Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the TROG and the NSST , the TACL has been standardised on British children and therefore age-based comparisons are likely to be much more useful for this group . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ Removing the boundary wall would make the site much more pleasant for both parties . ’ |
| 3 | And it 's much more usual for that kind of thing to happen , so that you are more likely to get a , a minister who has a very good idea about how erm the civil service functions because he 's been part of it . |
| 4 | A solid plastic bed is much more satisfactory for this purpose , provided that it will not be chewed . |
| 5 | It is now much more common for both partners in the marriage to be employed , and therefore for both to be members of pension schemes , than when the design of most schemes was undertaken . |
| 6 | Many a reader of The Possessed will have smiled at Von Lemke 's paper cut-outs — the conductor waving his baton , the bustling railway porter , the hell-fire gesticulating preacher — and at the same time he will have wondered why the microcosmic animated toys feel so supremely right for this novel . |
| 7 | David Ross , park general manager , said : ‘ Working with a herd of elephants is obviously fairly unusual for most builders . |
| 8 | But the molecular weights were enormous , implying molecules which contained thousands of atoms , much too complicated for any details of their structure to be worked out . |
| 9 | " But is n't it much too difficult for most children ? " |
| 10 | It is all too easy for this system to lead to a ‘ disabling ’ rather than an ‘ enabling ’ context for students ' adult lives , thus negating the benefits of a college-based ‘ Transition to Adulthood ’ course . |
| 11 | It is all too easy for this principle to be forgotten . |
| 12 | ‘ We feel so very sorry for this girl , coming all this way for nothing . |
| 13 | Anyway , interstellar travel would be amazingly expensive — perhaps too expensive for most civilizations to contemplate . |
| 14 | When asked to talk through her technique , she appears reticent , suggesting that it is a little too simplistic and old-fashioned , perhaps too naive for those readers who have been to art school . |
| 15 | When asked to talk through her technique , she appears reticent , suggesting that it is a little too simplistic and old-fashioned , perhaps too naive for those readers who have been to art school . |
| 16 | It is a good idea to practise this technique using the same piece of music each time and the length of one side of a cassette or record ( usually about twenty minutes ) is just about right for this exercise . |
| 17 | A few varieties of supple-stemmed rambler are just as suitable for this purpose , covering many square yards once they become established . |
| 18 | Prices are generally too high for any quality furniture that might be suitable for reworking . |
| 19 | Bell Labs notes that fault tolerance is common in hardware and in operating systems , but generally too costly for many software systems , and says that as far as it knows , these are the first general-purpose software modules , and they set a trend toward low-cost fault-tolerance in user-level software . |
| 20 | It is a dilemma : if we strive to be ever more efficient for this moment in time , does that make us more efficient for the future ? |
| 21 | However , there is little evidence to suggest that these give better estimates of opinions which are any more accurate for these purposes than those yielded by carefully chosen quota samples . |
| 22 | Data will be more readily available for some countries than for others , and sources of data will differ . |
| 23 | ‘ And if I had known , even just that you were free to love me if I could persuade you to , I would n't have been so — ’ Breaking off , Luke was once again silent for several seconds . |
| 24 | Psychologists speculate that much of the current dissatisfaction with the economy is caused by the presence of previously unattainable consumer products like VCRs , which are now available but still too expensive for most Poles . |
| 25 | But it 's still too early for these guys . |
| 26 | He was still too confused for any sort of confrontation with the old man . |
| 27 | Also , whereas 36in. and 32in. sets are still too large for most living-rooms , the 28in. is of manageable size , and weight . |
| 28 | Although she was cited as an experienced tropical fishkeeper she apparently lacked the knowledge that an experienced hobbyist would have had — that 4mm glass is always too thin for this type of tank . |
| 29 | It is not nearly so intriguing for this writer as is the closed book of Vincent 's intimate life in this unlikely household , with a woman who allowed him to clean her up , who tended and fed her like a mother , rocked the cradle of her newborn baby , and shared his food and his room with her . |
| 30 | At this stage they are probably too acidic for most palates to be eaten raw , but they are ideal for using in pies , tarts , jams and jellies . |