Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] be [vb pp] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each should be designed for its recipient , but remember that other eyes may see it . |
| 2 | HEXHAM ( Northumberland ) Although in England , this must be recommended for its imaginative displays in the Middle March Centre of Border reiving history , with chillingly convincing soundtrack backgrounds to colourful life-size tableaux . |
| 3 | Perfect information is usually not practicable but the concept is useful in establishing how much can be paid for whatever additional information is available . |
| 4 | Perfect information is usually not practicable but the concept is useful in establishing how much can be paid for whatever additional information is available . |
| 5 | If the Pharisees and Scribes thought themselves to be so perfect that they were not aware of their own sin then little could be done for them . |
| 6 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 7 | Firmness was all that could be said for it . |
| 8 | The area in which they lived was overcrowded and unsalubrious and if there was rather less unemployment than in the north of England , that was about all that could be said for it . |
| 9 | For surely someone as gifted as that deserved all that could be done for him : and ‘ the gift ’ put it above any gossip about an overkeen schoolmaster bringing on a bright pupil and overrode any chatter about the besotted nature of his devotion . |
| 10 | As to disease factors , these should be known for your unit . |
| 11 | Normally these would be redeemed for their set valuation plus one-fifth . |
| 12 | It is sometimes admitted that there are dangers in this in that they can take the wrong decisions , about new technology , or marketing a product , or about industrial relations , and it is implied that if these decisions lead to the wrong strategy then all will be lost for everyone . |
| 13 | Survivors have always been told the terms of the peace treaty with Japan meant nothing more could be done for them . |
| 14 | The same could be said for his successor . |
| 15 | The least that can be said for him was that he convinced many that the non-combatants ' interests were worthy of consideration . |
| 16 | But ‘ not bad ’ is about the best that can be said for it . |
| 17 | The most that can be claimed for it is that it is ingenious . |
| 18 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |