Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I like the walrus best ’ , … ‘ because he was a little sorry for the poor oysters . ’ |
| 2 | I felt a little sorry for the old fellow . |
| 3 | She 'd feel a little sorry for the little girl if she blacked out in the race and fell under all those hooves . |
| 4 | Central Council is most grateful for the generous support that has led to this successful outcome . |
| 5 | Death must represent one of the strongest impingements of reality , and perhaps the most confusing for the confused self . |
| 6 | Alix has always felt rather sorry for the poor competitive disappointed Ugly Sisters . |
| 7 | KEF 's nomenclature can be a little confusing for the uninitiated . |
| 8 | If a planning authority wished to restrict its activities , it was held that it was only right for the extra costs to be reimbursed . |
| 9 | Thus she was constantly grateful for the unfailing vigilance and support of her Chief Wren . |
| 10 | This is less practicable for the smaller firm , but all firms should incorporate in their selection procedures a judgment on whether an applicant 's educational background appears to fit him or her as a candidate for the examinations . |
| 11 | Leni had taken pity — more than pity — on the young woman who was so grateful for a friendly German voice and so bemused by the political carnival she had unleashed . |
| 12 | All the Argentines adored him and nicknamed him Señor Gracias because he was so grateful for the smallest favour . |
| 13 | The trade was sufficiently profitable for the Portuguese to take over Sofala in the early sixteenth century , and their written accounts confirm that the export cargoes were brought to the coast by African representatives of the Shona king or monomutapa . |
| 14 | She felt poorly for about one month but then seemed to recover and felt somewhat stable for the next 6 weeks . |
| 15 | Re-entry into the labour force after child-rearing was less usual for the older group than for the younger ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) and therefore fewer would have had pensionable paid employment in the years before retirement . |
| 16 | For the age range 14 and under 17 , prosecution is only possible for a limited number of offences on the authority of a magistrate , and the extended care , protection and control procedure is used in most cases . |
| 17 | Some authorities believe that a really delicate reaction is only possible for the domestic cat at up to 45,000 cycles per second . |
| 18 | Pauline , who always had back problems , felt so sorry for the little mare that she took her over from Jackie . |
| 19 | It appears entirely possible for a coronary artery to progress from one with hardly any narrowing to one which is completely blocked over a relatively short period of time ; and conversely , it is possible for a severe coronary stenosis to stay as a severe coronary stenosis without progressing for several years . |
| 20 | I think it is much healthier for a young artist to be treated like that , rather than told play this or that in a particular way . |
| 21 | The average age at which people marry remained more or less stable for the preceding two centuries until the end of the Second World War , when it began to fall , but there were notable changes in the pattern of childbearing , especially between 1870 and 1930 . |
| 22 | Mr Martinson was especially grateful for a modern medical process which may mean that his skin will repair without having skin grafts . |
| 23 | Higher notes may be reached in ff by good symphony-orchestra players , and are often found in big scores , but they are extremely risky for the average player and cause physical discomfort both to him and his audience . |
| 24 | While there are also a number of texts that claim to be fabliaux but which are not now considered to belong to the genre , the common characteristics of the type ( described below ) are sufficiently clear for the same number of texts again to be identified with and added to the self-proclaimed fabliaux . |
| 25 | To the extent that the technological success is not highly correlated with the returns on the market portfolio , the project is not so risky for a well-diversified shareholder . |
| 26 | Although the control of PGE in sheep is based on the same principles as that described for O. ostertagi in cattle , its practice is somewhat different for the following reasons : |
| 27 | This year , however , has seen life getting much tougher for the smaller societies . |
| 28 | If females are concentrated together then it is much easier for a single male to herd them and defend them from other males . |
| 29 | ‘ It should be very much easier for the elderly , people with pushchairs and those in wheelchairs to get along safely , ’ said Mrs Bosanquet . |
| 30 | It 's much easier for the young helper to do it all for you . |