Example sentences of "[vb -s] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , of course , is a popular subject : it seems particularly attractive to the poet-turned-novelist because of the scope it offers for the tremulously sensitive probing of feelings . |
| 2 | ( Three separate negotiating teams were sent to each country tendering offers for the Urengoi gas pipeline , as a result of which the FRG , much to her surprise , found herself underbid at the end of the day . ) |
| 3 | Computer Horizons Corp 's largest shareholder , CGI Informatique SA , itself under agreed offer from IBM Corp , is seeking to persuade other shareholders to overturn corporate policies that it thinks deter potential acquisition offers for the Mountain Lakes , New Jersey company . |
| 4 | This system , devised by Rentokil 's Research and Development department , offers for the first time a non-chemical , twenty-four hour detection and protection system . |
| 5 | The same phrase had been translated and mordantly placed by Dante in Canto XXX of the Purgatorio ; and so , when Hardy in these poems confronts the shade of his recently deceased and estranged wife Emma , not only does Aeneas in Aeneid 6 confront the reproachfully haughty ghost of Dido , but Dante 's pilgrim confronts for the first time the shade or apparition of his lost Beatrice . |
| 6 | In Sapinta , three miles south of the Russian border , a chambermaid begs for a packet of ground coffee to meet a doctor 's bill ; when the doctor arrives , he complains wearily that there is no anaesthetic in the hospitals . |
| 7 | When she requires a new cooker , she begs for a small loan from the Department of Social Security . |
| 8 | Catching sight of her , the boy Charles — see him now ! — wants To follow his father 's model : he asks , he begs for a keen horse , Urgently demands weapons , quiver and swift arrows , And craves to go chasing after the doe , just as his father himself would do . |
| 9 | The vintage style Clean 1 is perfect for almost anything , while Clean 2 is enough to bring out the Mutt Lange in anyone — it 's so sparkly , and begs for the addition of some subtle effects . |
| 10 | If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court , he may get off with a fine and deportation . |
| 11 | As the sun strikes their heads it plays for a while , scatters silver seed and dances away again , unnoticed . |
| 12 | ‘ He plays for a mixed side in his spare time and is well up with the rules which is pretty useful because they seem to change every couple of months . ’ |
| 13 | My records nee go it it plays for a bit , then it goes brurgh ! |
| 14 | I was doing radio plays for the BBC . |
| 15 | RORY Underwood makes his last appearance of the season at Twickenham today when he plays for the Royal Air Force against the Army in the crucial final match of this year 's Inter Service tournament . |
| 16 | Like Las Vegas money machines — where lights whirl , the jackpot flashes and the sound of cascading money plays for the smallest win — so the sprung plywood floor of the wrestling ring thuds and echoes with exaggerated effect . |
| 17 | They were two of five Winchester Club players in the nine-member Alton College squad , which also included five county players , and Cathy MacCormack who plays for the South of England under-18 team . |
| 18 | Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths , who plays for the South Wales CA Division Five side Burry Port , is spearheading a campaign for a new sports stadium in the town . |
| 19 | Who plays for the football team you support ? |
| 20 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 21 | STEVE LLOYD , Moseley 's giant Uruguayan-born second row forward , is to be watched by Wales rugby union scout Terry Cobner when he plays for the Barbarians against Leicester on Boxing Day . |
| 22 | Even in Italy , where Campese plays for the other Milan club owned by multi-millionaire Silvia Berlusconi — AC Milan having slightly more kudos — Campese can walk around freely . |
| 23 | Although on-trial Norwegian striker Tore Andre Dahlum plays for the reserves on Wednesday , Ferguson admits he is for the future , and he must plunge now . |
| 24 | But the talented Keane , who plays for the Republic of Ireland against Spain in Seville tomorrow , will put the negotiations on ice while he weighs up his options . |
| 25 | Forrest plays for the reserves tonight and will welcome the match practice as he has been unable to win his first team place back from Clive Baker . |
| 26 | Rory plays for the Tigers . |
| 27 | He plays for the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg and is a certainty for Transvaal . |
| 28 | As a keen musician and clarinet player ( name your own musical instrument or say ‘ As one who appreciates music but can not play anything more difficult than a gramophone record , I was very impressed to learn ) I was delighted to learn that Annabelle 's uncle plays for the BBC orchestra ( or pop group , etc. ) , on the violin ( or drums ) . |
| 29 | Club captain Dave Dickson , SVT mechanical engineer , was presented with the stylish kit by Dave Stephenson , Honeywell engineer at the terminal , who also plays for the Lerwick side . |
| 30 | She now plays for the Stone Lodge Bowls Club at the Sports and Social Club , Ipswich and for the Suffolk Police Bowls Club . |