Example sentences of "was [art] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
| 2 | Although I realized that my faulty literary judgment was the occasion for his reaction — for he must have been well-accustomed to reading manuscripts of surpassing dullness — because when lie wrote to Wakefield-Harrey it was in firm but polite terms , which , since they were from Eliot , were to him the next best thing to commendation . |
| 3 | A united South Africa within the British Empire was the purpose for which , almost from the beginning of the Boer War , Lord Milner laboured and assembled the galaxy of British talent soon to be known as his kindergarten . |
| 4 | The position has been held to apply to an insurance agent , who was under no duty to hand those notes and coins to the company ( Robertson [ 1977 ] Crim LR 173 ( CA ) ) , and to a person in receipt of housing benefit , who was under no legal obligation to use the money to pay off rent arrears ( DPP v Huskinson [ 1988 ] Crim LR 620 ) , even though that was the purpose for which the accused received the benefit . |
| 5 | The target the researchers were working towards in this case was the ability for its systems to recover from transient errors and other faults in the software . |
| 6 | Let me tell the right hon. Gentleman what was the test for our new health service reforms set by his hon. Friend the Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) . |
| 7 | It was the excuse for her deep delaying gaze into the looking-glass . |
| 8 | It 's the old woman who was the nurse for his mother . |
| 9 | Because we should be able to get our planned allowance and our do so many cubic metres of concrete this was the allowance for it . |
| 10 | We 're doing so many er bathroom first-fix er plumbing , this was the allowance for it . |
| 11 | He did n't drink much himself as a rule and neither did Lane , but tonight was the night for it . |
| 12 | If — hairbrush microphones in hand — they were not pretending to be Abba , it was Welsh star Bonnie Tyler who was the inspiration for their unenthusiastic warblings . |
| 13 | It would be wrong to think that the Plowden Report was the inspiration for their spread . |
| 14 | Scott Stewart 's superlative defence was the springboard for their recovery from 0-12 adrift against Queensland in the semi-final , the state side having qualified through a grand showing against Fiji where the virtues of strong running and persistent support were never better demonstrated . |
| 15 | That was the attraction for me as a director . ’ |
| 16 | The centralised technical control , exercised by the chief engineer 's department at headquarters , meant that the men who had accepted these posts were to find their room for independent and creative action significantly more constrained than was the case for their colleagues in the Area Boards . |
| 17 | His reply was he 'd do the same — so I knew from that moment onwards he was the man for me . ’ |
| 18 | As his mother-in-law had come to know him better , she seemed to have accepted that he was the man for her daughter and even to have become quite fond of him , but he appreciated this new freedom . |
| 19 | This , I felt , was the life for me . |
| 20 | Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick . |
| 21 | The United States was the scene for their stickiest and smelliest adventure . |
| 22 | The United States was the scene for their stickiest and smelliest adventure . |
| 23 | And he knew that this was the keyhole for his wondrous delicate key , and with a little sigh he put it in and waited for what should ensue . |
| 24 | It was the temple for everyone who wanted to be involved in something that had nothing to do with what most people thought was ‘ happening ’ in that part of the seventies . |
| 25 | The second was the enthusiasm for something which can be — depending on the individual — a love of wisdom ( philosophy ) , the English ( anglophile ) , or postage stamps ( philatelist ) . |
| 26 | That was the word for it . |
| 27 | On the credit side ( if that was the word for it ) , they had discharged the last of the luckless Beador 's debts . |
| 28 | This , perhaps , made us feel that here in this sunlit place serenity bore a deeper meaning , it was the peace for which the thousands lying here had given their lives . |
| 29 | If the old Thames trades had still persisted , if boatmen had still made a living from taking the coins from the pockets of the drowned , then this was the hour for them to watch . |
| 30 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |