Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The home side were less grateful for the woodwork , when Jim Magilton beat the wall and the 'keeper with a near-perfect free-kick . |
| 2 | This had to be abandoned as conditions at the harbour entrance were too dangerous for the lifeboat to enter . |
| 3 | The court held that the second defendant was not liable for the cost of a respray , as at the time of the accident the car was already in need of one . |
| 4 | The result was most timely for the West Indies even if it left the South Africans in a state of some shock . |
| 5 | The result was particularly welcome for the Greens ( led in Hesse by the pragmatist former Bundestag deputy Joschka Fischer ) , which had failed to win representation in the Bundestag in the December 1990 general election . |
| 6 | The depth of divisions during the debate and the strength of the opposition was apparently responsible for the plenum overrunning its original two-day schedule . |
| 7 | Savognia was exceptionally tall for an Italian and stood well above Ludovico . |
| 8 | The car was too large for the lane so they walked in . |
| 9 | The boat was too small for a long journey , and I did not want to die at sea . |
| 10 | Spring was too yellow for the purposes of painting , and he agreed with Wordsworth that the greens of summer were monotonous . |
| 11 | The International Herald Tribune of Aug. 10 quoted United States scientists as saying that acid pollution from Mexico 's oil industry was largely responsible for the recent rapid deterioration of some of that country 's Mayan monuments , notably those of the Yucatán peninsula . |
| 12 | Nizan was undoubtedly ripe for the PCF in 1927 . |
| 13 | If we decided through the first of these two methods , which begins with moral assessment of each individual 's record one by one , that each shareholder was indeed responsible for a share of the loss , then we might well report our conclusion in the language of personification . |
| 14 | It was ‘ ex-chief whip 's talk ’ , she said , as if the use of that kind of skill were too sullying for a delicately brought-up gal like her . |
| 15 | It appears that previous senior management were not suitable for an establishment with such a high turn-over . |
| 16 | Following as it did the enormous publicity that surrounded the child abuse allegations in Cleveland , Nottingham , and Rochdale , Orkney Islands Council were strangely unprepared for the wide interest their own case attracted . |
| 17 | The scene was now set for the final explosion . |
| 18 | Also on Dec. 20 the general view was expressed within the TNC that the scene was now set for the major effort necessary to secure a substantial result over the next 11 months , although both within the TNC and ( on Dec. 19-20 ) within the Group of Negotiations on Goods ( GNG ) various participants voiced concern at a lack of balance in the progress achieved in certain negotiating groups , at developments in the market access groups ( especially relating to tariff reductions ) and at the devotion of insufficient attention to development issues in many parts of the negotiations . |
| 19 | The role of Treasurer over the years has grown from overseeing simple book-keeping to an extensive involvement and the contributions of Leslie Wise , A.J. Chapman , Albert ( Bert ) Ford and currently Jim Grey , have been valuable indeed and it is not surprising that Arthur Chapman felt the work was too demanding for an Honorary Treasurer , although what each does might vary depending on what bias the secretary brings to his post . |
| 20 | The reception of Leapor 's work was sufficiently warm for a second volume to be considered . |
| 21 | It is concluded that the programme conducted by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee was more appropriate for the people of Bangladesh than the National Oral Rehydration Programme . |
| 22 | This attitude was also responsible for a new horological invention that was ultimately to be of far-reaching social significance . |
| 23 | Penetrance was almost complete for the recessive homozygote in all liability classes . |
| 24 | Although the contralateral impairment observed with simultaneous digit presentation to the two ears was found after both left and right sided lobectomy , the overall efficiency of recall was much higher for the right temporal group of patients . |
| 25 | The House of Lords held that the council was not liable for the plaintiff 's loss , which was economic and not within the accepted categories . |
| 26 | It seems that the use of a weapon is important in determining the legal classification of offences ( not surprisingly , since offences involving weapons may tend to have more serious consequences ) : some three-quarters of the serious woundings involved a weapon , whereas the proportion was only one-fifth for the less serious offences . |
| 27 | The Second Diaspora was more traumatic for the Jews of the twentieth century than the one which scattered their forebears 2000 years previously . |
| 28 | Bequests of this nature were not uncommon for the maintenance of the light in other churches around Kent , including gifts of land , sheep , cows , corn and wax . |
| 29 | However , a good night 's sleep and a hearty breakfast worked wonders and the whole team was soon ready for a full day of Medau at the Norfolk Festival of Movement . |
| 30 | ‘ The job was too major for the district council 's own cleansing department ’ , said Colin Wallace , representing the Environmental Health department . |