Example sentences of "[conj] [am/are] [adj] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a crude housing surplus of approximately 500000 dwellings over households , but many of these houses are second homes , or are unfit for occupation , or in areas of high unemployment , where workers have migrated to other parts of the country . |
| 2 | Table 15.1 and Fig. 15.1 show current plans , presented in a number of ways that are helpful for policy analysis . |
| 3 | But they sell them without an import licence — which is illegal , In practice , the licences are monopolised by the brands ' parent companies , who can afford the extensive clinical trials on the drugs that are necessary for licensing . |
| 4 | In addition , employing such a model effectively is dependent on the managers ' understanding of a number of important issues : the nature of transformation , the implications of transformational change , the organizational conditions and behavioral changes that are necessary for transformation to succeed , and the challenges and dilemmas that are likely to be encountered . |
| 5 | Quite apart from the quality aspect , this also means that it can make use of the enormous range of fonts that are available for LaserJet printers . |
| 6 | However , many of the examples of literate societies that are available for study suggest that this is not the case : in fact these societies continue to practice what Goody has defined as ‘ oral ’ modes of communication , with all its limitations . |
| 7 | Make a more assured and selective use of a wider range of grammatical and lexical features , characteristic of different styles , that are appropriate for topic , purpose and audience , eg in impersonal writing choosing vocabulary that does not betray attitudes or feelings ; in poetic writing choosing vocabulary that conveys attitudes , responses or emotions . |
| 8 | Make a more assured and selective use of a wide range of grammatical constructions that are appropriate for topic , purpose and audience , eg alterations of word order , lexical or structural repetition , passive constructions , adverbial connectives ; and of a varied and appropriate vocabulary , eg colloquial , formal , technical , poetic or figurative . |
| 9 | Make an assured and selective use of a wide range of grammatical constructions that are appropriate for topic , purpose and audience , and that enable the writer to vary sentence beginnings , achieve the desired emphasis etc , eg alterations of word order , lexical or structural repetition , passive constructions , adverbial connectives , elliptical constructions , non-finite subordinate clauses , and of a varied and appropriate vocabulary , eg colloquial , formal , technical , poetic or figurative . |
| 10 | In the same way they learn the trees that are good for firewood or building , for supporting the yams or propping the bananas , those that resist white ants or make the best bee-hives , stools or grain mortars and pestles . |
| 11 | Yet many tasks that are suitable for delegation may have to start with only a vague instruction . |
| 12 | bZIP represents the basic and leucine zipper domains that are responsible for DNA-binding and dimerisation . |
| 13 | These range from the notion that creativeness reflects the same warring psychological tendencies that are responsible for insanity to the intriguing , though question-begging , idea that some mad people are simply labelled as geniuses because of their apparently mystical and divinely inspired qualities of thought . |
| 14 | These findings suggest that axonal electrical activity normally controls the production and/or release of the growth factors that are responsible for proliferation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells and thereby helps to control the number of oligodendrocytes that develop in the region . |
| 15 | Parents may also need some advice and discussion about the types of high-calorie food that are important for weight gain and growth . |
| 16 | The Governing Body has decided that the income from this fund , which is used according to the By-Law to provide Edith Haynes Scholarships for either undergraduates or graduates of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body , will for the present be available to make grants in the first instance to mature graduates of the College who wish to continue or resume academic work , and are ineligible for State Studentships , or similar public support , by reason of age or inability to meet the requirement of residence in the U. K. Should no such applicant come forward , graduates of another university who are or have been members of the College reading for a further degree will be considered eligible . |
| 17 | Weak wheats do not rise and are suitable for biscuit-making . |
| 18 | For example , the spring 1990 Labour Force Survey ( LFS ) , which enumerates women who would like a job and are available for work , includes almost three-and-a-half times as many women as the monthly claimant count and puts the figure of female unemployment at about I million higher than the claimant count . |
| 19 | They are all deposited at the Shirehall , Abbey Foregate , Shrewsbury , and are available for inspection . |
| 20 | Sets of unpublished data associated with particular papers are held centrally by BLDSC , and are available for borrowing . |
| 21 | Although these systems are taught to teachers and are available for use in class , various factors appear to mitigate against full use of the systems by the teacher , and as we shall see when we discuss effects of the various approaches , something closer to the Danish system is often used . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend is right to point out that the powers of executive detention are on the statute book and are available for use . |
| 23 | JAR advised that mechanical stages for the M15 microscopes are currently held and are available for use . |
| 24 | The amounts charged are treated as part of the net cash flow of the business and are available for use as transfers from fixed assets to current assets and possibly back again , in whatever way is most beneficial to the business . |
| 25 | The amounts charged are treated as part of the net cash flow of the business and are available for use as transfers from fixed assets to current assets and possibly back again , in whatever way is most beneficial to the business . |
| 26 | Approved The modified modules have all been formally approved and are available for use . |
| 27 | Two thousand copies of the booklet ‘ A Guide to Services , Facilities and Interest Groups in Juniper Green and Baberton Mains ’ have now arrived and are available for distribution . |
| 28 | Several disposable types are available from pet shops , and are essential for dog owners where it is compulsory to clean up after their pets if they are walking in a public area . |
| 29 | You are afraid to ask what it 's about because you feel she must have a legitimate reason to see you urgently , so you stay home and are late for work . |
| 30 | AT&T Co has raised $400m with an issue of notes due May 1 1995 at par to yield 3.35% for the first year , after which the notes ' yield will float on a quarterly basis over the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate and are noncallable for life . |