Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise . |
| 2 | For the two-thirds of families between $5700 and $35 500 , the tax ratio varies only in the range 32.4–33.9 per cent . |
| 3 | All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy … she sighed . |
| 4 | An ardent Puritan and uncompromising parliamentarian , Moyer in June 1642 was made a manager of the ‘ Sea Adventure ’ , through which the city undertook to find ships and men for the reconquest of Ireland . |
| 5 | For Moore , on the occasion of his 105th appearance in England colours , it became a miserable exposure to the inevitability of decline , an uncharacteristic positional error enabling Lubanski to surge through for the second of Poland 's two goals ; the famed captain would play only three more times for his country , and not in the climax to the qualifying group , five months later at Wembley . |
| 6 | Against a Coventry side in no fit state to make much of a fist of it , Liley was away like the wind midway through the second half on a 45-yard run for the second of Leicester 's four tries . |
| 7 | Thirty girls between the ages of six and ten slept , ate and did their lessons in rooms with noble proportions , blistered stucco and peeling paint ; they were each permitted the character-building company of one small pet and one pony , and slept on iron beds left behind from the mansion 's use as a hospital for the wounded of World War I. |
| 8 | Someone with a genuine concern for the wounded of World War One , the miners of South Wales , the unemployed , for , and homeless in general . |
| 9 | He maintained his strong links with the world of the deaf formed during his two years at the Institution by getting together with Matthew Burns , q.v. , and Alexander Blackwood to start Sunday services for the deaf of Edinburgh in June 1830 . |
| 10 | A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future . |
| 11 | There is no increase in child benefit , no help with child care and no extra help for the millions of families with children living on benefits . |
| 12 | I HAVE listened with great interest to those voices who do n't want the ‘ South African tour rebels ' ’ ban to be lifted , and it is clear to me that many of them are not expressing these views out of a sense of justice or respect for the millions of blacks still suffering in South Africa . |
| 13 | The only clue for the millions of viewers to Julia 's ordeal as she introduced a feature on the plight of homeowners was her close cropped blonde hair . |
| 14 | Our belief was that this would not only be an attraction to City workers but a major facility for the millions of visitors to the Tower of London . |
| 15 | And they are habitat for the millions of mallard duck , Canada geese , American widgeon and other waterfowl that pause here as they cruise the Atlantic Flyway toward warmer climes each autumn . |
| 16 | That 's good news for the millions of men and women in Britain who like the taste of wine , spirits or beer . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's no one of any consequence in London at the moment , ’ she told him , ‘ but you wo n't be able to move for the millions of nobodies going to look at the Tower . ’ |
| 18 | The pros play in the par-three for fun , to give something back to their public in return for the millions of dollars they earn from golf . |
| 19 | The tragedy of the situation is that if the application succeeds , it will destroy the wildlife ‘ safe haven ’ he has created , as the existing lakes will be used as settling basins for the millions of gallons of water and sediment to be pumped from the proposed gravel pit . |
| 20 | Compassion for the victims of this sick Tory society compassion for the millions of people who have no work compassion for the victims of racists and racisms compassion for the victims of the public service cuts , whether it be the miserable one and a half percent pay offers compulsory competitive tendering job cuts , low pay , the pensioners , the elderly , the sick , the child , the list is never ending . |
| 21 | For the last 10 years I have worked to create environments for the millions of pilgrims who come to Saudi Arabia . |
| 22 | The man who lived there showed us why this was necessary ; he produced a pair of trousers mouldered beyond recall , obviously now only suitable for the dirtiest of tasks . |
| 23 | The Bishop of Gloucester , who 's been accused of indecent assault , has issued a public thank you for the hundreds of letters he 's received . |
| 24 | News of the sudden cancellation is no laughing matter for the hundreds of fans who bought tickets for his two-night run at the Rialto . |
| 25 | Knowing that mere seconds might mean the difference between life and death for the hundreds of people trapped by the explosions , IMDEC responded immediately by setting up a citizens ' coordinating committee , drawing on the expertise and resources of 27 social and human rights organisations . |
| 26 | All in a day 's work for the hundreds of people involved in the various stages — but there is perhaps only one who will have witnessed everything that has happened . |
| 27 | Although Doody 's notion of incarnation in poetry really does not account for the hundreds of poems written by women to the standard abstractions such as sleep , pity , and wisdom , yet there is certainly a strain in the poetry of eighteenth century women which might take as its best emblem Esther Lewis perched on her stilts . |
| 28 | They needed a certain amount of breaking in , but once this was done , they were comfortable , and excellent for the roughest of hill walking . |
| 29 | Little did he know that , for the saddest of reasons , he was going to be thrust into the national , even international spotlight . |
| 30 | Either the salt would sting into a cut or raw spot on my body , bringing back bodily feeling in one fell swoop , or else , from somewhere in the bowels of building , my ears , questing for the remotest of stimuli , would pick up on the sound of a toilet being flushed , or perhaps a trolley banging against a wall . |