Example sentences of "was make for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | United 's goalscoring slowed significantly in the second half of the season , but no move was made for a striker until £1 million Dion Dublin arrived in August . |
| 2 | The Award was made for a breakthrough which is already improving the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment of major diseases including cancer , AIDS , hepatitis , rubella , and fertility disorders . |
| 3 | On March 19 Bolivia announced the appointment of a consul but no decision was made for a resumption of diplomatic relations [ for Bolivian sea outlet issue see p. 37488 ] . |
| 4 | Provision was made for a crew of five ; pilot and co-pilot side-by-side in an open cockpit , a flight engineer , wireless-operator and gunner . |
| 5 | Well , the gravestone certainly stands by the porch and it does have a hole drilled through it , said to have been where the iron stake was hammered through the stone into the coffin , but I 'm afraid that I agree with the general consensus voiced around the bar of the Sun Inn and the George and Dragon that George Hodgson was guilty of nothing but old age , that the only thing he sucked were his gums , and that the hole in the stone was made for a railing or gatepost . |
| 6 | Her nose was too small to balance her high flat cheekbones , and her mouth was made for a face at least two sizes larger . |
| 7 | ‘ Just afterwards , he said he had decided not to do it because of other work commitments , so the project came to a halt as a result of the difficulty in finding an actor to play the part ; it was n't really a gag script — it was made for an actor more than a comedian . |
| 8 | The site suggests that considerable preparation was made for the uprising . |
| 9 | The " mistake " was made for the purpose of emphasising those properties which distinguish a vanished childhood from one that is simply gone — the mystery , lack of explanation , for example . |
| 10 | Man was made for the state , and not the state for the man . |
| 11 | No provision was made for the payment of special rates in order to retain the services of particularly talented people . |
| 12 | No provision was made for the payment to Co-operative retail stores of dividends on their purchases from the Agency . |
| 13 | ‘ It was always planned he would come back on the bus , but when the usual head count was made for the return journey we , of course , had the same number as when we started out — without Kenny . ’ |
| 14 | A secret agreement was made for the marriage to continue only after the Queen held the most extraordinary royal meeting in history in her drawing room at Windsor Castle when the monarch personally saved the marriage . |
| 15 | Possible tests would include testing the wheat from which the poisonous bread was made for the presence of the fungus , cultivating the fungus on some specially prepared wheat and testing the nourishing effect of the bread produced from it , chemically analysing the fungus for the presence of known poisons , and so on . |
| 16 | The award was made for the development of the Vortoil hydrocyclone unit for separating oil droplets from water . |
| 17 | Some provision was made for the giving of legal advice by salaried solicitors outside the ambit of private practice in the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 , but the part of the Act which would have established full-time paid solicitors located at the Legal Aid Area Headquarters and travelling to smaller places was never brought into force . |
| 18 | A charge was made for the abstraction , and this was based upon the maximum figure on the licence . |
| 19 | IRELAND WAS made for the crack and this band for the hearing . |
| 20 | In the example of Alex in the chapter no allowance was made for the fact that an item had been in use for some time . |
| 21 | The Commission had taken much of its case from the evidence of the BBFC , differing only in proposing that the private exhibition of films on domestic occasions should not be subject to criminal sanction provided that no person under 16 was present and no charge was made for the exhibition or for anything provided in connection with it . |
| 22 | No reduction in damages was made for the plaintiff 's failure to wear a seat belt even though he was found after the collision hanging out of the defendant 's car and had suffered a severe blow to the head . |
| 23 | Provision was made for the setting up of voluntary schools . |
| 24 | the Sabbath was made for the sake of man and not man for the Sabbath ( Mark 2:27 ) . |
| 25 | If Di Haine 's Smooth Escort makes the cut for the Grand National at Aintree tomorrow he could be worth a sporting each-way bet as his trainer has always maintained he was made for the marathon . |
| 26 | He was making for a taxi , which might well have been waiting for him . |
| 27 | She was making for a hollow at the base of a large tree . |
| 28 | Strangely this pledge was nearly fulfilled , for when the crippled Bismarck was making for the shelter of Brest , the U.556 , returning from patrol , came within torpedo firing range of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal , then hurrying north to intercept the German battleship . |
| 29 | He was making for the door when he stopped and half turned back towards her and said , ‘ By the way , Aggie , very little escapes you , as I know only too well , but have you noticed any difference in Jessie of late ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll see you in the morning , Grandma , ’ Lizzie was making for the door . |