Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] be an [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial was an ordeal for everyone directly or indirectly involved . |
| 2 | ‘ The action is an action for money had and received ; and it is brought upon this ground ; namely , that the money was paid to the defendant without any consideration ; the duty , for which , and in respect of which he received it , not having been imposed by lawful or sufficient authority to warrant the same . |
| 3 | ‘ The action is an action for money had and received ; and it is brought upon this ground ; namely , that the money was paid to the defendant without any consideration ; the duty , for which , and in respect of which he received it , not having been imposed by lawful or sufficient authority to warrant the same . |
| 4 | City YMCA cross-community co-ordinator David Porter believes the programme is an opportunity for people to meet , develop friendships and awareness of the issues which both divide and unite them . |
| 5 | ‘ He said that God Save The Queen was an inspiration for that . ’ |
| 6 | The first part is an index for all Package and Product modules and the second is an index for all types of module . |
| 7 | The move is an about-face for Rabobank , which recently announced that it had dropped out of the race for the licence . |
| 8 | Most of the year , the matrons of Tollemarche regarded their husbands as nuisances better out of the house , but the ball was an occasion for which husbands , sweethearts , even brothers , were in great demand . |
| 9 | On the wall is an advert for Arequipeña , the local beer . |
| 10 | The finish was an apology for an attempt at goal , though the worry remained that missing the previous five games had left Gough seriously disadvantaged . |
| 11 | His wanting the wedding-dress was an excuse for saying all the things he 'd said . |
| 12 | The morning was an opportunity for the association to give details of their link with Bricquebec to Normandy . |
| 13 | Inside the Telegraph was an advertisement for Sky Television ‘ Watch History unfold with Live Bulletins on the Hour . ’ |
| 14 | But in him it is overcome , and the church is an instrument for the reconstitution of human community around him . |
| 15 | otherwise the application is an application for a grant of a new licence ( see definition of new licence in 5.139(1) ) . |
| 16 | The letter is an ambassador for an organisation |
| 17 | Perhaps this much can be said without suggesting that the book is an epic for Kenya Asians , which tells of a people threatened by nobodies , nothings , and managing to survive . |
| 18 | Above the cornice was an attic for the appropriate dedicatory inscription , while a large sculptural group surmounted the whole arch , usually in the form of a triumphal car with four or six horses flanked at the corners by statues . |
| 19 | The house was an ordeal for visiting children , who were always getting lost . |
| 20 | WIDOW Annette Penhaligon said yesterday her elevation to being a dame was an honour for her Liberal MP husband , killed in a road smash six years ago . |
| 21 | Being in a band was an accident for me , because I have n't found my perfect form of expression yet . |
| 22 | There will no doubt be an excuse for them to drink vodka together again soon . |
| 23 | It 's with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for it is , because you never , and I I think those three little rules there only apply only nouns have an apostrophe , pronouns never have an apostrophe and it 's only nouns ending in s , have an apostrophe and it 's only when they own the thing that follows , except when they , when they do n't end with an s , but you know the exception of men 's , women 's , children 's and sheep . |
| 24 | An application is an application for a renewal where it relates to premises in respect of which the applicant has been granted a licence which is due to expire and is for the same type of licence as that previously granted . |