Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Although a famous novelist has recently garnered considerable publicity for memorizing his interviews , this has long been standard practice for many sociologists . ) ’ |
| 2 | Unlike the Koran , however , the Bible has long been fair game for spirited literary re-readings . |
| 3 | Below are six requirements for a patio which we want you to place in order of importance : |
| 4 | This has all been good training for his new post . |
| 5 | For some time to come , there will obviously be two systems for the registration of charges operating side by side since the 1989 reforms are not retrospective . |
| 6 | If it was true what he said , that she kept him at arm 's length , surely there could only be one reason for that ? |
| 7 | The gap was far too narrow and he was travelling much too fast , and there can only be one reason for him making such a damnfool , cavalier manoeuvre — he was n't concentrating . |
| 8 | In the end there could only be one option for de Gaulle , but the time it took him to make the decision indicated how difficult it was . |
| 9 | There may only be one ground for divorce — irretrievable breakdown — but the only way you can prove it is by proving you 've got one of five grounds going for you : |
| 10 | ( A screw told me that a prison regulation stated that there should only be two chairs for every three women . ) |
| 11 | After the Edinburgh summit , that looks much less likely than it did and that can only be good news for Courtaulds . |
| 12 | Delegate Geoff Wright , from Leeds city Council , recently awarded an MBE for environmental services , said ‘ It 's clear that recycling domestic waste is fast becoming a growth industry in its own right , which can only be good news for waste avoidance in our towns and countryside and for the economy . ’ |
| 13 | This theft can only be bad news for the preservation movement . |
| 14 | Here I am , Serafin , writing my shopping list on the first piece of paper that comes to hand and what I 'm writing down is two shirts for myself and one for my son . |
| 15 | This contained 10 fireworks so was good value for money , but there were only seven varieties . |
| 16 | The grain that came in was that heading for the mills ? |
| 17 | During the same period , there has not been one prosecution for corruption , although it is no secret that the economy is dominated by powerful politicians with access to cheap state funds , import licences and influence . |
| 18 | Since I have been in the Chair , the Chief Secretary has been interrupted so often that there has not been much opportunity for him to do that . |
| 19 | THE PAST three dry years have not been good ones for young trees . |
| 20 | I am not saying that there has not been considerable support for it , and he can report that to the House . |
| 21 | Investigations conducted among more recent groups of émigrés suffer from the fact that such groups have been disproportionately Jewish ; there has nevertheless been some support for the view that nationality is not a ‘ primordial ’ attachment and that its political importance is likely to depend on situational factors such as the degree of competition for employment opportunities . |
| 22 | This had normally been sufficient pretext for direct military intervention , and some action of this kind appears to have been under consideration in December 1980 and again in March 1981 . |
| 23 | They can thus be suitable adversaries for a dramatic confrontation . |
| 24 | The shift to a broader notion of fairness is said to alter fundamentally the basis of procedural intervention : it can no longer be restricted to adjudicative settings , and there can no longer be fixed standards for determining whether there has been a breach of procedural fairness . |
| 25 | There can no longer be any excuse for refusing to discuss such possibilities . |
| 26 | This will not be good news for those banks left with the bad debts . |
| 27 | However , such performances can not be necessary conditions for such ascription , because of all those we would naturally deem conscious but who can not , for various reasons , provide them . |
| 28 | ‘ Fs , Gs , and the Big U. OK , that may not be great earthquakes for you , but people like my folks press you . |
| 29 | However , this does not mean that in an appropriate case they will not be relevant matters for a court to take into account , especially where items of equipment are complex and require specialist knowledge and materials for repair . |
| 30 | There will not be many jobs for the people of Hackney in any of these proposals . |