Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I 've tried to be more Romantic , it does nu good for me
2 Well , I 'm going to leave this simularity in the starpod for you .
3 The can rolled sideways down the hill and she scrabbled across the tent for it .
4 Mr. Gordon had persuaded Sir George Phillips , who was a rather crabby old man , to let them use the Park for their meetings , but , all the same , Judy had the feeling that Mr. Gordon did it for Brown Owl and not at all for the Brownies .
5 It seemed inevitable that he would take the bait that had been laid out in the Park for him .
6 My father working at home with his mother and farming this l twelve acre holding and my grandmother erm sub-letted the the park for him .
7 Jane had indeed been hinting at the opportunity for her husband 's murder , but she could not admit as much .
8 1.13 Our fundamental assumption is that all pupils are entitled to an education that will provide the opportunity for them to develop to the best of their abilities a competence in and appreciation of English .
9 English now offers material appropriate to their knowledge and experience , and provides the opportunity for them to be equally articulate in the new language .
10 But , in a slightly weaker sense , someone may lose their autonomy if the opportunity for them to exercise their capacity to choose is removed .
11 Boys , on the other hand , tend towards holist strategies , and get training in serialist strategies from their teachers , thus providing the opportunity for them to become versatile learners .
12 The general election will be the opportunity for which we have waited .
13 This afforded the opportunity for him both to become familiar with other music , and to come to grips with concerto movement forms unhampered by the need to create the thematic and harmonic material as well .
14 There was nothing to raise him from this unless world events should create the opportunity for him .
15 The submission of the father had been to the effect that the court should leave open the opportunity for him to apply for custody of the children in the divorce proceedings then pending .
16 Strategic Management for the Board — a two-day action based briefing for experienced board members requiring the opportunity for their strategic plans to be challenged by both their peers and leading authorities in strategic leadership .
17 The merger with Elsevier confirmed this view of our strategic priorities , and the refinancing this month … provides the opportunity for us to complete our withdrawal . ’
18 At Bletchley I had begun to satisfy , however pathetically and inadequately , a desire to see the world about me , but then had neither the time nor the money nor the opportunity for anything other than very restricted local journeys .
19 As well as the opportunity for his own outside activities , your husband may also need an ‘ escape hatch ’ — a study , a greenhouse or workshop , or at least time alone , so that he , too , can potter about and recharge the batteries .
20 But Haig , ever the optimist , intent on winning the war with the BEF , now had the opportunity for his long-cherished campaign in Flanders .
21 By taking a peerage he ruined the political career of his elder son , who had become Unionist MP for Plymouth in 1910 and was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father in 1919 , but also created the opportunity for his daughter-in-law , Nancy ( later Viscountess Astor , q.v. ) to win her husband 's seat at a by-election , and thus become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons .
22 It may also provide the opportunity for you to be seconded to industry to receive additional in-service training , perhaps on an industrial management course .
23 If you are of a competitive nature , most clubs provide the opportunity for you to start racing and there 's no faster way into a pretty good technique than by sailing against more experienced people .
24 Here is the opportunity for your staff to learn about recent developments in the education system : for example , GCSE , the National Curriculum and records of achievement .
25 There will also be the opportunity for your customers to save bottle tops for or pu or purchase heavily discounted quality goods .
26 Champ 's target WORLD heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield forecasts that the challenger for his title early next year will be Britain 's Lennox Lewis , whom Holyfield is tipping to beat Razor Ruddock in their eliminator in October
27 He had obtained the auctioneer 's catalogue only a day before the sale and the purported effect of the clause was to relieve the sellers from telling more than a part of the material facts , thereby obliging the buyer to check the remainder for himself .
28 Yet the unity for which Paul strongly argues is not a uniformity .
29 Having openly expressed his dissatisfaction for the present lacklustre state of guitar music , does n't Alex seem suprised that young people still look towards the guitar for their musical kicks ?
30 Since last week 's bumper post bag caused our 50-storey multi-plex office block to cave in under the sheer weight of ever-hopeful readers ' entries , we here at Bizzerk have had to temporarily relocate to a Hawaiian island where cargo boats deliver letters by the sackload for our native postal workers to process .
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