Example sentences of "[pron] is [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hulse and Taylor found that the period changed by as much as 80 µs with a 7.75 h cycle , which is uncharacteristic behaviour for a pulsar . |
| 2 | You can see that with the possible exception of a few dust samples there are no radiometric ages older than 4600 Ma , which is additional evidence for this being the age of formation of the planets . |
| 3 | Mr Crichton said if Leslie had been armed with such a baton — which is standard issue for officers in the United States — she might have been able to protect herself . |
| 4 | Only a tiny 7% of the male population do not shave regularly which is great news for women who prefer their men to be clean shaven . |
| 5 | In remote sensing research the department is part of a consortium , led from NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California , which is developing techniques for measuring trace gases in the atmosphere by measuring emitted microwave radiation . |
| 6 | That is a benefit to him which is good consideration for his promise to pay maintenance . |
| 7 | This area of the holiday business is a growth area — which is good news for the many scholars who would formerly have worked only for universities and can now supplement their incomes as tour guides . |
| 8 | As with most things in this 24 hour a day town , the bar never closes which is good news for pool and table-football fans who are well catered for here . |
| 9 | All of which is good news for those who travel back here year after year , but disappointing for those who find out about Bellagio too late and ca n't book it for love nor money … |
| 10 | BNFL publicity manager said : ‘ The Visitors Centre is bringing in more and more people , which is good news for BNFL and the West cumbria tourism industry . ’ |
| 11 | About 90 per cent of the engines produced at Ellesmere Port will be exported to Europe which is good news for Britain too . |
| 12 | Which is good news for me ! ’ |
| 13 | Sterland is a mystery , aside from the fact that if you pick defenders who are nt playing , you get a nil return … which is good/average scoring for defence . |
| 14 | Erm , in addition to that there 's the erm there 's the U A three stuff in the first half of this year which is fourteen people for four months , eight people for two months effectively . |
| 15 | Output is now being increased as the domestic cattle population increases , and as tropical forest is felled to make way for grassland — which is ideal territory for termites . |
| 16 | He is doing very well , which is excellent news for me . |
| 17 | With this in mind , Caroline picked out the dog's-tooth check suit by Principles , shown here in red ( also available in black ) , which is excellent value for money and extremely versatile . |
| 18 | It is , of course , a good thing that Extreme dislike war and racism , print addresses for Greenpeace and Amnesty on the sleeve and so forth , but they have nothing of interest to say on the topics ( Nuno wishes that ‘ we were all colourblind , so we could live together peacefully ’ , which is bad news for traffic light designers ) and blow up their tiny philosophical points and questions to elephant size , but in the end , orchestras , big productions and songs in three parts can not disguise lame tunes and lack of anything to say . |
| 19 | The Edinburgh side are now at full strength which is bad news for Kelburne whose international players , David Fowler and Michael Starling , have to readjust to the indoor set-up after their trip to Cairo last week with the Scottish outdoor squad . |
| 20 | One of the issues in this case was whether so-called ‘ prerogative powers ’ of the Crown ( which is another name for central government ) are subject to judicial review . |
| 21 | And that in fact what we already have in this county is a balance of policies which substantially favour environmental protection and this is just a means of adding another one which is another hurdle for any department to erm to actually er meet . |
| 22 | Some will involve drawing instruments , some real life calculations , and some simple mathematical model making — which is another term for algebra . |
| 23 | Fight the flab with fat-burning aerobic dance which is another alternative for those who only want to shake in the right places . |
| 24 | As the Conservative party is on the point of becoming the third party in a four-party country at the by-election later this week , is it not time that the Government stopped giving Scotland what it does not want — nuclear waste and nuclear energy — and instead gave Scotland what it wants , which is direct encouragement for renewable energies in a country which the Minister himself described as rich in potential for such developments ? |
| 25 | Eliot does so much , she is all game for it herself . |
| 26 | But it 's important that you get Robert G Hughes and not Robert Hughes who is Labour MP for Aberdeen . |
| 27 | The question arises who is this analysis for , and who does what about it ? |
| 28 | Rayo , who is running lead for me today in harness with Kaisa , gets her leg caught up in the trace . |
| 29 | St Jovite , Europe 's leading colt who is 6–4 favourite for the Arc , runs in the Champion Stakes at Leopardtown today . |
| 30 | If the potential business is valuable enough , or of the deficiencies are such that they can be convinced that improvement will improve their trading prospects as a whole , then there is great scope for negotiation to seek changes that will satisfy requirements . |