Example sentences of "for [art] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The visit to the Palace of the Minorities for the singing and dancing show had some stirring patches , such as some ‘ polovtsian dance ’ type music played with great gusto on strange balalaika-type musical instruments .
2 One of the great arguments for sentencing within the community is the opportunity that it ought to give the offender to make restitution in some way for the damage or hurt that he or she has caused .
3 Photograph the damage , photograph the pothole , get an estimate for the damage and go to the council with it
4 Instead of going to court he paid six hundred and fifty pounds for the damage and apologized to the shop 's owner .
5 However , as I told the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) , there will be an opportunity in due course for the legislation that enacts the agreement to be considered in detail by the House .
6 The plans allowed not only for considerable retrenchment of the mental hospital facilities , but also for the possibility that resettling long-stay patients would prove difficult and that more modern on-site village-style accommodation might be required .
7 He had decided to do nothing further for the present and leave it to Berowne to make the first move .
8 They used to put the cloth on for the winter and take it off during the summer .
9 And the other one , seeing as it was like September October , getting cold , my mum said well the bed 's empty , you might as well come in for the winter and stay here .
10 Badger road mortalities , however , are reduced now as badgers have put on weight for the winter and venture out from their setts less and less .
11 The hotel opened for the winter and closed for the summer .
12 In recent years there has been a strong demand for the Galloway from Germany , especially for low-cost meat production on upland heaths and lowland swamps where the typical German dual-purpose breeds need to be brought inside for the winter and need better grazing .
13 Wells ( 1986 ) discusses the nurse 's role as a patient advocate — not making decisions for the patient but ensuring that no one usurps the needs , rights and humanity of the patient — and in ‘ Ethics and information ’ discusses the potential difficulties ; he sees a place for the nurse as the patient 's advocate in certain circumstances .
14 This is often more comfortable for the patient and relieves the ambulance service .
15 In Kilronan churchyard lies the blind harper who , it is said , wrote the music for the tune that became ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner ’ — Turlough O'Carolan , led across Ireland on a white horse by his servant , and sleeping with his harp in the bed so as not to let the instrument 's wood warp in damp rooms .
16 Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ?
17 His landlord wants him to pay a further $170 to make up for the deposit that 's gone missing .
18 They are not reasons for the impulses but causes that hark back to the primitive responses that we share with many animals ; yet qualified by noting that we , unlike dumb brutes , can reflect upon our impulses and resist them if we so decide , as happened in my example .
19 3 Are you prepared to fulfil quite large demands for the sample or offer ?
20 The Peacock Committee was convinced that it was no longer possible to recommend ‘ no change ’ to either the licence fee system or the funding structure of broadcasting as a whole ; the differences between the two sources of revenue would create recurring crises for the BBC and put it at a competitive disadvantage compared to the ITV structure .
21 In MAKING IT BETTER , the improbably , coolly glamorous Jane Asher plays Diana Harrington , half of a couple who work for the BBC and have sex problems : her husband of 20 years tells her he is leaving her to set up as an homosexual , an announcement which seems to disturb her less than a wheel clamp .
22 They broadcast regularly for the BBC and have made a number of CDs , with many more in the offing .
23 Even Henry Moore until quite recently was still being mocked for the holes that go through his sculptures and so on , and the tradition continues .
24 It can be well worth the additional expense of some private tuition for the audition and gaining one to one advice on your material .
25 Thus , a survey in November 1979 showed that 69 per cent preferred Edward Kennedy as the Democratic candidate for the presidency as compared to 31 per cent for Jimmy Carter .
26 Detailed clauses ensured that ( i ) the President once elected could not be a member of a political party ; ( ii ) the military were denied seats in the Senate ; ( iii ) members of the Securitate and militia bodies guilty of repression and public officials guilty of abuses were not eligible for election ; ( iv ) candidates for election to the Assembly of Deputies had to be over 21 years of age and for the presidency and Senate over 30 , with no upper age limit ; ( v ) prisoners and the mentally handicapped were not eligible for election or to vote ; ( vi ) independent candidates were eligible to stand for the Senate and Assembly if supported by at least 250 electors and for the presidency if supported by 100,000 electors ; ( vii ) the votes of Romanian citizens abroad via diplomatic missions , consulates or trade agencies would be treated as votes cast in the city of Bucharest ; ( viii ) the financing of political parties from abroad was forbidden ; ( ix ) strict procedures would be applied to check and validate nominations ; ( x ) hours of polling would be from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m .
27 Given the purposive approach to construction now adopted by the courts in order to give effect to the true intentions of the legislature , the fine distinctions between looking for the mischief and looking for the intention in using words to provide the remedy are technical and inappropriate .
28 ‘ Well , anyhow , ’ she went on , as she fumbled for the matches and lit the gas lights , ‘ we 'll have Christmas together in peace , and — and in case it 's the last we have for some time , we 'll make it as nice as possible .
29 To appoint a receiver is more convenient for the mortgagee than taking possession .
30 I also got so sick at waiting for the bits that happen after you get through setup
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