Example sentences of "for at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This region has the longer history of continuous occupation by tundra , for at no time during the post-glacial period was it invaded by forest . |
| 2 | This is an aspect of canal finance for recognition rather than exaggeration , for at no time did total investment in waterways approach the sum in the " funds " . |
| 3 | With hindsight it seems that the prevailing structures of police practice will remain as powerful as ever , for at a conference on policing at Bristol University ( 1988 ) , the newly retired Sir Kenneth admitted that police culture had defeated many of his attempts to bring a new ethic to the managerial style during his reign as commissioner of the metropolis . |
| 4 | For at a conference in London , Russian space scientists awarded a British company the first foreign franchise to sell pictures from their most powerful orbiting cameras . |
| 5 | However , on November 2nd , 1906 , all this was in the cloudy future , for at a meeting in the Town Hall a new possibility emerged , bluntly headlined in the Standard as ‘ Proposed Municipal Golf Links ’ . |
| 6 | Had Henry spoken truer than he knew , she wondered , for at a dismal time like this the Lodge was a shadowy place . |
| 7 | But somehow they are wrong , for at every stage of this incredible race — at every stage , that is , bar the one that matters , at the winning post — the only rightful winner had to be Crisp , whose astonishing display of galloping and jumping in the toughest race in the calendar must , were there any justice in the world , have been blessed with success . |
| 8 | India in 1947 saw the ‘ largest migration in history ’ , for at the very moment of its independence , it was divided , its western and eastern regions became the ‘ Muslim homeland ’ of Pakistan . |
| 9 | For at the same time they still see no alternative to Tayif , and still see Aoun as the one great impediment in its way . |
| 10 | Indeed there seems no time for such grief , for at the news of the ark he collapses , falls backwards from his seat , breaks his neck , and dies . |
| 11 | He also had the assistance of his rivals , for at the next bend the French jockey Jean Daumas , well aware of the difficulties Winter was in , pushed his mount Taillefer up on Mandarin 's outside , and his presence helped keep the British-trained horse on course . |
| 12 | For at the moment of creativity , the designer draws upon a knowingness , an intuition either subconscious or superconscious that is a multidimensional encapsulation of both problem and solution . |
| 13 | In fact there was nothing ‘ reasonable ’ about it , and Bismarck knew this , for at the first whisper of Leopold 's appearance on the scene the French Ambassador had , officially , let it be known to Berlin that this candidacy would never be accepted by Napoleon III . |
| 14 | This request was obviously not well received , for at the bottom of the letter is the hand-written comment : ‘ At first sight it certainly appears a bad case of body snatching , but I assume this is not so . ’ |
| 15 | In the eleventh century , they were one of two nomadic tribes to erupt into sudden and ferocious activity , for at the other end of the Mediterranean , the Seljuk Turks poured into Asia Minor . |
| 16 | For at the very time he was sitting alone in the house , in the early hours of the morning of the funeral day , reading again his father 's will , the most modern ship in the world , the SS Titanic , was going down stern first , with all its lights blazing into the icy waters of the North Atlantic . |
| 17 | I made no notes of these visits to Out Patients , for at the time I had no idea that I might one day feel my experience with cancer sufficiently interesting to write about . |
| 18 | These differing responses , the fundamental cause of most of the wars of history , were not necessarily taken with a knowledge of the effect that they would ultimately have , for at the relevant time the choice would not have been as clear to those making them , as it would be to minds educated to standards prevailing centuries later . |
| 19 | When Jean returned from the Ladies there was no sign of either of them , for at the end of the dance they had slipped unnoticed out of one of the wide-open fire exits and around the back of the hall where only courting couples went . |
| 20 | Indeed it will probably be harmful , for at the very least the interviewer will expect you to take a positive interest in the job on offer and in the company . |
| 21 | Now fate was about to take a hand in the outcome of the championship , for at the next race , at the Nürburgring — a great track , in its old version , for its challenges but a wooded retreat for Germanic savages , drunks and the wettest clouds of Europe — Niki came very close to death . |
| 22 | For at the first time thou findest but a darkness and , as it were , a cloud of unknowing , thou knowest not what , save that thou feelest in thy will a naked intent unto God . |
| 23 | The whole is a tribute to the diplomatic skills and national divisions of the Generalsekretär of the Kulturstiftung , Klaus Maurice , whose view of German culture transcends normal politics , as his recent enabling of the British Library to buy the complete series of Tauchnitz classics shows ; for at the time when he retrieved the first piece of the treasure , Quedlinburg was still behind the Wall . |
| 24 | For at the heart of that dominant form , the quest-story , there lies very often a denial of fulfilment . |
| 25 | For at the age of 49 he can make the noise of five different kinds of lorry changing gear on a hill . |
| 26 | The thought came disappointingly too late , however , for at the moment of thinking it , she heard sounds from below ; and voices ; a man 's and a woman 's . |
| 27 | In the process they 've lost a certain edge , for at the end The Cateran had the rage and the fury of a band at its peak falling apart . |
| 28 | For at the table 's head sat the most bizarre Scarabae of all . |
| 29 | It contains no spices ; but sip with care , for at the bottom of every cup lurks more than a little sediment . |
| 30 | On the completion of the work here at Halling , to celebrate the opening of his new Palace , a great party , or perhaps the word should be banquet took place , for at the Palace on St. Andrews Day , 1324 , Haymo entertained a great many guests of distinction , and high rank , from throughout the county . |