Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Kylie , after two years travelling the world and using England as a base realises for the first time , this really is a home from home . |
| 2 | It is also , however , a trial run for a more extensive catalogue which is being considered . |
| 3 | It was quite different , however , when through parental death or disaster a grandchild went for a time to be brought up by grandparents . |
| 4 | At 12.15 I was due at a function to pose for a photocall to launch a twenty-four-hour helpline for a worthy and deserving charity . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll have a long series of locks to navigate later — a bit trying for a novice . |
| 6 | Imagine : I was a bit pissed for a start , the object of my complete love was nesting in my rear-view mirror , the corpulent groom — my best friend — who had spent three weeks pleasuring her in the Hellenic sunshine was sitting beside me with a clank of duty-free between his calves , I 'd lost my job , and the other drivers on the road were all tuning up for Formula One . |
| 7 | The number of levels ranged from two to five , but only one scheme had a level designed for the lowest ten per cent of attainers . |
| 8 | An attempt to hold a referendum calling for the resignation of parliament and elections in December was defeated by parliament on Oct. 29 . |
| 9 | Outside in the passage Ferris was prancing gently on his toes like a runner limbering for a race . |
| 10 | ‘ Criticising my age is like a footballer going for the man rather than the ball . |
| 11 | This was a necessity to qualify for a later call to the Bar . |
| 12 | For example , a number of humanities courses allow the student to postpone a decision to opt for a single subject or interdisciplinary course , or a major , joint or minor programme until the beginning of the second year . |
| 13 | It seems to be fairly common practice if a taxpayer dies for a deed of family arrangement or deed of variation to be entered into under which , for instance , the children receive £150,000 ( this is the nil-rate band for inheritance tax purposes effective from 10 March 1992 ) and for the balance of the assets to be left to the surviving spouse . |
| 14 | During the ninth century a struggle developed for the souls of the Slavs between the two Christian confessions , the Eastern Church based in Byzantium and the Western Church based in Rome . |
| 15 | But it is also uplifting to find a course charted for a better world that combines environmental protection , civil liberties and economic development as three sides of a single strategy , rather than bolted together in disjointed and contradictory declarations . |
| 16 | A popular edition is a version of a text intended for the general rather than the academic reader . |
| 17 | Highlights will include an istoriato plate depicting the ‘ Sack of Rome ’ , made in Urbino between 1527 and 1530 by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo ( est. $100,000–125,000 ; £62,500–78,125 ) , an armorial istoriato charger illustrating ‘ Orpheus charming the animals ’ of around 1520 ( est. $80,000–100,000 ; £50,000–62,500 ) and a tondino made for the Vitelli family of Città di Castello around 1530 ( est. $50,000–60,000 ; £31,250–37,500 ) . |
| 18 | Other 3000 boxes can be upgraded to a 987 with a board swap for a third of the cost of a new system . |
| 19 | One peasant walked 15 versts to get Yakovlev to act on a building designated for a school that was still occupied by an influential peasant . |
| 20 | Winger Gareth Pratt , signed from Rochdale amateur club Mayfield , bagged a debut try for the home team after David Hill and Mike Blakeley had also crossed . |
| 21 | The origin of the present-day adult deaf organisational network was sowed one Sunday evening in 1822 in St. Andrew 's Square , Glasgow where John Anderson , former Headmaster of the Glasgow Institution for the deaf who was now teaching privately from his house in St. Andrew 's Square , held a prayer meeting for a number of pupils and adults . |
| 22 | Mrs Bessie Forde , then a member of the choir , recalls how any girl actively interested in church life could spend the week : Monday evening the Junior and Senior CE Societies ; Tuesday and Thursday evenings the GLB company , led by Mrs Waugh and Miss Mildred Forsythe , met regularly in Edenderry ) ; Wednesday the Midweek service ; Friday the choir practice and on Saturday a prayer meeting for the services on Sunday . |
| 23 | Though the Lions ' backs have the credentials and Winterbottom and Dean Richards have been in the heat of a Lions Test scrum , there are six forwards who will be experiencing a Lions Test for the first time . |
| 24 | Ketotifen , a drug used for the prevention of asthma , was found to decrease significantly the extent and severity of experimental colitis in two rat models . |
| 25 | The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold . |
| 26 | A few months later , he accepted a contract to play for a Canadian football team . |
| 27 | Dr Martin Johnson , a scientist speaking for the MRC , said the council spent £5 million last year on embryo and related research to help the 275,000 couples in Britain who have fertility problems at some time . |
| 28 | A scientist working for a Moscow chemical research institute was arrested on Oct. 22 under article 75 of the RSFSR Criminal Code , which encompassed revealing state secrets . |
| 29 | A scientist working for the plaintiffs placed the chemical in water . |
| 30 | CICS/6000 is really a CICS overlay for the Encina transaction processing monitor from Transarc Corp . |