Example sentences of "it is for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for skilled management developers to use their expertise in the management of change to mitigate the worst effects . |
| 2 | These results show how common it is for small mammals to become trapped in pitfalls , and although there is some selection in species trapped , depending on local circumstances , the degree of bias is less than might be expected . |
| 3 | ‘ The figures are a movable feast , but they show how important it is for anonymised prevalence testing to get under way so we can get a true picture of infection in the population . ’ |
| 4 | It is for similar reasons that I have included the notes from a lecture by Dr. S.P. Dey — the feeling of certainty that LM potencies are an indispensable part of the homœopath 's armoury comes from the authority of his many years in practice . |
| 5 | The secure knowledge of a parent 's presence is the precondition for such exploration , as it is for satisfying curiosity and for sharing new experiences . |
| 6 | In theory , the higher the pitch of a sound , the better it is for accurate sonar . |
| 7 | A comparison of such different ballets as Enigma Variations , Fancy Free and The Rake 's Progress emphasises how important it is for young choreographers to remember that ballet is an art of the general as well as of the particular . |
| 8 | It is for longer-term forecasts that accuracy becomes harder to achieve . |
| 9 | Mr Todd , 73 , who is currently on tour with a new play , said : ‘ It is for good conduct and long service as far as I am concerned . ’ |
| 10 | We all know how vital it is for good health . |
| 11 | It is for new CE Bob Phillis ( above ) and editor Stewart Purvis ( left ) to provide quality at the right price |
| 12 | If the superpowers are still perceived as dominant , it is for other reasons . |
| 13 | Each one should be cleaned , inside and out — it is just as effective for those hard-to-reach molars as it is for front teeth . |
| 14 | It is for individual members and their firms to decide what subject matter is useful and relevant to their needs . |
| 15 | An interesting facet of contract sales is that much of it is for customised carpet , often incorporating the customer 's company logo in the design . |
| 16 | Since a variety of conduct is included within the term gross indecency , the protection afforded to male patients from sexual exploitation is greater than it is for female patients . |
| 17 | When I asked about local amnesties , I was told : ’ It is for chief officers of police to consider whether offering opportunities for disposing of offensive weapons would be a worthwhile crime prevention initiative in their own force area . ’ |
| 18 | Unfortunately , video imaging systems are not very tolerant of contrast , and the range of brightness between the lightest and darkest areas of a picture which can be reproduced is very much less for video than it is for ordinary colour photography . |
| 19 | It will be impractical to fix a levy that is as fair for the three million owners of normal-speed machines as it is for future owners of half-speed machines . |
| 20 | They would charge £5000 ( ! ) and , because it is for educational purposes , would provide no restriction on sales and extend copyright for a period of 5 years ( 21/6 ) . |
| 21 | It is for local authorities to allocate their priorities . |
| 22 | It is for British Coal to decide what manpower it requires However the Government need to make some estimate of the number of redundancies in order to seek the necessary estimate provision for restructuring grant . ’ |
| 23 | If you want to get money out it 's harder than it is for white people — they always check you and go away and phone . |
| 24 | Their pre-school life is often more sheltered than it is for white children . |
| 25 | This discovery did not prove to be particularly useful because the metabolite is a mycotoxin and mildly carcinogenic , illustrating that toxicological testing is just as important for natural products as it is for synthetic chemicals . |
| 26 | But if the interest has returned , it is for different reasons this time . |
| 27 | To sum up , if examples such as those in ( 28 ) and that in ( 29 ) are all ungrammatical , as we can readily agree , it is for different reasons : ( 28 ) the sum of $300 she had to pay was total the lecturer who is to greet the Queen is mere ( 29 ) the man is very The adjectives in ( 28 ) lead to incoherence because , as already observed , they are specialized to qualify a property , and so they are incoherent in the predicative construction , which assigns the adjective property to the entity of the subject , not to its sense . |
| 28 | It is for active use , wrote Harsnet , not for contemplation . |
| 29 | It is for little ones , you know when you think |
| 30 | Thus , the more suitable the application is for bit-pattern index handling ( small numbers of possible attributes ) , the less suitable it is for inverted file handling . |