Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for [pron] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the unity for which Paul strongly argues is not a uniformity . |
| 2 | We 've chosen Boppard as the base for our Rhine Fly-Drive holidays because it 's not only a great place to visit in its own right , but because its central location makes it an ideal spot from which to explore the mighty Rhine . |
| 3 | The poor , or " the mob or mere dregs of the people " as Henry Fox , father of Charles James , once called them , were seen not only as wholly unfit to rule , being ignorant and lacking the independence which property supposedly conferred , but even as a threat to the freedom for which England was internationally renowned . |
| 4 | At first the track was lined with bright terraces of beehives , their owners in makeshift tents busily extracting the honey for which Thassos is famous . |
| 5 | But it 's unlikely there will ever be an equal to the play for which Christie collected a special award at the age of 82 . |
| 6 | On this terrace there was civilised talk , projects for expeditions , a kind of daily life of the mind for which Alexander , in this not unlike Frederica , had longed in a youth unprovided with games of a serious kind . |
| 7 | At the end of each tax year the DHSS takes the figure for your PAYE earnings and any credits , and calculates whether you have earned or had credits of more than the lower earnings limit . |
| 8 | The crime for which Jean Campbell was charged was one of wilful murder of her own three-year old child by throwing it over the Old Bridge in Glasgow into the River Clyde where it drowned . |
| 9 | thank you Denis … two season tickets to the manor for you Mr. Mullins … we 're also giving away a United shirt apiece to six runners up … and they 're Lee Lowe … |
| 10 | The voice had the effect for which Mrs Murphy had hoped . |
| 11 | At the end of this campaign it looked at last as if the time of peace had come , when the Council for which Anselm had been pressing for the past four years could be held with royal support . |
| 12 | This House , despite a formidable argument advanced by Mr. Isaacs for the councils , nevertheless felt compelled to make the reference for which B. & Q. contended . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a magazine , ’ Georgina said , making an obvious effort to keep the pity for someone Matthew 's age out of her voice . |
| 14 | It was the vehicle for which Crawford had been looking . |
| 15 | The issues of repentance and forgiveness feature here also — Rodolpho , even at the last moment , is prepared to accept the blame for what Eddie has done and offers to kiss his hand , and Beatrice also offers him an earlier chance of redemption by asking him and Catherine to make friends and Catherine agrees — but Eddie refuses . |
| 16 | The moment for which Archie will always be remembered by Palace fans was when he scored our fourth and conclusive goal after a marvellous run from the centre-circle to defeat the FA Cup-holders , Wolves ( 4–2 ) in a thrilling replay up at the old Crystal Palace in January 1909 . |
| 17 | The speech was also was meant to lay the groundwork for what Mr Christopher said would be a comprehensive strategy to support Russia 's transition to democracy and free markets . |
| 18 | When we talk of capitalism , we are concerned with a system which is based upon the need for what Weber calls ‘ forever renewed profit ’ through the selling of the worker 's labour power to the property-owning employer , and the consequences these socio-economic relationships have for the family . |
| 19 | An age of consumerism , and of powerful manipulation by mass media , creates the need for what Nathalie Sarraute calls an ‘ Age of Suspicion ’ ; for scepticism about the means and motives by which the world is constructed and communicated . |
| 20 | Others said that Sawyer had panicked and gone straight out and given the signal without first doing the reconnoitring for which Ryan had allowed time . |
| 21 | The first seven frames had never quite pointed to such a convincing victory but once Hendry had forged clear at 6-3 , the writing was on the wall for his Bangkok challenger . |
| 22 | It decided to begin work on the formation of a new communist party called the Union of Communists ( after the organisation for which Marx and Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ The locomotive for our London to Glasgow train was based in Leicester , ’ Mr Gisby says , ‘ so it had to come from Leicester to London before it did any work . |
| 24 | He returned to England on succeeding his father as second Baron Northwick in 1800 , and was able to devote himself to the formation of the collection for which Northwick Park became famous . |
| 25 | Still only sixteen , it looked as if acting would become the career for which Crawford had hoped . |
| 26 | What 's the word for what Peter Snow does on TV at election times ? |
| 27 | DEMONSTRATING the style for which West Yorkshire 's Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has become famous , standard Eight 48431 carries out passenger duties as it hauls Pullman dining stock up the five-mile branch . |
| 28 | The audience for his James Bond movies adds up to one third of the people on the planet . |
| 29 | Alan Dysart was the model for what Harry imagined he could have been , given the advantages bestowed by an Oxford career . |
| 30 | These three major concerns with children 's thinking , their language , and their education — are brought together in the book for which Margaret Donaldson is undoubtedly best known , Children 's Minds published in 1978 . |