Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] for this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These modes can thus give rise to an Ikeda instability ( which will now have a period rather than 2tR ) provided these modes are resolved into two gain peaks : a high-finesse resonator is thus required for this version of the Ikeda instability , which gives rise to chaos via a period-doubling cascade in parameter regions corresponding to the upper branch of optical bistability { 23 } .
2 Nowadays the term paradigmatic is normally used for this type of relationship , on the model of the grammatical notion of a paradigm , a tabular representation of the conjugation of a verb or the declension of a noun or adjective .
3 Again , lively and vivid language is best employed for this end .
4 The report 's author , Sir Ieuan Maddock , a former chief scientist at the Department of Industry , says the Ministry of Defence is partly to blame for this stagnation in ‘ technology transfer ’ .
5 Equalization is not so much between classes as between individuals within a population which is now treated for this purpose as though it were one class .
6 Benzoic acid is often used for this purpose .
7 Since film is a language which is expressed primarily in visual terms , it makes sense to plan your movies in a visual way , and the technique of storyboarding is often used for this reason .
8 David is consequently punished for this action .
9 This analogue is ideally suited for this purpose since it removes a hydrogen bond acceptor ( adenine N-3 ) from the minor groove , but maintains the essential Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding scheme .
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