Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will likely either be an Irish bog or the drink for us . ’ |
| 2 | It is perhaps for these entirely practical reasons that each approximate size and shape of rug is known by a specific name which usually relates either to its traditional position on the floor or the purpose for which is was made . |
| 3 | 6.4 Non-competition It may not be in the best interests of the landlord or the tenant for there to be several units within a shopping centre being entitled to sell the same goods or services . |
| 4 | pride in our accomplishments is constructive and helpful , as long as we do not become stuck in the acclaim or the desire for it . |
| 5 | ( In passing this is why how and why can function as interrogative adverbs to request identification of the means required to achieve some end or the reason for something . ) |
| 6 | The book from its invention has been a commodity , dependent on patronage or the market for its circulation , and this is a fact of history that there is little point in complaining about . |
| 7 | The reason , quite simply , is that architects find work where the market for their skill is most lucrative , and in Britain that tends to be on sites where intensive development has taken place for generations , particularly the commercial centres and inner suburbs of big cities . |
| 8 | He could not know that Sophia was taking a keen interest in him and had even been considering him — provided he were not divorced or otherwise unsuitable-as a husband for her sister . |
| 9 | The ability to help or to harm was not the least of the tools in the politician 's inventory , and it may indeed have been of greater value than some of the more troublesome varieties of patronage , where a favour for one could easily anger others who were disappointed . |
| 10 | And to eat there — how she longed to , to drop the few years that made her different from Cad , to lose the ripeness and rotundities that would always make her different from Cati , who was , really , almost boy-like with her stringbean limbs , yet not quite boyish either , angelic rather ; she was not afflicted with the need Rosa felt , the gap opening inside her , where a longing for something other than what lay within her sights sat in occupation , banging her drum and marking out a new rhythm and new steps for Rosa 's spinning wants , calling down the corridors of Rosa 's body to her innermost inguinal life , till her blood rang to the beat . |
| 11 | You can not be disconnected for a Hire Purchase debt , a Credit Sale Agreement , or a debt for anything other than supply of gas and or electricity . |
| 12 | Or a message for anyone — anyone you know ? ’ |
| 13 | Mhairi McMillan , a counsellor at St Andrews University , said : ‘ There may be a sense of glamour attached to a tutor or a lecturer for somebody who 's maybe just come up to university or working their way through . |
| 14 | Chopper Harris , on the other hand , was a dullard who had a big heart where his friends were concerned , and it was he who often stood cups of tea or a pint for his friends . |
| 15 | It was a biting cold that almost turned the pleasure of the riding into a chore , or a want for it to end . |
| 16 | In Chinese art the image is not a replica , but a representation or a symbol for what is real . |
| 17 | It 's never intended to be a substitute or a replacement for your statutory rights . |
| 18 | Although some wags were touting COSE as Advanced Computing Environment II last week , the six principal actors describe their effort as neither a consortium , an initiative , a development company or a replacement for anything — and they will not set prices for anything . |
| 19 | Although some wags were touting COSE as ACE II last week — see front page — the six principle actors describe their effort as neither a consortium , an initiative , a development company or a replacement for anything . |
| 20 | A dwelling for the living or a tomb for one 's ancestors should be sited only where it harmonizes completely with the forces of nature . |
| 21 | In her mind 's eye , she flayed the red man of his sparse pelt and hung it up to dry over a pole in her garden and then used it — as roofing for her animals ' hutch perhaps , or a tunic for herself . |
| 22 | Since your fund is initially penniless , if you cash it in during this period ( if you decide not to have an endowment mortgage any more ) you will get little or no return for your investment . |
| 23 | They get little or no publicity for their efforts in this area — quite deliberately . |
| 24 | Most feel , perhaps rightly , that they have little or no need for them , that they are able to and indeed profit from individualism . |
| 25 | Predictably , there have been numerous success stories often involving mature women whose domestic commitments had prevented them from returning to employment , who had lost confidence in themselves or , if they were working , had little or no recognition for their linguistic and human management skills . |
| 26 | Every member I have spoken to believes it is in all our best interests to maintain the profession 's high standards and to remove from the register any auditor who has little or no regard for them . |
| 27 | Engaged in rapidly expanding the size of the business , which he had taken over from his father , Ross had had little or no time for his young wife or her problems . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Nor the reason for it . |
| 30 | The Blue Arrow prosecution was later to accuse the defendants of conspiring to rig the market — not alleging that the late take up was illegal , but that the purpose for which it was done was unlawful . |