Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elisabeth Leonskaja opts for the second of these views in her performance of No. 1 , and the deliberate- sounding first movement that results is not altogether convincing . |
| 2 | It took him two weeks to die and for the second of those we spoke together every night by telephone , often for more than an hour . |
| 3 | As for the second of those preconditions , whether the act done at the request of the promisor raises an implication of promised remuneration or other return is simply one of the construction of the words of the contract in the circumstances of its making . ’ |
| 4 | GREAT NEWS FOR THE YOUNG OF ALL AGES ! |
| 5 | However , her books , though absorbing to the adult reader , are difficult to revive for the young of another generation because of their preoccupation ( even greater than that of her female contemporaries ) with social status . |
| 6 | This June Meeting asked for the bond balances to be called in so as the final land purchase could go ahead and , for the first of many times , it discussed the question of the use of caddies on a Sunday . |
| 7 | Now she waited , husbanding strength for the first of many visitors . |
| 8 | During the first week of December 1986 , Donleavy came down to the Windfrey hotel at River Chase , Alabama , just south of Birmingham , for the first of several briefing sessions . |
| 9 | For the first of these ( bar 1 ) , hold the C chord I 've diagrammed : press the tremolo arm to lower the C note ( string 5 , fret 3 ) to a B ( equivalent to fingering at fret 2 , and the reason I 've written ‘ 2 ’ in the tab as the lead-in . |
| 10 | So , while for the first of these two failures Owen may be criticised , for the second he must be excused . |
| 11 | As for the first of these concepts , we have seen that to a considerable extent in most schools the project achieved the objective of broadly based participation in devising curriculum-related library plans . |
| 12 | The contract for the first of these smaller cutters was given to Brooke Marine Shipyard at Lowestoft . |
| 13 | However , the input signals must be extremely small for the first of these two equations to apply with constant parameters . |
| 14 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 15 | The issue is far from simple , particularly as that phrase can at best be only a convenient label for the resultant of many political pressures and influences . |
| 16 | There he was , an island of stillness in the flow of pre-Christmas shoppers and tourists , and Londoners heading into the glittering heart of the capital for the best of all possible times . |
| 17 | But for the best of both worlds ( smaller floats and speed of knitting ) do the first 12 rows as an intarsia and the rest with the mylar sheet ! |
| 18 | When Tiananmen finally broke their reserve , a million or more , a fifth of the population , turned out for the biggest of several demonstrations in sympathy with the Peking students . |
| 19 | All the sound and fury of the past few days has been a desperate diversion designed first to draw attention away from the unemployment figures , the inflation figures , and the figures for businesses closed and homes repossessed ; and , secondly , to draw attention away from what the Labour party is actually saying , and for the simplest of all reasons — they know it makes sense . |
| 20 | I made no protest for the simplest of all reasons — that I shared the Chancellor 's judgment that it was necessary to raise taxes in the Budget . ’ |
| 21 | Diesel engines are the main source of smoke in cities and are responsible for a fifth of all emissions of nitrogen oxides . |
| 22 | It is , however , extremely unlikely that any of us could find a use for a hundred of these cars , even if we could solve the problem of getting into them , and this illustrates a fundamental difference between the car and the computer , and another reason for speaking of a microelectronics revolution . |
| 23 | In America , which accounts for a third of all luxury purchases , shares of Tiffany & Co. , an upper-crust jeweller and a weathervane of the industry , fell on news of disappointing sales . |
| 24 | In the highly sophisticated and competitive Malaysian markets , Guinness is a mainstream yet premium brand , accounting for a third of all beer consumed in the country . |
| 25 | Hitherto Switzerland accounted for a third of all hazardous waste imported into Britain . |
| 26 | Patients who respond to antibiotics do not harbour propionibacteria resistant to the therapeutic drug , except for a few of those treated with topical erythromycin . |
| 27 | However , for every one of these petitions presented — there were 16 in the year to 31 March 1992 ( 1991 : 34 ) many more cases involve passing information to other bodies , as permitted under s 449 of the Act . |
| 28 | She used passionate verbs such as ‘ adore ’ and ‘ detest ’ , as if she wished to proclaim her readiness to fight for every one of those five strokes , for every one of those five points . |
| 29 | She used passionate verbs such as ‘ adore ’ and ‘ detest ’ , as if she wished to proclaim her readiness to fight for every one of those five strokes , for every one of those five points . |