Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His skin was clear except for some roughness and a certain redness at the major joints . |
| 2 | An ‘ only ’ dream has little effect on us ; we may remember it in the morning because it was funny or for some other reason , but it does not disturb us in any way ; most often , we recollect it only in the moments after waking and have forgotten it by the time we get out of bed . |
| 3 | Such crassness was inevitable but for all that the Warner Bros team had come up with a powerful film . |
| 4 | The continuing popularity of the 6 hour course was encouraging because for many of the course subjects anything less than this time could leave trainees disappointed that all aspects of the programme were either not covered or covered too quickly . |
| 5 | It was evident that for many young people the ‘ image ’ of the bookshop was old fashioned , dusty , a place for scholarly introverted people , and so on . |
| 6 | As a baby I was fractious and for most of my childhood I was exuberant , passionate and hyperactive . |
| 7 | There was a recognition of the hidden agenda and the response of the Trade Union Movement was overwhelming and for that we are grateful . |
| 8 | The trial judge found the fact that the Perots were negotiating to buy Vertigo was material since for all practical purposes Vertigo and Caliban were adjacent properties having ‘ effective , if not exclusive , use of a common beach . ’ |