Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonathan Ruthertord finds something strangely relevant for cultural politics in Britain in the 1990s in the cross-racial identifications of Lawrence of Arabia some seventy years before : ‘ His identification with the Arabs and their culture displaced the centered position of his identity as a white man . |
| 2 | Eventually , some land was found , and the lady who finds it psychologically impossible for the moment to afford a piece of meat parted with a substantial sum without demur . |
| 3 | If ‘ home ’ means , though , the defence of self and close kin for what Rainwater calls the ‘ lower class ’ , it means something quite different for those who have managed to escape from this class and who have achieved a degree of economic and emotional stability . |
| 4 | Professor Williams considers it entirely inappropriate for the jury to be left ‘ as a kind of sovereign legislature ’ to decide the question of consent . |
| 5 | Their acidic characteristics makes them particularly suitable for the dairy industry , breweries and soft drink manufacturers . |
| 6 | Although they are good birds for many beginners , they cost about £700 , which makes them too expensive for all but the most dedicated . |
| 7 | Beds or borders of a width such that the centre is at arms " length from any point on the edge will be easier to maintain , but if this makes them too narrow for your choice , stepping-stones in the border make life a lot easier and incidentally add to the border " s appearance . |
| 8 | Large and amiable their strength makes them very useful for heavy farm work , such as threshing and mowing . |
| 9 | Most of the items are very light in weight , which makes them especially suitable for aquaria . |
| 10 | This makes them uniquely suitable for investigations into the actual mechanisms of siderite concretion formation . |
| 11 | In fact , in many cases , the very size of miniatures makes them more suitable for particular ideas and arrangements . |
| 12 | ‘ It makes them more responsible for their own work and gets them into the idea that they have to work outside normal school hours . |
| 13 | The essential property of carbon atoms that makes them so suitable for life and for industrial synthetics , is that they join together to form a limitless repertoire of different kinds of very large molecules . |
| 14 | It leaves them wide open for dismissal by anybody with a basic knowledge of debating tactics . |
| 15 | The thing to remember is that the client pays your salary and that makes you primarily responsible for the relationship . |
| 16 | Derek Turnbull : international injury makes him very doubtful for Hawick tomorrow |
| 17 | Further problems may arise again on return to Britain as the pressure for places in the more popular independent or state schools makes it increasingly difficult for the expatriate to find suitable educational facilities for children . |
| 18 | There is , moreover , a move towards the paying party 's seeing your file and this makes it increasingly important for you to think carefully about the costs and uplift information contained in your first letter or standard terms of business appended to your first letter , and also the standard of time recording on which your bills are based . |
| 19 | Its size makes it particularly useful for cutting metals and other materials in awkward spaces . |
| 20 | For the accompaniment of a large congregation there is no substitute , and the sustained and undergirding tone of the organ 's pedal department makes it particularly suitable for bold , harmonic music such as stately hymn tunes or processional marches . |
| 21 | This sort of conditioned need makes it very difficult for the horse to be taken out for the day , and makes it completely unsuitable for a day of hard work . |
| 22 | But the overlap in time and content makes it most convenient for the two groups to be discussed together . |
| 23 | But what makes it most special for the Christian is the celebration of the coming of God 's Son into our troubled world . |
| 24 | As Repetto ( 1988a ) has discussed , the continued availability of subsidies for conversion of forest to pasture makes it more economic for the investor to clear further forest than to purchase fertiliser or control weeds in existing pasture . |
| 25 | A lowered credit rating makes it more expensive for a company to issue new debt . |
| 26 | The present law makes it more difficult for counselling organisations to reach gay men in this age group . |
| 27 | Loss suffered because the dismissal makes it more difficult for you to find another job . |
| 28 | In turn , this makes it more difficult for legislation about battery cages to be brought in . |
| 29 | Police Force ( or Constabulary ) ’ Wilful obstruction means a deliberate , intentional act which makes it more difficult for the policeman to carry out his duty . |
| 30 | Suffolk BMA spokesman Dr David Meldrum said : ‘ We are worried by anything which makes it more difficult for ill people to get the drugs they need . ’ |