Example sentences of "a [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , like I was saying , any jumped-up little nerd can come along , work on a route for a month and get it wired , then go down in the book as one of the greats . |
| 2 | Most of the ingredients were taken from other fields and disciplines , but the achievement was to meld these into a way of thinking , both theoretically and methodologically , so that one , the latter , could provide a route for a more effective formulation of the other , namely , theory . |
| 3 | He 's drawn up a route for a walk to the South Pole … of Mars , that is . |
| 4 | At stake are not only the interests of potential motorway users and of persons whose land might be compulsorily acquired to provide a route for the motorway ; also involved are the inhabitants of villages and towns which will be relieved of through-traffic by the motorway ; British Rail may have an interest in inhibiting the development of alternative means for the transport of goods ; improved transport and communications facilities provided by the motorway may benefit some businesses at the expense of others ; and motorways have , of course , serious environmental effects which lovers of the countryside and people who live near the proposed route will be anxious to avoid . |
| 5 | Bridging precariously above the protruding spike concentrates your mind wonderfully on the old cliche — ‘ not a route for the married man ’ ! |
| 6 | Surgical drains are placed by the surgeon into the wound and provide a route for the exit of blood or body fluids which would otherwise prevent healing . |
| 7 | For example , we might suggest a route for the mains , and specify carriageway , verge or footpath , based on the results of our own surveys . |
| 8 | The money was demanded and paid for tax , yet no tax was due : there was a payment for no consideration . |
| 9 | Er one mainly being the , the fact that we wanted an overall scheme to cover everybody , including , including a payment for the lowest paid labourer in the shop . |
| 10 | If in the judgment of the police authorities , formed reasonably and in good faith , the garrison was necessary for the protection of life and property , then they were not entitled to make a charge for it , for that would be to exact a payment for the performance of a duty which they clearly owed to the appellants and their servants ; but if they thought the garrison a superfluity and only acceded to Mr. James 's request with a view to meeting his wishes , then in my opinion they were entitled to treat the garrison duty as special duty and to charge for it … … . |
| 11 | The second way in which the discussion of Russia is significant for the relation of Marxism and anthropology is that Marx 's interest in traditional peasant communities became less theoretical and more practical , as he considered the possibility of the Russian peasant commune becoming a base for a future revolution . |
| 12 | Could you buy in quite a bit of fresh fish , say ten portions if you plan to have ten fish meals in a month , so that there is always good healthy protein food available as a base for a meal ? |
| 13 | If you own a microwave oven , jacket potatoes take very little time to cook yet form a base for a tasty meal ( add tuna , beans , sweetcorn , cottage cheese or whatever low-fat filling takes your fancy ) . |
| 14 | Occasionally pasta or rice is used as a base for a meal rather than potatoes . |
| 15 | ‘ The recommendation by arbitrators is not a reflection of the true economic situation and thus can not be a base for a solution to the conflict , ’ said Rudolf Seiters , Interior Minister . |
| 16 | The neighbourhood ( for which physical limits may be assigned ) acted as a base for a group but , often , these groups could be more accurately defined by housing and class interests than purely by locality . |
| 17 | Use Campbell 's Condensed Cream of Tomato soup to give richness to chilli or curry sauce , or as a base for a quick pizza topping , for instance with some herbs , mushrooms , peppers and salami . |
| 18 | Here you launch straight into a 120ft free abseil to a sea-washed rock platform , which serves as a base for a splendid two-pitch wall climb , finishing with a joyous ( and solid ) jug-pull , poised above the sea . |
| 19 | Further U-Boat attacks and the discovery of a German plot to use Mexico as a base for a possible attack on the USA , brought armed intervention in the war on the Allied side in April 1917 . |
| 20 | Villagers believe that a proposed gypsy camp could serve as a base for a terrorist attack on a military college in Oxfordshire . |
| 21 | Often local pubs serve as a base for the local community : as Neil Richardson pointed out in CAMRA 's Pub Preservation report of 1980 , ‘ The pub is first and foremost a social centre , the best ever invented … |
| 22 | Next wind some tape through the slots and around the core to provide a base for the pickup windings . |
| 23 | Ranald , do you find a rock the size of these two , and we 'll use them as a base for the first skep . |
| 24 | Since the working class is the largest group and the group which concerned the educational reformers of 1944 , it is the natural choice of a base for the class variable . |
| 25 | Plymouth is a base for the Royal Navy , making , repairing and servicing warships and training their crews . |
| 26 | Doug Mills , 49 , landlord of The Golden Ball — used as a base for the police operation — said : ‘ Customers told me he had done several tours of Northern Ireland during his service . |
| 27 | They give nothing away , and it 's Jensen in his rock-solid role as ball-winner and organiser who is providing a base for the ones in front of him to play . |
| 28 | Such is the case : Ullapool was designed by a Fisheries Association in 1788 as a base for the herring industry and today the centre of activity is still the splendid harbour , a place of boats and bustle and screaming seagulls . |
| 29 | The 4GL runs on top of multiple databases , including Oracle , Informix , Ingres and Sybase , as well as the Cobol-based flat file systems that still act as a base for the majority of installations out there . |
| 30 | Stockings that were past repair were used as a base for the new victory roll hairstyle . |