Example sentences of "was [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was memorable for the endless grind in one gully where the snow was waist-deep and we had to swim upwards , and for the point where we emerged on to the easterly ridge with views to Lyngen , and a wind that had bared the slopes and put our teeth on edge . |
| 2 | This was pleasant for the small landowners , who could move on to Virginia and resume tobacco growing there , but less prosperous white men in the West Indies lost almost all hope of working up the scale to become modest farmers on their own land . |
| 3 | It was usual for the British trading community in Portugal to establish a chamber of commerce known as a ‘ Factory ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ But at the time , I did n't think the four years I had spent at Westminster Hotel School , learning to make classic garnishes , was right for the Golden Egg . |
| 5 | The time was right for the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition to do so today , but they did not . |
| 6 | X. Ray 's unshowy steadiness was right for the low time in which he newly found himself — he could put the fire out . |
| 7 | Aristotle was right for the wrong reasons . |
| 8 | She said it was unnecessary for the legal relationship of parent and child to be broken when the child was already secure in her new family . |
| 9 | The case highlights the extent to which it was possible for the religious intellectuals to misjudge exactly where the consensus lay , as well as the extent to which an evolving historical situation which created areas for new decision-making provided the field for a new power contest . |
| 10 | However , in the new urban environments it was possible for the young and fit to earn good wages and therefore to be independent of their families . |
| 11 | The new generation of producers that subsequently emerged came to believe it was possible for the British film industry to ‘ take on ’ the Americans , although this grand ambition had more to do with a desire to efface their inferiority complex than any serious resolve to face reality . |
| 12 | Thankfully she made a quick and full recovery , and was outstanding for the Irish Under-21s at last month 's Home Countries Championships . |
| 13 | Hambleton 's development control officer Maurice Cann told the inquiry that the area was unsuitable for the elderly because it was industrial and noisy . |
| 14 | She was grateful for the small privacy of her sunglasses . |
| 15 | She was grateful for the cool drink , however , and for the really tasty snack . |
| 16 | I wonder the British do n't bath in it as well , thought Sally-Anne naughtily , but she was grateful for the extra cup , and for the sandwiches which Miss Mates brought in with it for them both . |
| 17 | I was grateful for the Foreign Secretary 's friendly reference to me at the Conservative party conference , and his acceptance of my expertise on one subject — even though it was only the cinema . |
| 18 | His stomach still felt queasy and he was grateful for the fresh air . |
| 19 | Oh I sure was grateful for the feminine advice . |
| 20 | Oh I sure was grateful for the feminine advice . |
| 21 | So I sure was grateful for the feminine advice . |
| 22 | At the same time any talk of strong policies in Europe ran up against the belief that the continent was indefensible for the foreseeable future . |
| 23 | He made a very sound case that only the Pathfinders should receive the benefit of H.S developments and that it was wrong for the Main Force to have the device . |
| 24 | Despite those defeats his form was of the highest order , and he was favourite for the International , his odds of 19–10 at the off being slightly shorter than those of the American horse Czar Alexander . |
| 25 | This earlier eighteenth-century boost to manufacturing was crucial for the future development of a range of important industries . |
| 26 | It has been argued by Dr Snell that the fact that overseers were often of humble stock themselves was crucial for the social order of rural communities in that it " facilitated agreement and mutual respect between the ranks and orders of parish society " . |
| 27 | Although he grew beautiful flowers for competition in his tiny greenhouse on the allotment , he was content for the front garden to consist of a small shaved lawn and empty flower bed with two statutory rose bushes and a border of tedious alyssum . |
| 28 | He needed to let off steam , and it was impossible for the other people in the bar not to overhear . |
| 29 | He thought that precisely because it was impossible for the human mind to construct an idea of God from its inherent mental resources , such an idea could only be given to it by revelation — in other words directly implanted by God Himself . |
| 30 | It was impossible for the nuclear power stations to match those demands . |