Example sentences of "they be a [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mutations are continually occurring in nature and are the basis for breeding — indeed they are a prerequisite for the evolutionary process of natural selection . |
| 2 | They took it as a snub that Down failed to field at anything approaching full strength and now want to show that they are a match for the real thing . |
| 3 | Although they can prove good investments they are a minefield for the uninitiated . |
| 4 | Like the archaeology under the ground , they are a resource for the future . |
| 5 | He says they 're a matter for the politicians . |
| 6 | They were a delight for the charterers in the Bahamian lagoons , but in an Atlantic storm such wide windows could be our death warrants for if Wavebreaker fell off a big wave the glass could be driven out of the windows and the boat be filling with water in seconds , and so I cut and shaped sheet steel shutters that could be bolted over the boat 's glass at the first sign of bad weather . |
| 7 | Grouped around the safe , against the light , almost in silhouette , they were a study for a Victorian painter , ready-made for his party piece at the RA Summer Exhibition-The Safe . |
| 8 | The cribs were not the usual constructions of shoe boxes and straw , with small religious figures and matching sets of the Magi ; they were a challenge for the ingenuity and imagination of each section and would often involve large amounts of gravel , stones , concrete and other building materials . |