesitation Stirling 's jeep headed for the runway , the fighting formation behind him . |
| 23 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ she asked with swift acidity , as Melissa 's mouth sagged for a fraction of a second because of the unexpected ferocity of her reply . |
| 24 | A speechwriter 's attempt to compensate for the public relations lapse in not going to the Berlin Wall , Mr Bush 's prime time statement went out on all television channels on Thanksgiving Eve . |
| 25 | Balcon 's strengthened determination to impose his own world-view on the studio 's pictures accounts for the declining ambition of Ealing 's production at this time . |
| 26 | The boy 's concentration lasted for a couple of seconds after the halt was achieved . |
| 27 | There the company 's articles provided for a lien in the above terms . |
| 28 | The region 's breweries competed for the prize of Best Bitter . |
| 29 | Below : A late evening view taken as Oak 's engine runs for the first time since restoration . |
| 30 | When they arrived home , Liz quickly wrote to the curator of the castle 's museum to ask for a pattern of the dress , only to be told that it had been copied from an 1898 issue of the London Illustrated News . |