Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The railway slopes uphill when its VP or vanishing point is moved above eye level ; for a downhill slope the VP falls below eye level , EL . |
| 2 | For a paltry £19.99 , the triple CD package can be yours ; for a mere £14.99 the double cassette box can be , erm , yours too . |
| 3 | For a schooled child the probability was increased threefold ; for an unschooled child , it was increased sixfold ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 4 | For a split second the man on the sofa glanced away , towards the noise . |
| 5 | For a split second the two men hesitated . |
| 6 | For a split second the friendliness disappeared from Marianne 's eyes to be replaced by a calculating glint . |
| 7 | The claim is disputed … but it 's still a good excuse for a ballooning festival.So the lawns of the Chase Hotel were busy this evening as the fist arrivals for the weekend event prepared for their ascent.We took up the offer of a flight with Ian Ashpole , who told us he planned to jump out of the balloon when we reached full height : |
| 8 | We may also consider the value to A and to B of a bet , say for a simple example a 50 per cent chance of £0 and a 50 per cent chance of £1000 . |
| 9 | Then he sells off ‘ time shares ’ , which is the right to occupy a unit for a fixed period every year . |
| 10 | Assuming that dl → 0 and noting that for a closed contour the line integral of the electric field vanishes we get |
| 11 | For a limited time the Abbey National is offering 8.65 per cent — 9.4 per cent APR — fixed until the year 2000 . |
| 12 | And for a loving mother the child would have Katelina , who would cherish him now , and make what she could of her marriage , for the sake of what she had found in Kalopetra . |
| 13 | Pilger told him they had better get together for a serious talk the minute he got off the plane . |
| 14 | For a two-child family the increases we are making will , by April 1992 , have raised the total value of Child Benefit by almost £3 in a single year , to £17.45 a week . |
| 15 | For a pure dilatation the corresponding overall stress is given by Again , if we know the as and bs we have the required solution . |
| 16 | Indeed , for a long while the possession of a domestic clock or a watch tended to be restricted to the wealthy and was looked upon more as a sign of affluence than as a social necessity . |
| 17 | For a long while the bell rang and Harriet felt the sense of loneliness deepen . |
| 18 | This hypothesis was for a long time a subject of much contention in anthropology and is not even now entirely laid to rest , but the meagre historical record we possess can not possibly support such an assertion . |
| 19 | This , the kylix par excellence , remains for a long time a vehicle for some of the finest vase-drawing , in the ton do and in many figured compositions between the handles . |
| 20 | It was for a long time a small and cheap organisation . |
| 21 | For a long time no one knew what to make of this ; it appeared just a curiosity , but obviously an intriguing one . |
| 22 | For a long time the dominant view in anthropology was that the State was a beneficial institution . |
| 23 | For a long time the building was attributed to Inigo Jones , something people much enjoy doing . |
| 24 | For a long time the only way in which a truly selfless behaviour could arise seemed to be through a differential advantage accruing to groups of individuals that showed sacrifice in relation to their companions to a degree greater than in other groups . |
| 25 | He loved life , and for a long time the force was with him . |
| 26 | For a long time the peat has been used as fuel by the more isolated farmers , or crofters , in the north-west . |
| 27 | For a long time the sound of the men chopping wood stayed with us . |
| 28 | For a long time the lords of the manor of Thornholme were the St Quintins of Harpham , an early St Quintin having married into the de Stuteville family . |
| 29 | Wordsworth continues to watch , but for a long time the figure refuses to move . |
| 30 | For a long time the Drus were passed off as a mere shoulder of the greater Aiguille Verte . |