Example sentences of "[art] [noun] for [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 2 | It has been three years since the galleries were last open , but according to Dr Mino , most of the material has been in the basement for half a century . |
| 3 | The Bilingual Skills Certificate originated in this project and is designed to lay the foundations for such a development . |
| 4 | I feel a bit sorry for them , having come all the way from Southend , to your place , and er , being left ringing the doorbell for half an hour . |
| 5 | Speculations on the reasons for such a correlation include the following possibilities : |
| 6 | Speculations on the reasons for such a correlation include the following possibilities : |
| 7 | The reasons for such a development are much the same . |
| 8 | The parallel with the anorexic process is clear , and the reasons for such a substitution in both cases are probably similar . |
| 9 | If serious disturbance is suspected , outside clinical consultation may be required , and the client is informed of the reasons for such a referral . |
| 10 | The reasons for such an assumption were made quite clear during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 11 | I mean I could quite easily delegate it out , but I ca n't because it 's a management function , so , I 've got to be the one that 's got to walk round the branch for half an hour , taking twelve blocks off , checking all the sealed . |
| 12 | As soon as we 'd packed all the stuff in the ba van we 'd have the rest of the sandwiches the rest of the coffee or another cup of coffee and then we 'd get on the road and even if we 'd got back for four , by the time we 'd got home and , and had something to eat or if we did n't want nothing to eat , watched the telly for half an hour and get to bed , you 've got from eleven till sort of three or four the next day which is just nice because you 're in your own home |
| 13 | Despite its low capital costs , the opportunities for such a system are few in Britain . |
| 14 | He secured the flat cardboard box on the carrier of his bicycle with a piece of string that was tied to the carrier for such a purpose . |
| 15 | Retail sales fell by 1.3% in January , despite some of the biggest price-cuts in the shops for many a decade . |
| 16 | The theory of Greek drama is intended to provide the guidelines for such a theatre , for there is an idea prevalent in Germany that a special affinity links German thought of the period with classical Greek thought . |
| 17 | The search for such a planet has proved unsuccessful — which is something of a mystery , because a planet of that size should be reasonably easy to find . |
| 18 | They stayed in the bedroom for half an hour or so , talking , looking at the things , talking : and Clara remembered thinking at the time that it was just such a honeysuckle-filtered , sunny conversational afternoon that would in years to come , whatever those years might bring , cause her the most sad and exquisite nostalgia . |
| 19 | Asking what is the capacity for such an expansion , in practical terms , we must conclude that the available evidence suggests that it would require a transformation that would be nothing short of miraculous . |
| 20 | The ECSC rules required a qualified majority in the Council for such a declaration , something which proved to be impossible . |
| 21 | This does not prevent members from seeking an injunction to restrain the act from being done , nor does it affect the liability of the directors for such an act ( s. 35(1) — ( 3 ) CA ) . |
| 22 | The proposal for such a register had been endorsed at the G-7 summit of leading industrialized countries in London in July [ see p. 38321-22 ] . |
| 23 | A court was told that Marron assaulted the boy for half an hour in his bedsitting room while playing hymns and classical music at full volume to cover the boy 's screams . |
| 24 | However , the vocabulary for such a review will need to be more subtle and precise , and much less polarized , than that which has dominated discussion of such matters in primary education for the last two decades or so ( Alexander 1984 , 1989 , 1991 ) . |
| 25 | Marinate the fish for half an hour . |
| 26 | The outcome for such a team will either be failure to achieve the task , or the imposition of dominant leadership , or the formation of a sub-group . |
| 27 | The next morning , when I had been on the move for half an hour , I came across a shack to the left of the road , looking like two different sized cartons glued together side by side . |
| 28 | At one point I would have to answer a long-distance phone call , which would keep me out of the room for half an hour . |
| 29 | Grimsby was the venue for such an event in Summer 1991 . |
| 30 | Tests conducted in southern India by Dr Singh , head of the Department of Botany at Annamalai University , resulted in the speeding up of the movement of protoplasm in plant cells by the application of harmonious music from various instruments two metres from the plants for half an hour . |