Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who have worked so diligently on this exotic machine should be congratulated for bringing such a magnificent spectacle to the preservation world . |
| 2 | When I met Mike , he strolled into the office and apologised for bringing half a farm yard with him . |
| 3 | Furious with herself for allowing such a situation , she pushed Marc 's hand away , panting slightly with suppressed emotion at the misunderstandings she knew must follow . |
| 4 | Simon criticised Jesus for allowing such an immoral woman to touch him . |
| 5 | ‘ Thank you , Mr Reece-Carlton , for building such a beautiful hotel in my country . |
| 6 | Sanctions can not possibly ‘ work ’ in the time he can allow for maintaining half a million men in combat readiness thousands of miles from home and for keeping his public opinion with him . |
| 7 | But Manweb reckons it deserves a pat on the back for producing such a sterling performance despite keeping electricity prices well below the rate of inflation . |
| 8 | What has proved to be a thorny problem , not just during the past four years but for many years before , is the basis for financing all the services provided by local authorities and the level of services that should be provided . |
| 9 | Between 1941 and 1947 , Rank 's companies were to be responsible for financing half the films made in Britain . |
| 10 | Bethune-Baker and his school at Cambridge disliked the anti-rational quality in the book — the ‘ scandalousness ’ of the Church and its gospel — and took several more marks off Hoskyns for begetting such a child . |
| 11 | Opposite us is the fireplace ; and in the hearth there 's one of those thingummies for keeping all the fire tools together . ’ |
| 12 | But many now argue that they need to deal seriously with differences between women and the power relations that produce them , and , as Hooks says , to ‘ assume responsibility for eliminating all the forces that divide women ’ ( 1982 : 157 ) . |
| 13 | The department is also responsible for consolidating all the business plans and presenting the resulting total corporate plan and the strategic implications of the total plan to senior management . |
| 14 | Klensch is well-known in the trade for patting all the most dreadful couturiers on the back , claiming , ‘ If I say a show is bad and a designer has very little talent , it really can have an adverse effect and I do n't believe that is my job . ’ |
| 15 | The recital quoted sets out the reason for adopting such a provision ; and when it comes to interpreting one or other of those detailed provisions , the recital is helpful in setting out the overall purpose to which they relate . |
| 16 | Looking at possible data structures for representing such a word list , there are many standard methods ( Knuth , 1973 ; Wirth , 1976 ; Korsh , 1980 ; Standish , 1980 ; Claybrook , 1983 ; Amsbury , 1985 ; Stubbs and Webre , 1985 ) , for example lists ( stacks , queues ) , trees ( binary , B , multi-way ) , graphs and hash tables to name a few . |
| 17 | Practice with ‘ sticks ’ ( miniature kites on the end of a I metre ( 39in ) dowel ) forms a good start for understanding both the figures and the jargon which has developed to describe the shapes . |
| 18 | The same principles as discussed above apply in relation to when is the optimum time for lodging such a Tender . |
| 19 | One window displayed easels , folding stools , palettes , stretched canvases , and various shoulder-bags for transporting all the impedimenta of the would-be plein air painter ; in the other window there were paintings of varied merit and price . |
| 20 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
| 21 | Whatever the reason for living alone the main enemy everyone has to face is depression . |
| 22 | Because it is both difficult and painful to maintain one 's stomach in a state of emptiness , we can not doubt that there are powerful psychic motivations for sustaining such an activity , which is not only abnormal , but directly contrary to both physiological and social pressures . |
| 23 | But not half as many as will laugh at you for writing such a loathsome , snivelling letter to the NME . |
| 24 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |
| 25 | And they laughed at themselves for believing such an unlikely story . |
| 26 | ‘ Um , no , I suppose not , ’ said the dog , suddenly feeling a little guilty for splashing such a friendly creature . |
| 27 | The great length of wing which this bird possesses , admirably adapts it for inhabiting such a country as the far interior is generally imagined to be … ’ |
| 28 | Whom should we therefore ban from public places for causing all the depression leading to so many suicides ? |
| 29 | There is no statutory procedure for withdrawing such a notice , neither has the resignation to be reported to the council in order to be effective . |
| 30 | Instead , I found that military firms are to blame for selling all the arms to these poor countries and most of the sales go on without the governments knowing . |