Example sentences of "be an [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hope they do n't think we 're an unlucky omen for them . |
| 2 | If you 're an easy target for mosquitos , invest in an electric mosquito killer . |
| 3 | And they they 're an ideal habitat for wildlife , and sometimes I think unnecessary . |
| 4 | Photographs are an inadequate preparation for meeting a National Tri-Plate in the flesh — they have to be the most extraordinary-looking guitars in existence . |
| 5 | While there may be some doubt whether such provision will continue in future salary settlements , the University remains firmly of the view that the majority of these arrangements , at least as regards academic staff , are an inadequate substitute for satisfactory levels of general salary increase when applied to a university in which virtually all staff are of the highest quality . |
| 6 | " Let it not be imagined that grouse are an easy quarry for any hawk to take . |
| 7 | Daylight robbery : doors and windows are an easy target for burglars . |
| 8 | You can see so little as you blunder on that you are an easy target for any animal seeking fresh meat . |
| 9 | They represent a potentially very important method of providing good rented or cheap owner-occupier housing in rural areas since they are an established medium for obtaining finance and for managing schemes . |
| 10 | Repeated daily injections of the somatostatin analogue , octreotide ( SMS201–995 , Sandostatin ) are an effective treatment for acromegaly , but lead to gall stone formation in about 50% of cases during long term treatment . |
| 11 | Affirmations are an additional technique for decreasing the power that the injunctions wield in making people 's lives a misery . |
| 12 | They are an invaluable source for women 's health problems in this period , especially the ‘ dangerous perils ’ of childbirth , and movingly discuss the traumas of the early deaths of children , which she met with resigned submission to the will of God . |
| 13 | Census materials are an invaluable resource for the historian but the technical manipulation of figures may be thought of as being the remit of the mathematics department or even the geographers . |
| 14 | The riots are an expensive lesson for all . |
| 15 | Studies of use , and of potential use , are an essential prerequisite for the sort of value judgements ( see below ) which must be made about book provision . |
| 16 | This is likely to increase the occurrences of polar stratospheric clouds ( PSCs ) which are an essential component for springtime polar ozone destruction . |
| 17 | are an essential spice for any form of cookery ( see p57 ) . |
| 18 | Community organisations are an essential resource for Partnerships and Compacts to ensure that the needs of girls and boys from different ethnic backgrounds and different abilities are promoted . |
| 19 | The disturbance the latter causes is of constant concern to ornithologists as these artificial wetlands are an essential replacement for habitats lost through drainage , as are gravel pits discussed below . |
| 20 | for all these reasons , coins are an essential tool for the archaeologist and the historian in extending our knowledge of the past . |
| 21 | As Paul Kirkland explained , " Management plans are an essential tool for effective and efficient management . |
| 22 | These maps are an important vehicle for creativity and thought ; grasping the interaction of context and conceptualization ; and identifying the influence of perceptions and experiences on personal knowledge structures , in addition to reinforcing the process of concept categorization — the " basic way in which humans impose order and meaning on the environment " . |
| 23 | they are an important forum for : selling proposals ; justifying decisions already made ; stopping some decisions being made |
| 24 | They are an important source for two reasons : they indicate that the overload problem has been a constant since the Second World War and is not peculiar to the sixties , seventies and eighties , and that even what has come to be regarded as the most efficiently run administration since 1945 had serious difficulties in the handling of business . |
| 25 | The different functions of written language are an important topic for knowledge about language and part of an understanding of how society works . |
| 26 | Industrial fishing concentrates on smaller species such as sandeels , which are an important food for larger fish , seabirds and marine mammals . |
| 27 | Today , rugs are an important export for most producing countries , and many weaving groups have consciously broadened their palette in order to appeal to Western tastes . |
| 28 | Since paraprofessional social welfare personnel are an important resource for meeting people 's needs , one would assume that policy makers , social service administrators and professional social workers would view them in this light and would do what they could to support and develop this valuable resource . |
| 29 | Demos are an excellent way for amateur programmers to hone their skills as they can set themselves any task they wish to perfect , be it exciting text scrollies , explosive FX , multiple sprite animation ( mention sprite masking and you 're a dead man ! — Ed ) , rotation , scaling or just about any other facet that makes Commodore games so wild ‘ n ’ wonderful . |
| 30 | Willi Elsener , a member of the 1992 Grand Final judging panel , believes that competitions such as Toque d'Or are an excellent way for students to both learn to stand on their own two feet and also work as a team . |