Example sentences of "is [adj] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This outcome could not , of course , justify the suggestion that discrimination training is unnecessary for positive transfer to occur , as the control subjects would have supplied for themselves what may be the critical feature of such training . |
| 2 | This is understandable for actual evidence can be only archaeological , and that means that such evidence would have to be of a concrete nature . |
| 3 | ‘ He is due for immediate leave , I seem to remember . ’ |
| 4 | The record Jennifer refers to is called ‘ Above , Below And Beyond ’ and is due for British release soon . |
| 5 | But God ‘ misreads ’ what is going on ( how is that for audacious storytelling ! ) and is conscious only of the threat to his domain . |
| 6 | It had no sharps or flats and was based on a six-line stave — instead of the five-line one which is usual for musical notation . |
| 7 | It is usual for frustrated youth to protest that ‘ it 's not fair ’ and to look around for bogymen to blame . |
| 8 | An immediate and obvious problem with pluralists ' methods is that in the effort to achieve falsifiability , only major visible issues reaching decisional status are used , yet of course it is possible for pre-decisional power to be used to keep grievances from becoming observable issues . |
| 9 | What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote . |
| 10 | If , however , there are strong expectations that the general level of interest rates will fall in the future , it is possible for long-term interest rates to be lower than short-term rates . |
| 11 | However , it is possible for other war engines and large monsters to inflict damage on them . |
| 12 | It is possible for hot iron to crack under a stream of cold water ( ie , from fire brigade emergency action ) , but cases where this circumstance has led to premature structural collapse are rare . |
| 13 | The great asset of symbolic modelling is just this , learning does not have to depend entirely on practice and it is possible for collective knowledge to accumulate . |
| 14 | It is possible for social inequality to exist without social strata . |
| 15 | If it can raise a vast amount of capital — £1.8 billion — and believes that it is worth while to do so , surely it is possible for British Rail to commit the £100 million that is needed to electrify the main line . |
| 16 | It is possible for British Coal to achieve those contracts and that is what I look forward to seeing . |
| 17 | It is possible for corporate restructuring to benefit one class of claimants and to harm another class . |
| 18 | Further investigations are needed to determine if also this aberration is specific for ulcerative colitis . |
| 19 | The library as place was taken seriously , and comments from staff and students showed the importance of the physical ( and psychological ) environment , variously described as civilised , welcoming , stimulating : ‘ It 's a place to have peace and quiet ’ ; ‘ The library is comfortable , and there is a nice atmosphere which is right for private study ’ ; ‘ I like the lively feeling of the place . |
| 20 | Blancmange , as the word bisected will show , is French for white food . |
| 21 | This is adequate for left shift , at least as long as the bits shifted out are the same as the sign bit . |
| 22 | Once thought is freed from the concrete situation the way is clear for symbolic manipulation and for Piaget 's stage of formal operation in which the real becomes a sub-set of the possible . |
| 23 | Once thought is freed from the concrete situation the way is clear for symbolic manipulation and for Piaget 's stage of formal operation in which the real becomes a sub-set of the possible ’ ( ibid. p. 172 ) . |
| 24 | The number of repetitions should not exceed 6 ; even this is high for true strength training . |
| 25 | Is this for English Literature ? |
| 26 | In either event , particular regard will have to be had to the capital gains tax , inheritance tax and stamp duty implications of such a transaction , and whilst these are dealt with more fully in Chapter 2 , the following points are mentioned as an aide-méemoire : ( i ) If the new husband purchases the husband 's interest in the house , is this for full value and on the basis of an arm 's length transaction ? |
| 27 | It is English for everyday communication . |
| 28 | The shutter speed on the Pentax is synchronised for flash photography at unc sec and so invariably that was what I used . |
| 29 | Either way , research of this kind can provide invaluable information , ‘ a way of evaluating the effectiveness of the organisation in conveying its goals , mission and code of conduct to the target publics upon whose support the organisation is dependent for continued existence . ’ |
| 30 | Capitalism , being patriarchal , socially constructs sexuality within a heterosexual framework ( the inter-relationship between capitalism , patriarchy and heterosexuality is outside the scope of this chapter , unfortunately , but is overdue for socialist analysis ) . |