Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is a move by many environmental agencies both in Mexico and elsewhere for a return to traditional forms of agriculture , as they are considered to be better for the environment .
2 Now here takes over , under pressure he is from Chris back inside his own half , taking over is Nicky , blasts that one forward towards Graham he 's trying to hook it out to on this right hand side and that one goes well beyond David and out for a throw-in .
3 It might be okay for Nutty and even for a weed like Hoomey with his crass infatuation for the hulking ex-chaser , but for a cool customer like himself it was out of character .
4 Whatever might have been the prosaic reason for his initial posting to Masai District , an officer who stayed long enough and had a sufficiently striking personality could expect to become locally famous not only for his love of the Masai but also for the love they bore for him .
5 Sir Daniel Macnee , Scotland 's leading portrait painter of his day and President of the Royal Scottish Academy , painted boxes at Cumnock as a young man , and William Leighton Leitch who worked first in Cumnock and then for the Smith brothers , later found fame in London as a water-colourist and for over 20 years visited Buckingham Palace and other royal residences where he taught painting to Queen Victoria and her family .
6 Her mother had reacted to the subject in a predictable way , and had expatiated at some length about the absurdity of taking a dress all the way to Paris and back for the sake of one evening 's amusement , but in the end she had consented to do something about it .
7 After that I went down to the kitchen and made a cheese sandwich for lunch and wished I 'd gone with Tremayne if only for the ride .
8 The unique ‘ Passport to Amsterdam ’ booklet giving a host of useful information for travellers to Holland and specifically for the visitors to the Dutch Capital .
9 And would politics based on religion have disappeared in Glasgow if not for the rise of the Labour Party ?
10 On one hand , there is increasing support in the USA and abroad for the establishment of age criteria for withholding medical therapy .
11 When Cuthbert died ( also in 687 ) Wilfrid administered Lindisfarne as well for a year until the appointment of Bishop Eadberht in 688 ( HE IV , 29 ) .
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