Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are grateful for all these contributions which have substantially enhanced the quality of life of the residents at Sussexdown . |
| 2 | As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour . |
| 3 | He named it Latimeria and informed an astonished world that a creature thought to have been extinct for 70 million years was still alive . |
| 4 | In view of the high population of Hong Kong ( c. 5.5 million ) and their proximity to urban areas , these sites are popular for informal leisure-time activities ; already there is evidence that serious degradation has occurred due to heavy use ( Jim 1987b ) . |
| 5 | We are trying to populate a land which has been derelict for two thousand years with a people which has been scattered for two thousand years . |
| 6 | The various vibration bands for a given molecule have distinct band envelopes that depend on the symmetries of the vibrations concerned , because the rotational selection rules are different for different vibrational symmetries . |
| 7 | These rates are payable for any new members joining the Society from September on — thus giving three free months . |
| 8 | Life , in fact , would have been impossible for most higher forms , with only the hardiest microbes surviving . |
| 9 | Then , late one afternoon when Chola had been ill for three consecutive days , Kalchu asked the dhāmi once again to call the god to the shrine on the roof of his own house . |
| 10 | Most varieties supplied by garden centres grow a little too large to make ideal houseplants if you just take them in for the winter , but many dwarf and miniature types are ideal for deep sunny windowsills . |
| 11 | They offer the advantages of cheapness , ease of operation and simple maintenance , and are ideal for routine petrographic purposes . |
| 12 | When every second , third , … nth record is updated , conditions are ideal for rapid skip-sequential runs . |
| 13 | Suppose that dividends ( and therefore economic earnings ) are constant for all future periods . |
| 14 | They had probably been married for some thirty-odd years , perhaps longer . |
| 15 | They are useful for many other jobs around the home and garden . |
| 16 | Ocean currents are important for other coastal plants such as some mangroves ( though none of these has reached the isolated archipelago of Hawaii ) , while seeds of the forest lianes , Entada ( Leguminosae ) , are washed even as far as Europe . |
| 17 | ICI has been responsible for many major developments in acrylics since the 1930s . |
| 18 | Remarks made on Dec. 6 by an APLA spokesperson were widely seen as a " declaration of war " on the white community , and APLA was also believed to have been responsible for various other incidents . |
| 19 | I came to believe that I had been responsible for those terrible things , that I was to blame , that I must be very bad . |
| 20 | No evidence has yet been forthcoming for any external towers , the mortared stone foundation in Kingshams Field now being assigned to the medieval defences . |
| 21 | But a much smaller rise could be devastating for many coastal areas and islands . |
| 22 | ‘ I think I 'll always be grateful for those few weeks when Elise and I were together . |
| 23 | If you have not bought any new appliances since you first moved into your home , or if your family has changed in numbers , you might be due for some updated versions . |
| 24 | The second is that the proposals are considered to be impracticable for most small companies and their auditors . |
| 25 | ( A Speed Test fee will be payable for such supplementary entries . ) |
| 26 | ( A Speed Test fee will be payable for such supplementary entries . ) |
| 27 | Both logistically and procedurally it would be impossible for all four cases to be pursued to trial at the same time , and it was therefore natural for the Barclays ( Asia ) and West L.B. matters to be placed in relative suspense , whilst attention was concentrated on Carrian and B.M.F.L. |
| 28 | A database so created would be satisfactory for some specific applications , but would not be adequate for many applications . |
| 29 | It is always advisable to check on marketability as it can be tight for some smaller issues . |
| 30 | ‘ It may well be inappropriate for such smaller companies to join the main stock market , ’ he continued , ‘ but that does n't solve their funding problem . |