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

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1 And this one is for the electroencephalogram , which records his brain impulses .
2 If parents and nurses would only realise how much easier it is for the child to bend to the social and moral laws in later life , when trained from infancy , how much sorrow might be saved .
3 You know as well as I do how dangerous it is for a woman alone on the roads — any pervert could pick you up ! ’
4 The accident was seen by Iain Macdonald , a Strathclyde regional councillor who is chairman of the Nuclear Free Zones Scotland organisation : ‘ We have seen with our own eyes how simple it is for a road accident to take place and there is no reason why the convoy itself could not have been involved .
5 Control of the rhythm of the lesson will depend partly on the structure of the program and how easy it is for the teacher to use .
6 ‘ There is a sick Jewish problem of voting for a black man no matter how unfit he is for the job , ’ he said .
7 By patiently watching and recording hits we can build up a probability profile which will indicate how likely it is for a bullet to hit any particular point on the detector .
8 That one is for a start ! ’
9 Courses are for a minimum of 2 weeks with the exception of Executive Course IV which is for a minimum of 1 week .
10 Defender Steve Bruce added : ‘ The more good players we have the better it is for the squad .
11 We have seen how important it is for the retailer to choose the right place and the right product .
12 For all its graphs , diagrams and photographs and highly technical text , I was glad to see that the practical matters were not neglected and the author was keen to emphasise the personal touch and how important it is for the stockman to treat his cows with confidence , affection and respect .
13 The conversion also shows how important it is for the planning authority to be flexible about change of use so the right scheme does not get blocked prematurely .
14 Just how important it is for the mountain goat to be footsure is summed up by Doug Chadwick , an American biologist who lived with goats for several years :
15 The larger this becomes the harder it is for the rest of the heart to function .
16 These trends indicate how difficult it is for the market to translate what it has been told about the purchasing power of this group into reality .
17 owing to the difficulty of forecasting [ … ] the less possible , and indeed , the less desirable it is for the person purchasing to specify what the other contracting party is expected to do [ …
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