Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adj] [verb] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing Less likely to last for ever |
| 2 | On some models you can adjust the distance that the blades will open and this can make them less tiring to use for a prolonged period . |
| 3 | In LBOs , creditors are often also shareholders , making them less likely to jostle for advantage when times get tough . |
| 4 | The cost per head will be £5.00 ( which allows for a contribution to NCT funds if enough of us go ) and its obviously sensible to arrange for us to share 4–5 cars . |
| 5 | It is clear that she will never marry and have children , follow a career enjoy the leisure interests of her own age group or otherwise enjoy the quality of life which so many take for granted . |
| 6 | The ambiguity of something so ill-defined argued for on such different , and sometimes contradictory grounds , needs serious analysis . |
| 7 | None too quietly , he asked the woman if she would mind leaving him alone , just for a while , since he had something more important to do for the minute than listen to her gripes and belly-aching . |
| 8 | Maybe he thinks being a Sergeant in the Engineers makes him too good to work for ordinary folk . |
| 9 | He was going to find it rather difficult to talk for a few days , Kathleen realised . |
| 10 | For psychology , … the question of its essence , or ( more modestly ) of its concept , also puts in question the very existence of the psychologist to the extent that , being unable to declare exactly what he is , he finds it extremely difficult to answer for what he does . |
| 11 | But we would find it extremely difficult to pay for his tuition as well . |
| 12 | Someone concerned at the suffering might well think it more appropriate to work for reformation rather than abolition . |
| 13 | It tried to decrease independent expenditures of PACs by repealing existing tax credit , thus making it more efficient to look for small individual contributions and thereby reduce the power of the PACs . |
| 14 | The softness of gold made it relatively easy to employ for ornamental purposes . |
| 15 | They find it very difficult to cook for themselves , shop for themselves and generally look after themselves in all the ways that we would accept as being quite normal . |
| 16 | But on the whole once I 've got talking it 's been very successful , and people are always amazed at what they do remember in great detail about how they got things , why they got them , when they got them , and I think by and large the people that I have talked to have found it very interesting to do for themselves as well as for me . |
| 17 | I reckon he 'll probably come good in time , but we ca n't afford to leave it too long to wait for both him and Deano to start coming up with the goods . |
| 18 | Obviously he 's never going to get his chair up serious hills on his own , but is it too much to ask for the planners of country parks and the like to consider less able users when planning level routes such as nature trails ? |
| 19 | Having tried out these various methods you might consider them too time-consuming to use for large areas but they are so attractive that they can be put to good use as trimmings . |