Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The surviving building accounts and his own drawings make clear that he was responsible for the execution and design of this remarkable house between 1580 and 1588 . |
| 2 | A strip of electrician 's tape stuck round both sides of the base to make them waterproof and they 're ideal for bringing on any bulbs destined for the windowsill . |
| 3 | An amendment that the palace be run jointly with the Graduate Union was turned down on the grounds that ‘ the Graduates are too old and it 's bad for their health . ’ |
| 4 | But Leila was not foreign and it is unusual for one of our women to do things like that . |
| 5 | Even when abnormalities of colonic motor function are identified , it is not clear whether they are responsible for the symptoms . |
| 6 | It is not wholly clear whether it is permissible for the tribunal of fact to take into account the surrounding circumstances and the conduct of any person defending himself in assessing the level of violence being used , and the frightening quality of the incident . |
| 7 | Beccaria starts by looking at the justification of the right to punish ; he concludes that it is to be found in the social contract whose central tenet he declares to be ‘ the greatest happiness of the greatest number ’ ( it is possible that he is responsible for originating this particular cliché ) . |
| 8 | Sue is convinced that it 's vital for young people to be exposed as early as possible to The Arts and attain a clearer understanding of life as a professional creative person . |
| 9 | The more Renee Henry learnt about the therapy , the more she became convinced that it was right for her . |
| 10 | His stomach still felt queasy and he was grateful for the fresh air . |
| 11 | ( Loss is serious if it is serious for the person who suffers it ) . |
| 12 | This split is n't perfect because it is possible for some complex types of software error to produce what looks like random failure because a particular set of rare events have to occur . |
| 13 | It is accessible because it is affordable for those with average and reliable household incomes . |
| 14 | Both points of view are right if they are right for the person concerned . |
| 15 | Some diets may emerge so hard that it is impossible for them to be eaten by weanling mice . |
| 16 | His eyes looked so unhappy that she could hardly bear it , but before she could say anything more he had plunged on : ‘ It must have been obvious and I 'm sorry for that too . |
| 17 | The atmosphere should be electric and I am sure for many of my players it is the biggest game of their careers . |
| 18 | The ‘ opt out ’ method taken by the current system is not ideal but it is preferable for a system to admit it 's ignorance than to submit an incorrect suggestion . |
| 19 | This is all the more remarkable as he was responsible for giving away all five penalties . |
| 20 | A new poll commissioned by the Birth Control Trust showed that 82pc of people in the province thought abortion should be legal where it was necessary for the physical or mental health of the woman . |
| 21 | We in central Government are taking strenuous steps to make sure that we work effectively ; similarly , it is vital that local and health authorities , together with general practitioners , make sure that they are ready for April 1993 . |
| 22 | In my own survey of visitors to the British Museum in which teams of five interviewers worked for four separate weeks interviewing at the museum entrances I made sure that I was present for at least the first day of each survey and was available by phone during the rest of the time . |
| 23 | Make sure that it is valid for the duration of your holiday . |
| 24 | We do not need to be told that the factory girls were probably doing their best to make sure that it was impossible for her to pass without brushing against them , and that this would be construed as an insult . |
| 25 | And she was n't sure that she was ready for such exposure . |
| 26 | The first — from 1952 to 1957 — was so undistinguished that it was difficult for filmgoers to believe that she was the same actress who returned to movies after five years on Broadway . |
| 27 | The master of shock frock Fashion Editor tactics is Gianni Versace , whose bondage dresses have set supermodels like Cindy Crawford on fire — and are so distinctive that it 's easy for the High Street to copy , so that cage-style dresses are now everywhere . |
| 28 | By this point people are usually very capable and confident and it 's unusual for them to fail . |
| 29 | ‘ This is ludicrous because we are responsible for getting them out of any real trouble , should it arise . |
| 30 | Oh I have to erm see if you can go actually , erm that 's a weekend I 'm not sure when it 's open for anybody , cos they do ever such a lot of classes , they do scuba diving there as well |