Example sentences of "to be [adj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain occupations were held to be unfitting for baptized believers ; magic , idolatry , eroticism , games in the amphitheatre ranked as unsuitable occupations . |
| 2 | Syntactic structure does appear to be suitable for semantic purposes , one can develop compositional semantic rules that apply to syntactic structures . |
| 3 | These go beyond the immediate issues raised by a particular case and spell out the range of penalties felt to be appropriate for varying degrees of seriousness within a given offence category . |
| 4 | Of these , the first three ( rules , programmes and procedures ; hierarchical referral ; goal-setting ) are very basic and can be found in practically any organisation but they are likely to be insufficient for non-routine activities , so organisations must also choose some combination of the remaining four options . |
| 5 | Still … those recent moments along the track had been wonderful — while they 'd lasted — and she was learning to be thankful for small moments of joy . |
| 6 | After an absence of so many years , this kissing among men seems an odd thing , but one ought to be thankful for small mercies : at least it is only two kisses and not three , as is the Russian custom . |
| 7 | TO be thankful for small mercies will be a vital ingredient of England 's hopes of success on the three-month tour to India and Sri Lanka . |
| 8 | She wondered wryly whether to be thankful for small mercies , or to feel insulted . |
| 9 | It also ties in well with the availability of seismic vessels which are normally based in the North Sea — because of bad weather there during winter the boats are more likely to be available for other assignments . |
| 10 | A reviewer of a hangman program recently suggested that the detail was so gruesome as to be unsuitable for young children ! |
| 11 | Gardens which have been carefully designed and closely planted may appear to be unsuitable for additional plantings of herbs , but a herbaceous border , for instance , which needs to be re-dug every few years , with some of its incumbents divided or discarded , can well take some herbal plants , to supply flowers and/or architectural quality . |
| 12 | This , however , proved to be wholly inappropriate for Wellcome 's needs , largely due to the fact that GIS had a big effect on the system response times and that the amount of report formatting which was required proved to be unmanageable for on-line GIS . |
| 13 | They do n't want to risk a break-up — perhaps for the sake of the children , or because it suits them to be married for other reasons . |
| 14 | The Universal Decimal Classification was devised with a very fine specification , and as such is found to be useful for technical libraries and for information retrieval . |
| 15 | Our collections are a very important European resource , and have the potential to be useful for scientific purposes to all Member States . |
| 16 | If the less frequently attacked male groin must be protected by a guard , then it follows that chest protectors ought to be compulsory for female contestants . |
| 17 | Both Kolisko 's and Boyd 's experiments were painstaking and proved to be impossible for other workers to replicate because of the complicated experimental apparatus involved . |
| 18 | Something of the sort seems to be true for migratory birds , who have some practical grasp of the earth 's magnetic field or of stellar constellations ; and , as I shall suggest presently , the kingfisher may have some practical grasp of the refractive properties of water . |
| 19 | Gaidar ( as Deputy Premier in charge of economic reform — see below for his transfer to the Finance Ministry ) pledged government help for the farmers , promising that they would continue to be eligible for preferential loans , and that a draft bill to release farmers ' sons from military service was in preparation . |
| 20 | In this particular case the client , who had a copy of the source code , could carry out error correction himself but , because he had brought the contract to an end , the supplier would cease to be liable for unremedied defects . |
| 21 | What may prove to be important for future generations of elderly people in terms of care and living arrangements , is the numbers who will have experienced a divorce . |
| 22 | The POU domain has also been shown to be important for protein-protein interactions ( 55 ) . |
| 23 | The penultimate chapter examines selected features of crime in general , especially the social characteristics of persons thought to be responsible for various offences . |
| 24 | for example , the Act says that governors are to be responsible for disciplinary procedures for staff , and a collective agreement which gave this function to the LEA could therefore not apply . |
| 25 | I do n't want to be responsible for needless deaths . ’ |
| 26 | For example , an increase of approximately 100 per cent in vehicle mileage by 2025 is widely acknowledged as likely to be responsible for huge increases in energy consumption and pollution , yet the Department of Transport " is n't interested in energy efficiency " . |
| 27 | Council officers say the vandalism meant the present exhibition Funny Energy had to be open for restricted hours only . |
| 28 | Council officers say the vandalism has been consistent and meant the present exhibition Funny Energy had to be open for restricted hours only . |
| 29 | There are a large number of op. -amps on the market which purport to be ideal for audio applications . |