Example sentences of "[adj] for [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1932 the plaintiff was indebted to the defendants in the sum of £208 odd for costs under a judgment and order . |
| 2 | It is therefore possible for membership of a CU to lead to some countries experiencing long-term problems in coming to terms with the new competitive environment . |
| 3 | Holograms are placed on real Microsoft products to distinguish them from fakes ; but they , too , were being mass-produced for counterfeiters by a university in China . |
| 4 | Often they are left unused for years at a time , except , that is , for all those informal human activities , like adventure play , gypsy encampments , bonfires , dumping rubbish , and grazing goats , that are not allowed where the grass is mown and the trees are carefully planted . |
| 5 | For example , if the price of a June ST3 contract is 90.50 , this means that an interest rate of 9.5 per cent ( 100.00 — 90.50 ) can be locked-in for three-months on a June sterling time deposit . |
| 6 | John and Angie Clifford bought their house in Poole in 1986 for £30,000 with a £25,000 mortgage . |
| 7 | In fact it is only because he is trying so hard to get it right that he can be said to get it wrong at all , and the gauche hero is above all the example of social over-anxiety , like Betjeman 's subaltern weak for love on a Hampshire tennis-court : his palms moist at the first handshake , one imagines , his over-careful manners a veneer masking racking uncertainties , and an over-developed sense of social duty enforcing its own inner punishment . |
| 8 | Now , however , the unfortunate residents of Mer have learned that their village is to be the site of a huge new quarry which would clearly make it unsuitable for exploitation as a centre of tourism . |
| 9 | The high-pass filter is unsuitable for use as a delay line because the delay in the pass band depends markedly on frequency . |
| 10 | They sell 100,000 shirts a year but , unfortunately , the two examples sent to the Echo were unsuitable for use in a family newspaper . |
| 11 | the case then can I suggest that we define within our quality systems , that project engineers will be M S twos or above , for check categories of zero or above , and that for jobs with a category of double zero |
| 12 | Whereas in Northumberland it rarely lasted for a whole day and almost never appeared on consecutive days , in London and Surrey it seemed to shine uninterrupted for weeks at a time . |
| 13 | Questions of defence policy are vast , complicated , confidential , and wholly unsuited for ventilation before a jury . |
| 14 | Kate Collingwood , writing as tutor-organiser for Essex with a Federation Executive highly committed to voluntary participation , felt that ‘ any of my organising work could be done by voluntary branch members if they had the time . |
| 15 | The locals find they must leave , while houses in their village remain locked and empty for months at a time . |
| 16 | There was a moral dilemma here , since what was good for the survival of the colony was harmful for others in a society which Makarenko wished to see participating in group ownership on collective lines . |
| 17 | The problem is one which affects all libraries which follow a responsible programme of binding , since , for reasons both of conservation and security , serial parts must be bound as early as possible , with the result that they tend to become unavailable for consultation at a time when demand for them is relatively high . |
| 18 | The holes got bigger on top of the hill so I rang them again saying they 're dangerous for cyclist for a motorbike could have an accident . |
| 19 | Though a particular district might remain untouched for years at a time , there was always disease somewhere on the island . |
| 20 | A local supplement is payable for use of a shower . |
| 21 | The weather had been typical for August with a period of heavy rain and the men returning to work found that a land slip had occurred . |
| 22 | In the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth , fraud and accident — especially the accidental loss of a document — are regarded as matters peculiarly appropriate for relief in a Court of Equity — matters which a Common Law Court can not sufficiently deal with . |
| 23 | The collection includes a despatch bag , perfect for use as a flight bag ; small , medium and large duffle bags ; an overnighter , ideal for weekends away and a functional suit carrier . |
| 24 | In our consultation paper , and now in the Bill , we have recognised further that there will be certain circumstances in which it would be inappropriate for members of a household to add to that household 's bill . |
| 25 | He had been Sam 's best customer during his vacation , had spent a few pounds on skates and cycles , and had in fact hired these for days at a time . |
| 26 | The fact that this idiom , which was never spoken on sea or land , is NOT fit for use in the new poetry of 1933–4 does not mean that it is unfit for use in a translation of a poem finished in 1321 . |
| 27 | Yes , that 's fine for Eric for a while . |
| 28 | AN ANGLER landed a fine for fishing in a river where he thought he could catch big fish . |
| 29 | With an 8 part multi-play mode , built in drums and 16 on-board digital effects , the SY35 is ideal for use with a sequencer while a velocity and after touch sensitive keyboard will satisfy even the most discerning musician . |
| 30 | This method of joining a neckband to a garment is ideal for use with a cut and sew neck . |