Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I like the walrus best ’ , … ‘ because he was a little sorry for the poor oysters . ’ |
| 2 | I felt a little sorry for the old fellow . |
| 3 | She 'd feel a little sorry for the little girl if she blacked out in the race and fell under all those hooves . |
| 4 | Central Council is most grateful for the generous support that has led to this successful outcome . |
| 5 | Death must represent one of the strongest impingements of reality , and perhaps the most confusing for the confused self . |
| 6 | If a planning authority wished to restrict its activities , it was held that it was only right for the extra costs to be reimbursed . |
| 7 | Thus she was constantly grateful for the unfailing vigilance and support of her Chief Wren . |
| 8 | This is less practicable for the smaller firm , but all firms should incorporate in their selection procedures a judgment on whether an applicant 's educational background appears to fit him or her as a candidate for the examinations . |
| 9 | All the Argentines adored him and nicknamed him Señor Gracias because he was so grateful for the smallest favour . |
| 10 | Re-entry into the labour force after child-rearing was less usual for the older group than for the younger ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) and therefore fewer would have had pensionable paid employment in the years before retirement . |
| 11 | Some authorities believe that a really delicate reaction is only possible for the domestic cat at up to 45,000 cycles per second . |
| 12 | Pauline , who always had back problems , felt so sorry for the little mare that she took her over from Jackie . |
| 13 | Higher notes may be reached in ff by good symphony-orchestra players , and are often found in big scores , but they are extremely risky for the average player and cause physical discomfort both to him and his audience . |
| 14 | While there are also a number of texts that claim to be fabliaux but which are not now considered to belong to the genre , the common characteristics of the type ( described below ) are sufficiently clear for the same number of texts again to be identified with and added to the self-proclaimed fabliaux . |
| 15 | Although the control of PGE in sheep is based on the same principles as that described for O. ostertagi in cattle , its practice is somewhat different for the following reasons : |
| 16 | This year , however , has seen life getting much tougher for the smaller societies . |
| 17 | It 's much easier for the young helper to do it all for you . |
| 18 | If it is , this will make it much easier for the creative people : if they can not actually find a typical individual customer , they can at least get a reasonably good idea of whom they are trying to reach . |
| 19 | This continuous appraisal helps to determine the prices at which securities are traded and makes it much easier for the institutional investors to reach a swift decision when they are invited to subscribe to or underwrite a new issue . |
| 20 | Hund 's Rules will usually give the ground term correctly , but they are less reliable for the higher energy states . |
| 21 | As the literature available was not entirely adequate for the new acceptance of the significance of human activity , the deficiency was remedied first by a series of collected readings ( Coates , 1972 , 1973 ) and Coates ( 1973 , p. 3 ) noted : |
| 22 | Works traditionally ascribed to the masters but considered by de Groot to be incorrect , have been omitted , for as the author stated : ‘ it is less unpleasant for the private collector to have his pictures passed over in silence than to have them mentioned and definitely described as false ’ . |
| 23 | Few could have been less suited for the military life than the historian Edward Gibbon who , as he admitted in his Autobiography , ‘ never handled a gun … seldom mounted a horse ’ but , living with his father , a country gentleman , at Buriton , near Petersfield , he felt obliged to apply for a commission as a captain in the South battalion of the Hampshire militia , 476 strong , of which his father became major and a local nobleman , ‘ after a prolix and passionate contest ’ with the Lord Lieutenant , lieut. -colonel . |
| 24 | These words sum up her intention and feelings , expressing the result of two years of preparation for a show that came to mean so much for the many artists participating in the event . |
| 25 | 4.22 So much for the straightforward case . |
| 26 | ‘ This tournament would mean so much for the entire country , in terms of tourism , resultant job creation , and even other industry , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Which you tend not to do so much for the shorter ones . |
| 28 | In a delightful letter one of these helpers wrote afterwards , saying ‘ … thank you all so much for the lovely welcome you gave me today … |
| 29 | However this seems only appropriate for the central figure , especially since his name is so strikingly left uncategorised . |
| 30 | So unlike for the basic rate taxpayer , the impact of the Budget tax credit changes is much less significant for the higher rate taxpayer — particularly as the capital gains tax exemption the PEP provides is likely to be of far more value to wealthier investors . |