Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It hoped that the involvement of neutral states like Austria , Sweden and Switzerland — all of whom obviously did not see membership as compromising their neutrality — would persuade the Soviet Union that the new association was sufficiently politically innocuous for Finland to be able to join it in the not too distant future . |
| 2 | Mr Tweedie said that , at present , it was all too easy for users to be left unaware of the total assets employed in a business , and its overall funding . |
| 3 | It was all too easy for opponents of the move towards greater political party involvement in national leadership to label the activities of politicians as corrupt , self-seeking , individualistic and anti-social . |
| 4 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
| 5 | At a time when vast tracts were unsettled , it was all too easy for governments to be profligate . |
| 6 | The novels enjoyed a limited success , but because most novelists were concerned at the time to redefine the relation of the individual to society in terms of changing values , it was all too easy for readers to focus on the social dimension of Brooke-Rose 's fiction and to overlook those aspects which can in retrospect be seen to prefigure the problems and techniques of her later work . |
| 7 | Without such basic information we realized it was all too easy for myths and fantasies to develop about the demands of the investigative service . |
| 8 | At the time , as the stations were being built , it was much less easy for outsiders to see what was going on , or to make informed assessments of the rosy promises being made about the future . |
| 9 | In fact , it was much more common for colonies to break up into a number of separate units as they grew larger . |
| 10 | But the pace was much too hot for Beris , and when he peeled off after five laps Hupsith toiled on alone , slowing noticeably to finish in a modest 14 mins 20.3 secs . |
| 11 | But I was in two minds about him for another reason : he was already too old for training purposes , and of course that was why I wanted a bird . |
| 12 | Company car drivers used to beg off being given a diesel by protesting that it was just too sluggish for business use . |
| 13 | In France , at the accession of Henry II in 1547 , each of the four secrétaires des finances was given the task of overseeing the administration of a group of French provinces and also of relations with the foreign states which bordered on these ; thus for example the secretary who supervised Burgundy and Champagne was normally also responsible for relations with the Swiss cantons and the states of west Germany . |
| 14 | She was more angry than shocked , particularly when Old Red suggested it was not wholly wise for ladies not in their first youth to climb ladders . |
| 15 | Amnesty International was not immediately available for comment . |
| 16 | An NIO spokesman was not immediately available for comment . |
| 17 | Mr Pink was not immediately available for comment but his solicitor , Robin Lewis , said : ‘ This is not a settlement , it is a concession . |
| 18 | The competition was not just humbling for Joe but also exhausting : ‘ We were playing non stop bridge for 11 hours per day over four days . |
| 19 | The implementation of comprehensive education was not just significant for teachers in secondary schools , who were forced to reassess their curriculum and school organisation . |
| 20 | The Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , who had previously held that the time was not yet ripe for ERM entry , said at a press conference later on Oct. 5 that it was now possible because of " incontestable signs that the economy is working in the way we intended it to " . |
| 21 | In the instant case the IT were entitled to find that it was not reasonably practicable for Mr Sen to have presented his unfair dismissal claim in time , notwithstanding that he had been given erroneous advice about the time limit by a solicitor in circumstances where he had also been wrongly advised as to the time limit by a member of the IT staff . |
| 22 | The owner of the magazine was not normally available for comment if the Press at large wanted to interview him . |
| 23 | Having thus identified the right way to do the job and explained why it was not practically possible for Owen to adopt it , they then proceed to attack the substance of his proposal . |
| 24 | And she also knew that Dr Neil was well aware of why she had done what she did , and she knew something else — he was not only sorry for McAllister , but was even sorrier for Mrs Darrell , as well , a widow who had lost her husband in the most cruel circumstances , and for whom he knew that he would never offer , despite his pity for her . |
| 25 | It then , in October , expressed its concern that a high proportion of courses in subjects other than business studies were being turned down , and it suggested that one of the reasons making it difficult for such courses to be approved might be that ‘ the Council 's present structure of honours and ordinary degrees was not so appropriate for courses in those fields ’ as in science and technology . |
| 26 | Now that he was down at ground level it was not so easy for Patrick to locate the dell where he had seen the immaculate golfer . |
| 27 | Yet this admission was not so grievous for Tate as it would have been for others . |
| 28 | As Cantona brushed aside Liverpool with brilliant strokes in front of goal , both on the ground and in the air , the canvas was not so pretty for Graeme Souness . |
| 29 | No existing test was found which precisely suited the team 's purposes , so one which , though useful , was not entirely suitable for dementia sufferers living at home , was adapted . |
| 30 | The manuscript , however , was not entirely ready for publication , " and during the next few weeks Nietzsche submitted it to a final revision . |