Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sycamore ( Acer pseudoplatanus ) is widespread , particularly so on the Downs near the coast where conditions are unsuitable for most other tree species , and it is much favoured by passage migrants . |
| 2 | As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour . |
| 3 | I am grateful for that helpful clarification . |
| 4 | Ashton thus created a special style fur a particular character which summed up — as it were — her whole being , but which would have been unsuitable for any other ballet . |
| 5 | Although I am sorry for those young people , I believe that their problem is often psychological , rather than inability to find work . |
| 6 | I could not have conceived of any circumstances in which it would have been sensible for any particular political group to murder Gaitskell , and the likelihood that it was murder — in such an immensely complicated fashion — seemed to me at first blush fanciful and absurd . |
| 7 | It has not always been easy for those working class voters who see the Greens as an undisciplined bunch , inimical to the interests of industrial society , to keep up with the SPD 's enthusiastic appetite for environmental matters . |
| 8 | These rates are payable for any new members joining the Society from September on — thus giving three free months . |
| 9 | The mental , emotional and other consequences are similar for all addictive disease . |
| 10 | Cases of the latter type , where the adjective is used only to aid identification and does not actually apply to the entity of the phrase , closely resemble the great bulk of noun + noun phrases in their structural value , examples such as : ( 11 ) army manoeuvres the piano factory a sea monster an angle bracket However , even among noun + noun phrases , certain specimens occur which are clearly analogous to the former type ; as in : ( 12 ) a doctor journalist ( or doctor-journalist ) Chancellor Kohl a bed-settee These would permit an affirmative answer to our diagnostic test , although normally it is necessary to allow a little leeway in the shape of an added determiner to allow for this requirement of English : ( 13 ) Maurice is a journalist and he is also a doctor 2.3 It would be useful to have names for the two types of adjectival use , and there are fortunately two terms available which fall in the right semantic area and which have not been pre-empted for any other widely accepted technical linguistic purpose . |
| 11 | However , s14(3) comes into its own where the purpose in question is not a common one , or even if it is a common one the goods are fit for some other common purpose thereby making them merchantable . |
| 12 | For instance , the seller of goods might expressly exclude the statutory implied terms relating to the goods — The Seller gives no undertaking that the goods are fit for any particular purpose . |
| 13 | Suppose that dividends ( and therefore economic earnings ) are constant for all future periods . |
| 14 | It has a softwood front fascia , ‘ brick ’ front piers are optional for this concrete-panelled garage |
| 15 | Nevertheless , studies about job losses are useful to the extent that they give some flavour of the rate of change associated with the new technology , and they are helpful for any social and economic planning to cope with these changes . |
| 16 | Those taxing bills , whether district judges in the county court or taxing officers in the High Court , rely on their experience to know what sort of figures are reasonable for each particular task performed . |
| 17 | They had probably been married for some thirty-odd years , perhaps longer . |
| 18 | They are useful for many other jobs around the home and garden . |
| 19 | Have the courage to own up to your mistakes and to say sorry when you are responsible for any bad behaviour . |
| 20 | Central NACAB office and the 22 area offices are responsible for this mammoth task , which until recently has accounted for one fifth of the NACAB budget . |
| 21 | Er I 'm sure that er the Metropolitan Police will be doing everything possible to track down those who are responsible for this evil act and bring them to justice . |
| 22 | Stronger subject and technical background and training are important for these new information staff , as well as the ability to work effectively in a more fluid organisational environment . |
| 23 | Conservative Governments have been responsible for all major environmental legislation . |
| 24 | ICI has been responsible for many major developments in acrylics since the 1930s . |
| 25 | Behind the scenes at London Zoo , staff have been responsible for some notable breeding achievements among rare and endangered species . |
| 26 | I came to believe that I had been responsible for those terrible things , that I was to blame , that I must be very bad . |
| 27 | No evidence has yet been forthcoming for any external towers , the mortared stone foundation in Kingshams Field now being assigned to the medieval defences . |
| 28 | But a much smaller rise could be devastating for many coastal areas and islands . |
| 29 | It may also swell the juice within the grapes to bursting point , ruining the fruit for winemaking unless harvested and transported to the press while still frozen , which would hardly be practicable for any significant area of vines affected by frost . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , clinicians and patients who continue to face these decisions will be grateful for each new step that elucidates the factors involved . |