Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [is] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another thing about smoking , although nobody 's denying it 's bad for you , is the fact is that , it 's overwhelming the core of women who smoke , who also have worst diets , they also tend to have worse stress , it 's used as a very convenient scapegoat . |
| 2 | But then I really do n't know it 's right for me to be helping you with such dubious assignations . ’ |
| 3 | Yes I do know it 's bad for my health as a matter of fact , that 's why I like it . |
| 4 | I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’ |
| 5 | Some say it is good for the Prime Minister to mix with the crowd and others that for a Prime Minister it is less than dignified . |
| 6 | Senior sources say it is appropriate for Whitbread to move away from being a family-dominated group , saddled with an arcane share structure , in 1992 , its 250th anniversary . |
| 7 | They say it is unjust for the publicans and bad for the pubs . |
| 8 | Professor Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson , of Manchester University , say it is vital for Britain 's economic future that more young people are persuaded to stay at school after 16 . |
| 9 | They say it 's good for children to grow up with pets around them . |
| 10 | But the Mohammedians say it 's impossible for Jesus to be the son of God because did n't have a wife , and it 's as simple That 's ex that 's exactly how the Islamics view it . |
| 11 | An inquest has been told how an elderley man died from the treatment he was taking for his athletes foot.John Ellis took a revolutionary new drug for his condition , after years of suffering.But within a couple of months , he died from liver failure.But the makers of the drug say it 's safe for most people , and it wo n't be withdrawn.Chris Moore reports . |
| 12 | With all these people formally involved it is easy for one group to lose touch or fall behind with information from other groups , and in some cases numbers become unwieldy and the investigators start tripping over each other and duplicating effort . |
| 13 | She says she 's good for another 10 years , even though she 's 39 . |
| 14 | When that happens it is rare for the band to win the resulting battle and emerge unscathed . |
| 15 | He says he 's sorry for the families . |
| 16 | A north Oxfordshire G P , who was on Edward 's Heath recent mercy mission to Iraq , says he 's concerned for the health of hostages still held in the Gulf as the tension in the region begins to mount . |
| 17 | Now the Professor , who 's originally from Austria says he 's worried for his safety . |
| 18 | But he says he is unavailable for New Zealand , at least until the World Cup . |
| 19 | He says it 's great for the village . |
| 20 | The hospital says it 's sorry for the delays which health watchdogs say are appalling . |
| 21 | Harriet says it 's unusual for chess to make the front pages of the papers , in spite of the fact that she 's been on the front page of The Times . |
| 22 | Even though it says it 's free for you to do it , they 'll still ring up another number |
| 23 | The council initiating the scheme says it 's important for residents to have someone who is n't official to talk to . |
| 24 | And he says you can because he says it 's important for it to be a living thing that 's got to change with the time . |
| 25 | When addressing the problem of Germany 's pre-eminent economic power , he either just says it is good for Europe or he says , ‘ I think our neighbours should overcome the tendency to think in terms of nation-states ’ , while the same thought is expressed by one academic : ‘ in many ways , it no longer makes sense to talk about Germany as a distinct national unit ’ . |
| 26 | The council , backing the " polluter must pay " argument , says it is unfair for householders to bear the brunt of the cost ; a tax should be levied on pesticide manufacturers , it argues , and motorists should pay for road drainage through the car licence duty . |
| 27 | To say this would be to deny the universality of what Professor A. J. Ayer says it is natural for us to assume , namely that we use the same word in different situations because we have noticed a distinctive common feature . |
| 28 | He says it is natural for an artist to be concerned with the environment , as he 's exposed to it so often when working outside . |
| 29 | When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil . |
| 30 | A local bobby who 's helped to halve car crime on a council estate has decided he 's ready for the challenge of another beat . |