Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surface pumps are preferable for some water gardens , especially where a relatively high ‘ head ’ of water is necessary , this ‘ head ’ being the vertical distance between water level and the highest point of discharge . |
| 2 | We are sorry for any misunderstanding or embarrassment this caused to James Capel and to the banks . |
| 3 | But never forget that He will forgive those who are sorry for any evil they have done . |
| 4 | Since the end of Athens ' archaic war with Eleusis it would have been absurd for any deme of Attica to think of rivalling Athens . |
| 5 | This will avoid wasting everybody 's time if the job , the candidate or the company are unsuitable for each other . |
| 6 | He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare . |
| 7 | ‘ The nurse tells me she 's been asleep for some time . ’ |
| 8 | She has been depressed for some time . |
| 9 | The weather had been dry for some time and , fanned by an easterly wind , the fire spread rapidly until , within three days , it had engulfed most of the city . |
| 10 | Well it 's been dry for another day . |
| 11 | We are due for another service and it 's this month , the yearly service . |
| 12 | For , suppose we know that the main variable of interest in the study varies much less within strata than overall , then much more precise estimates are possible for this variable . |
| 13 | His friend and doctor , Dr James Mortimer , said that Sir Charles ' heart had been weak for some time . |
| 14 | I 'm ten years older now , and in retrospect I see that if Francesca had lived we would n't have been right for each other . ’ |
| 15 | Rumours of cutbacks at the factory have been rife for some time . |
| 16 | We are grateful for some help received to date from QP and if other friends wish to be identified with the work in a practical manner , this would be much appreciated . |
| 17 | Lady Street had returned to what must have been normal for any morning at this time ; the delivery vans had gone , there was sporadic traffic in the one-way street , and people had no time to stand about gawping at the bookshop though they slowed their pace in passing and tried to look in without appearing to do so . |
| 18 | ‘ A number of invitations have been outstanding for some time , and people just chose to take them up at this stage , ’ one said . |
| 19 | I am grateful for that direction . |
| 20 | I am grateful for that gift , as perhaps you may be . ’ |
| 21 | I am grateful for that reply . |
| 22 | I am grateful for that reply . |
| 23 | I am grateful for that suggestion , but I am not sure which Labour party policy the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that I adopt to encourage investment . |
| 24 | Mr Court was a principal architect of this Society as it is today and I am grateful for this opportunity to pay tribute to the very considerable part he has played in the development of the Society over the past 16 years . |
| 25 | I am grateful for this opportunity to clarify any uncertainty that may have resulted from this case , the specific circumstances which lay behind it and the way in which it had to be decided . |
| 26 | I am grateful for this invitation and would like to attend the launch . |
| 27 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
| 28 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |
| 29 | ‘ That has been possible for some time . |
| 30 | For National Certificate modules it has been possible for some time to approve alternative outcomes , under certain circumstances , for students with special needs of all kinds . |