Example sentences of "what [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what goes for a right and a liberty is also true of the other cornerstones of moral language : duty , obligation , right , wrong . |
| 2 | Yet it is sometimes easy to be dazzled by the well-intentioned enthusiasm of a Vicki Hearne , or by false philosophy , into misunderstanding or down-playing the differences , and because it comes naturally to us to say that both we and the dog are angry , or frightened , we conclude that what goes for the human must go for the animal , making certain allowances for sensuous and anatomical variations . |
| 3 | What goes for the mother goes for her brother also . |
| 4 | He must have felt like Sir Norman Hartnell wondering what to wear for the Royal Enclosure at Ascot . |
| 5 | I really need some advice about what to wear for the wedding . ’ |
| 6 | He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials . |
| 7 | They jogged round a corner , and found themselves in what passed for the town square of Dead Rat , Arizona . |
| 8 | What counts for the UK 's international position is that these innovations have enabled production to take place with new types of labour , new ways of organizing labour and in new areas of the world , but long-wave theories do not consider those changes . |
| 9 | What counts for the sake of higher education is the student 's ability to understand what is learned or what is done , to conceptualise it , to grasp it under different aspects , and to take up critical stances in relation to it . |
| 10 | Wittgenstein avoids both mentalism and behaviourism by saying that what matters for an understanding of psychological verbs is not anything phenomenal — either inner or outer — but their use . |
| 11 | What matters for the moment is to examine the contention that the Roman catholic church had this special position only because of this matter of fact . |
| 12 | Rig the rules to prevent minority candidates getting nominated , because there 's no room for the Campaign Group left even to be heavily defeated in what passes for a free election in the new model Labour Party . |
| 13 | For future reference , Gioachino says the only place for real lunch is Chateau Branlant on what passes for a nursery slope at Plan Checrouit . |
| 14 | What happens for a simple is that on first application you bring your financial details to the interview references are taken up naturally in confidence and you are then allocated a place or not if you meet financial criteria . |
| 15 | I 'm sure the win will do wonders for the team 's confidence , but let's see what happens for the next 5 games at least before we make rash predictions . |
| 16 | Instead of how to stimulate demand sufficiently to absorb all that the machines could produce , the problem was what to substitute for the planet 's fast-diminishing raw material and energy resources . |
| 17 | Now , you 've got to get down to the real nitty gritty : how will the stage look , what about the sound system , who presses what buttons for the audio-visuals and when … ? |
| 18 | The scheme was funded out of general taxation , though an element of payment for the health service remained in the national insurance contribution , creating a confusing illusion that this was what paid for the service . |
| 19 | Now the importance of certain landmarks and reference points becomes clear ; each group knows What to do for the attack . |
| 20 | I do n't know what to do for the best . |
| 21 | We made the cut , but he was so bad-tempered he would n't speak to me , and sometimes I just did n't know what to do for the best . |
| 22 | Our connection for the prison camp did not leave until 11 o'clock and the Feldwebel was wondering what to do for the next two hours when the air raid siren blew . |
| 23 | Yes , it had not been easy knowing what to do for the best . |
| 24 | She did n't know what to do for the best . |
| 25 | What to do for the best has been the subject of much discussion at local aquatic societies over the years . |
| 26 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 27 | She 'll know what to do for the best . ’ |
| 28 | She became depressed at not knowing what to do for the best , and at leading the life of a whore . |
| 29 | Determination to deal with the situation " properly and once and for all " but coupled with the confusion of not knowing precisely what to do for the best , particularly in the face of vast quantities of advice all of which seems perfectly clear — except that it directly conflicts with other equally vast and equally clear advice from other sources . |
| 30 | On the way home he said , ‘ These sincere men think they know what to do for the black man . |