Example sentences of "for [adj] [adj] [noun] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main problem for instrumental Marxist accounts is that they have great difficulty in explaining the eclecticism and indeterminacy of events in the world under a single reductionist or economist explanation which relates all actions by the state to the desires and power capabilities of a ruling class based on economic ownership . |
| 2 | The problem for would-be physiological psychologists is that until relatively recently there have been no other natural phenomena or man-made devices that we understand better than human behaviour that could act as a model or analogy . |
| 3 | Chomsky 's explanation for this apparent contradiction is that , during the process of production , grammatical knowledge is imperfectly translated into speech because of memory constraints and fluctuating attention . |
| 4 | The nemesis for this pure empiricism is that some ‘ megatrends ’ may be greatly exaggerated ; the outcome of some social and political conflicts may be wrongly estimated and some ‘ megatrends ’ may be omitted altogether , if they do not happen to slot into the chosen classification system . |
| 5 | As she soon discovered , the explanation for this unseemly merriment was that when the priest directing the operations had solemnly inquired how the sick patient was , the child had irreverently blurted out : ‘ I am bursting , let me out , I want to pee . ’ |
| 6 | Another reason for this special approach is that the employer does not pay a premium for freedom from competition from his employee . |
| 7 | The justification for this secret diplomacy was that a loud voice would not have produced better results . |
| 8 | ‘ The problem for this Tory government is that their ideology is out of phase with the demands of ecology . ’ |
| 9 | What he calls the ‘ fancy explanation ’ for this architectural love is that he was baptised in a Romanesque font in the Dorset village of Stoke Abbot , but the reality is that as a student at Durham he was profoundly influenced by the majestic presence of the cathedral : |
| 10 | The reason for the need for this rigorous honesty is that a continuing sense of guilt and remorse will reduce the sense of self-worth and well-being . |
| 11 | The reason for this lenient approach is that the court will not want to undermine the statutory regulations which are often designed to protect workmen from the consequences of their own carelessness . |
| 12 | The second reason for this relative complexity is that , as we have already noticed , given lexical items do not necessarily belong to the same sets as in ‘ standard ’ English . |
| 13 | One of the explanations for this unexpected result is that the colon specific antigens detected by ELISA and those detected by this ADCC assay may be different , and those detected by ADCC might be increased by treatment with IFN-γ . |
| 14 | The danger for such grand schemes is that the developed countries will think up targets for the rest of the world to meet , without fully considering the implications for their own domestic policies . |
| 15 | The popular ‘ explanation ’ for these pitiful remains is that the hedgehogs have been run over by motor cars . |
| 16 | Among the reasons for these large numbers are that there is no right of appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal to the courts ; that from many decisions by immigration officers adverse to immigrants , an appeal can be made only from outside the United Kingdom ; and that from some decisions ( such as some exclusions deemed conducive to the public good by the Secretary of State ) there are no rights of appeal at all . |
| 17 | The greatest problem for many elderly people is that relationships tend to dwindle . |
| 18 | This is reflected in the syllabus for the Institute examinations which are held at centres throughout the U.K. The first and most essential requirement of any student for any professional examination is that he or she must be able to communicate in the language ( in which he or she will be examined . ) |