Example sentences of "source [prep] inspiration for " in BNC.

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1 This ‘ silver sea , was also , and still is , one of the world 's richest fishing zones — as well as a playground for sailors and a source of inspiration for poets and painters .
2 Their study , therefore , can be a source of inspiration for the artist and designer .
3 A small traditional style village which was the source of inspiration for some of Chopin 's most romantic compositions .
4 This island archipelago is situated in the Pacific Ocean c. 1000 km west of Ecuador and is famous as the source of inspiration for Charles Darwin 's evolutionary theory .
5 Klein 's suggestion was one major source of inspiration for the research that culminated in three papers in PNAS all reporting that chromosome 8 does indeed contain a proto-oncogene — a gene known as myc , after the myelocytomatosis virus in which it was discovered .
6 He was , through his books and contributions to journals and newspapers , a source of inspiration for numerous scientists , would-be scientists and general readers for more than 60 years .
7 Uli 's still pushing his musical boundaries and he 's a continual source of inspiration for me . ’
8 Animals are an endless source of inspiration for sculptor Sally Matthews
9 Cézanne 's intensely ‘ painterly ’ art with its brilliant use of colour and its mysterious deformations , which suggested a range of new pictorial concepts , was a source of inspiration for almost all the significant young painters working in Europe during the first quarter of the twentieth century .
10 This remarkable example has been a source of inspiration for architects in Europe since the sixteenth century .
11 Thereafter his close relationship with Britten proved a powerful source of inspiration for the composer ; a vast quantity of music — including thirteen operatic roles ( from Grimes to Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice ( 1973 ) ) , song-cycles ( with piano and with orchestra ) , five canticles and solo parts in major choral works such at St Nicolas ( 1948 ) , Spring Symphony ( 1949 ) and War Requiem ( 1961 ) was composed specifically for Pears .
12 Against a country who have yet to win a game in this competition , McCoist is at one time the biggest worry and the main source of inspiration for Roxburgh .
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