Example sentences of "for [art] [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The process of forming a government was slowed by numerous allegations that as many as 10 per cent of new deputies had worked for the former Ministry of State Security police ( " Stasi " ) as active informants . |
2 | Fellow airmen from 70 Squadron RAF provided a guard of honour for the former pupil of St Mary 's College , Wallasey . |
3 | Here we present neurological evidence for the former view from studies of a brain-injured patient with visual neglect . |
4 | Although further peace negotiations were scheduled for the latter half of 1991 , the situation remained unresolved . |
5 | So if we could lie down for twenty minutes sometime in the afternoon or early evening , then we would lengthen the spine to support us more efficiently for the latter part of the day . |
6 | Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute . |
7 | Many of the pieces were purchased by Dubosc in Japan where he lived for the latter part of his life and much of his collection is now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco . |
8 | Pete was now beginning to wonder if she was feeling ill ; it was almost as if , for the latter part of the evening , she 'd only been keeping up a show of enjoying herself and now the strain of the charade was getting through to her . |
9 | For the latter part of this period Griess was no longer in London . |
10 | An extraordinary congress of the ruling party , the communist Partido Africano da Indepêndencia de Cabo Verde ( PAICV ) , was called for the latter part of 1990 , after the introduction of a multiparty system had been agreed in principle by the national council — the party 's policy-making body between congresses . |
11 | For five years she had worked at the Ashmolean before moving across the street to The Randolph ; and for the latter part of that time she had actually worked for Dr Kemp , amongst others . |
12 | Having propped up the Ottoman empire for the latter part of the nineteenth century , Britain and France now set about dismantling it . |
13 | An athletically-built 5′ 9″ , he had played club cricket for South Melbourne , working for the latter club as an office clerk . |
14 | There was considerable support for the latter suggestion from private practitioners in all types of firm and from local law societies . |
15 | He thought : He has acquired the mystique of the story-teller and , glancing at the ring of fire-lit and intent faces , he was suddenly reminded of his first village school , of the children clustered round Miss Douglas at three o'clock on a Friday afternoon for the half hour of story-time , and felt a pang of pain and regret for those lost days of innocence and love . |
16 | De La Rue chairman Peter Orchard comments : ‘ This does not have a major effect on the results of the company for the half year of for the previous year , but it does have the consequence of increasing marginally our earnings per share in both periods as the result of including within ordinary activities certain items previously classified as extraordinary . ’ |
17 | A statement of total recognised gains and losses , as required by FRS 3 , shows that the profit for the half year of £32.6m is boosted by currency translation differences on foreign currency net investments of £3.2m to produce total recognised gains and losses for the period of £35.8m . |
18 | A profit of $7.6m in the second quarter ( 1992 : $39.6m loss ) produced an overall profit for the half year of $3.5m , which compares with a deficit in the same period in 1992 of $104.8m . |
19 | Page 30 Cluff glitters : Rising gold production pushed Cluff Resources ' pre-tax profits for the half year to 30 June up ninefold to £790,000 and strengthened the possibility that the group could pay a maiden dividend this year . |
20 | RISING gold production pushed Cluff Resources ' pre-tax profits for the half year to 30 June up ninefold to £790,000 and strengthened the possibility that the mining and oil group could pay a maiden dividend this year . |
21 | Whitbread 's pre-tax profits for the half year to August rose to £128.5million against £110.6million a year earlier . |
22 | For the half year to September , Merrydown reported profits down 19% to £760,000 reflecting strong competition . |
23 | Supermarket group Asda delivered a Christmas bonus in the shape of much improved profits for the half year to November . |
24 | While profits jumped to £2.6m in the annual results announced in March , interims in August posted £1.1m for the half year to the end of June . |
25 | Pre-tax profits for the half year to August are flat , only Pounds 500,000 ahead at £143m , and the UK slump has slammed the lid on margins . |
26 | Revenues for Scholastic Corporation , the American parent company , rose 13% for the half year to $256.9m . |
27 | A pre-tax profit for the half year to 30th June 1993 of $126.2m is announced today ( August 10 ) by the Scottish-based insurance group General Accident . |
28 | The Division increased profits by 34 per cent from £28.7m to £38.6m , thanks to the inclusion of for the half year from June to December . |
29 | The pupil can : 2a associate appropriate units with the quantity to be measured ; 2b relate units for the same measure to each other ; 2c relate a given unit to an everyday object with a sensible numerical value . |
30 | We found that for the same journey in the same conditions , our average mpg shot up to 52 . |