Example sentences of "and [was/were] [adj] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from those who were staunchly anti-American , many resented Britain 's decline to the position of a " poor relation " and were anxious for the nation to recover its former economic independence . |
| 2 | During the 41 years of Communist rule , an as yet undisclosed number of secret police agents were involved in continuous surveillance operations against citizens and were responsible for the interrogation and harassment of dissidents . |
| 3 | For his part , Charman felt his arguments were extremely valid and was desperate for the group to remain loyal to their independent ideology , regardless of practicalities . |
| 4 | It also happened to sell a lot of records , and was great for the company . ’ |
| 5 | He drank his now cold coffee and was grateful for the whisky that Elaine had put in it . |
| 6 | I enjoyed this day , felt I had done something worthwhile and was grateful for the generosity of my sponsors who contributed to such worthy cause . |
| 7 | He respected the community , valued its work , and was grateful for the friendship of its members . |
| 8 | Joan felt a trifle faint and was grateful for the fact that she was sitting down . |
| 9 | In his earlier career , Patrick Dunn taught maths and was responsible for the welfare of fifth formers at this school in Bolton . |
| 10 | Kukulkan was attended by spirits of earth , water and fire , and was responsible for the sprouting of maize crops and the mating of fish — in short , in his hands he held the key to the tribe 's survival . |
| 11 | He built new cities and was responsible for the building of the new Temple in Jerusalem . |
| 12 | He was appointed surveyor to the Turnpike Trustees of the London to Brighton Roads ( 1818 ) and was responsible for the construction of a tunnel ( 1823 ) and suspension bridge in Reigate . |
| 13 | A consultant radiologist was nominated as the local research coordinator and was responsible for the day to day running of the study and the preliminary public relations work . |
| 14 | He worked for the council and was responsible for the sewage outfall until we had the new drainage scheme . ’ |
| 15 | During the day much more broken cloud has spread across and was responsible for the sunshine and showers . |
| 16 | Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) . |
| 17 | The Group operated quite effectively for several years and was responsible for the production of approximately two-dozen tape-slides concerned with bibliographic instruction . |
| 18 | But when her brother died in 1707 , having just completed his second volume of Anthropologia Nova : or A New System of Anatomy , Judith published it , edited the text , and was responsible for the dedication that prefaced it . |
| 19 | In 1837 Gooch was appointed joint principal engineer with George Stephenson and was responsible for the line 's construction , which was his greatest achievement and required many heavy civil-engineering works , including a two-mile tunnel under the Pennine hills , the boring of which from thirteen shafts took over three years . |
| 20 | He had a detailed and active knowledge of a wide range of works by other artists and was responsible for the establishment of an outstanding , and now extremely valuable , collection of paintings , drawings , sculpture and other media , which is enjoyed to this day by children in Yorkshire . |
| 21 | She was well into her sixties , looked older , and was eligible for a pension . |
| 22 | Christina warmed to her and was glad for the trouble she 'd taken on the Morris 's account . |
| 23 | He shuddered and was silent for a while . |
| 24 | He smiled and was silent for a moment . |
| 25 | She sat at his bedside and was silent for a time , letting him watch her . |