Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This year is the 21st anniversary of Durham Wildlife Trust and I am busy preparing for that . |
| 2 | Give him a pen , a pint and a puzzle and he 's happy LUNCH for Bill Pilkington usually comprises a pint and The Times crossword lingering over one and whizzing through the other . |
| 3 | ‘ However , it does give you a huge personal lift and it is great recognition for the work you do . ’ |
| 4 | It is good news for jobs and it is good news for the town . |
| 5 | We are already halfway through a Bill which is a major step forward in that respect , and it is breath-taking nonsense for the hon. Gentlemen to suggest that Labour authorities were pioneers in the provision of better services to their constituents . |
| 6 | Philistinism is rife , and it is high time for some loud restatement of the old conservationist maxim that ownership is no more than a temporary rental on the nation 's heritage . |
| 7 | They rarely go hungry , but they are easy prey for aquatic hunters , having little or no mobility with which to defend themselves . |
| 8 | But it is good news for the insurance fraternity : the US government , which owns the satellite , did not bother to take out insurance on it . |
| 9 | But it is good practice for the tenant 's adviser to ensure that a right of entry is expressly conditional on the landlord making good any damage caused by his entry . |
| 10 | But it was , but it 's good news for Oxfordshire is n't it — Nigel back to Williams . |
| 11 | That will spare Italy 's World Cup blushes — but it 's bad news for Scotland , their next opponents , who will now have to face him at Ibrox on November 18 . |
| 12 | Well , it was a rather dull start in the south of the area , but it was unbroken sunshine for Fife and Central regions . |
| 13 | This was not that event , but it was good practise for it . |
| 14 | The boundaries may have been short , with netting to protect the club 's offices , but it was worthwhile practice for Smith , and a glimpse of warmer times ahead for a remarkable crowd ; there were about 100 well wrapped-up diehards , one of whom plonked himself in a red deckchair on the outfield , dangerously at midwicket . |
| 15 | Gary McKeown slanted over an inviting ball , but it was criminal negligence for the visitors to allow Gary Paterson the time and space to chest the ball down before burying it in the net . |
| 16 | Gary McKeown slanted over an inviting ball , but it was criminal negligence for the visitors to allow Gary Paterson the time and space to chest the ball down before burying it in the net . |
| 17 | The judge said that he did n't know what the odds of such an event were , but it was bad luck for the man and good luck for justice . |
| 18 | We had seven carts to carry our furniture up that icy hill , but it was hard work for the horses . |