Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book from its invention has been a commodity , dependent on patronage or the market for its circulation , and this is a fact of history that there is little point in complaining about . |
| 2 | The reason , quite simply , is that architects find work where the market for their skill is most lucrative , and in Britain that tends to be on sites where intensive development has taken place for generations , particularly the commercial centres and inner suburbs of big cities . |
| 3 | He could not know that Sophia was taking a keen interest in him and had even been considering him — provided he were not divorced or otherwise unsuitable-as a husband for her sister . |
| 4 | Chopper Harris , on the other hand , was a dullard who had a big heart where his friends were concerned , and it was he who often stood cups of tea or a pint for his friends . |
| 5 | Since your fund is initially penniless , if you cash it in during this period ( if you decide not to have an endowment mortgage any more ) you will get little or no return for your investment . |
| 6 | They get little or no publicity for their efforts in this area — quite deliberately . |
| 7 | ‘ I see from your notes that the treatment for your infertility was never successful . |
| 8 | To say that there is an instinct of ‘ hunger ’ , and that the evidence for its existence is the fact that we feel hungry from time to time , is not to explain anything . |
| 9 | Champ 's target WORLD heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield forecasts that the challenger for his title early next year will be Britain 's Lennox Lewis , whom Holyfield is tipping to beat Razor Ruddock in their eliminator in October |
| 10 | The Board of Review considered that the issue for their decision was whether certain profits accruing to the taxpayer from films and programmes exhibited by its customers outside Hong Kong were exigible to profits tax . |
| 11 | It may be harder to leave your memories behind than the grave itself , but remember that the love for your pet will be buried in your heart forever . |
| 12 | At two-twenty Minto 's party appeared , saying that the reason for their delay was that Liddiat , the handyman employed by Minto at The Kilns , had pumped up the tyres of the car so hard that it was impossible to drive at more than fifteen miles per hour . |
| 13 | Many adult educators would agree that the reason for their interest in the past is because of the apparent similarities between past and present . |
| 14 | Though her motivation is irrelevant in the sense that it matters not why she took the decision she did , I find that the reason for her refusal of a blood transfusion arises because it is contrary to the beliefs of the Jehovah 's Witnesses . |
| 15 | Shiona watched it , reflecting that the reason for her sensitivity was that her private life was the only area of her existence that gave her absolutely no satisfaction at all . |
| 16 | And she also knew that the reason for her pettiness was because she feared that Silas was disappointed in Doreen 's refusal to help at the barbecue . |
| 17 | The industrial tribunal found that the reason for the dismissals was that the managing director was strongly anti-union but that none of the four could show that the reason for his dismissal was his own union membership or activities . |
| 18 | If he were a safety representative on a platform and , without explanation , he were transferred to another platform run by the same operator or service company , how would an industrial tribunal or any other organisation be able to prove that the reason for his transfer was that he was making a nuisance of himself over safety matters ? |
| 19 | After so long thinking that the reason for our kidnap had been bad feeling between Britain and Iran , and knowing that , before the Rushdie affair at least , fences had been mended , it was hard to believe now that it had all been a mirage . |
| 20 | Editor , — Having read Charles Medawar 's editorial and heard subsequent public statements from Mr Giles Radice MP ( such as on Channel 4 , The Parliament Programme , 15 January ) , I am convinced that the need for his Medicines Information Bill has evaporated . |
| 21 | The 1989 AMERG survey of architects , however , indicates that a substantial minority ( over 28 per cent ) felt that the demand for their services at the time was not being adequately met and nearly 40 per cent felt that the intake of students into architectural training was insufficient to meet future demands . |
| 22 | In his report published two days ago in which he accused the Department of Trade and Industry of ‘ substantial maladministration ’ over the Barlow Clowes affair , Sir Anthony wrote : ‘ He ( the liquidator ) believed that the warrant for her arrest still remained outstanding . ’ |
| 23 | Tonight 's vote must be used to persuade Mr Major that the priority for his Government is not Maastricht but Manchester — and Birmingham , Sheffield , London , Glasgow and every other city and town and village in Britain . |
| 24 | From a rural development point of view it is preferable that such industries have a family or community labour base and that the initiative for their establishment comes principally from the community . |
| 25 | We should try to give the reason ( without , of course , assuming that the basis for their unacceptability will be the same as for other groups which share the exclusion from predicative position ) . |
| 26 | Later the hierarchy made it clear that the basis for their objections was the increase in power by the state vis-à-vis the liberty and self-reliance of its citizens which such legislation would entail . |
| 27 | ‘ The only disappointment from my point of view was that the timetable for my leaving was chosen for me . |
| 28 | It proposed nothing less than the reclamation for her kingdom of an area 70 miles long and 30 broad , equivalent to a whole new county , the ‘ Great Level ’ of the Fens . |
| 29 | There are some pointers to this being an accurate judgement , although the period for which wool and corn prices have been studied in detail does not go further back than 1490 , and therefore does not include what are probably the most serious years of enclosure ( 58 , p.183 ) . |
| 30 | However , a baby seat is safer than a carrycot for your baby . |