Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [subord] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps slightly easier for the writer than for the reader . |
| 2 | Never stash money in the house — either in little tins , jars or under the mattress except for a small amount for use in emergencies . |
| 3 | ‘ How do you propose to raise the money when for the past months you 've been claiming that it just was n't possible ? ’ |
| 4 | It was very quiet in the kitchen except for the clock in the corner that ticked so loudly that it sounded as if it would burst out of its case . |
| 5 | Immersion in water is less beneficial for the skin than for the woman , however . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , yes , the Wheel was ready for the ceremony except for the foliage ; we do that on the day of the event so that it is fresh ; laurel and yew . |
| 7 | Where the plaintiff sues as an assignee the action shall be commenced only in a court in which the assignor might , under the above rule , have commenced the action but for the assignment ( Ord 4 , r 2(2) ) . |
| 8 | Complimenting people is a real pleasure — as much for the recipient as for the person giving it . |
| 9 | Zone I was in its way as much of a prison for the Commandant as for the eight hundred men to whom he played a vague mutation of God and Commissar . |
| 10 | Then he saw that the movement was a mere craning of the neck because for an instant he had obstructed her view of the screen . |
| 11 | A green Renault 18 , very travel-stained with grime on the windscreen except for the segments swept by the wipers , was the seventh private car to come out . |
| 12 | However , these pauses were considerably longer for the philosophical section of the passage than for the description of the countryside . |
| 13 | The Frenchman then had an untroubled run to the flag except for the downpour on the final two laps . |
| 14 | The Frenchman then had an untroubled run to the flag except for the downpour on the final two laps . |
| 15 | His preaching was scholarly and evangelical and he would probably have been elected Vice-President of the Conference but for the onset of ill-health . |
| 16 | I 'm just you 're just making me think actually because I saw in one of the papers this morning erm a headline , if I can find it , it said something to the effect that — yes here it is , in the Independent , it says ‘ TV soaps are first to survive rescheduling ’ and it goes on to tell us that the British television schedules as we all know were the first casualties of war in the Gulf except for the nation 's daily diet of Australian soap . |
| 17 | Silence in the room except for the bottle emptying into Tommy 's throat . |
| 18 | ‘ However , I do think that they are a breed more for the connoisseur than for the average dog owner . ’ |
| 19 | We could almost have forgotten about the war but for the shell-holes in the surrounding downland , stark white chalk amid the tawny grass , the result of gunnery practice on the artillery and tank ranges at Tidworth , Bulford , and at Larkhill , where I remembered Leslie had gone to a firing camp all those months ago . |
| 20 | Concurrent reading reduced the rate of tapping more for the right than for the left finger . |
| 21 | The essence of the fifth element , he says , was probably the same for Bardi the banker as for the sculptor of David . |
| 22 | In other words , the lights were off in the living-room except for the strobes around the disco where a lonely DJ was pumping out Frankie Goes to Hollywood , and all the guests at the party were in the kitchen cluttering up the fake oak worksurfaces and obscuring the Neff oven . |
| 23 | The government in London was kept well informed of what was happening and the rebellion might never have got off the ground but for the effects of the Act of Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland , which came into effect on 1 May 1707 . |
| 24 | Shirtliff nodded down Wilson 's corner for Hirst to score the second and the Wednesday striker would have collected his 20th of the season but for a fine one-handed save by Marriott . |
| 25 | Cut the lining as for the outer fabric and join the widths together in the same way . |
| 26 | Moreover , although such villages were often described as ‘ model ’ , they were evidently built more for the lord than for the labourer . |
| 27 | He will take action in the courts equally for the State as for the individual against any local authority acting ‘ ultra vires ’ , that is , beyond their powers . |
| 28 | The business was able to carry on but the flat he sometimes used was uninhabitable ; he came up to London only on Tuesday nights and " camped out " for the fire-watching while for the rest of the time he commuted between London and Surrey . |
| 29 | When the pin misses the hole , but enters the block then only three surfaces exist within the sub-space ; for the pin its circular end and the inserted portion of the cylinder whilst for the block there exists only a single outer surface ( see Figure 3.10 ) . |
| 30 | This upper leftward node indicates a lesser propensity on the part of the reader to make the effort than for the two lower leftward nodes . |