Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will seek to test the hypothesis that the unintended consequences of de-regulation in this industry may be revealing pressures for a major re-regulatory realignment between industry and government . |
| 2 | It could be monotonous work for an aspiring and impatient young painter and Thomas Girtin ( 1775–1802 ) for one rebelled against the repetitive work , with the result that his master Edward Dayes had him put in prison for breaking the terms of his indentures . |
| 3 | The bellwether here is the nomination of Lani Guinier to be assistant attorney-general for civil rights . |
| 4 | It will be usual practice for information which the Social Work Department receives after 1st April 1989 to be shared in a responsible and sensitive way , with the client to whom it relates , UNLESS the person providing it specifically requests that we do not do so . |
| 5 | A visit to a country house for instance will probably include reference to some of the social groups and classes of the period under study ( upstairs/downstairs , the estate workers , the craft or factory workers who produced many of the goods seen in the house ) ; the role of the gentry as leaders and rulers of their society can be covered ; there will be ample scope for looking at the economic and technological aspects of life in the period , especially if the house is related to its setting and the surrounding estate and countryside that supported it ; finally there will be objects or rooms in the house which relate to cultural or religious life in the period . |
| 6 | So there will be ample opportunity for every hon. Member to consider in detail what the agreements into which we have entered would commit the country to . |
| 7 | You will find that a large proportion of them need a good ten inches between shelves , not forgetting that there must be ample room for them to be gently eased out and not hooked by the headband . |
| 8 | There would therefore be ample time for them to deploy their mobile radiation monitoring teams , for the police to tour the area , knocking on doors and warning people living nearby , for the protective potassium iodate pills to be issued and for a decision to be made on whether the public should stay indoors until the cloud had passed — or evacuate to a safer place . |
| 9 | There would seem , therefore , to be ample justification for describing the deviance of 3 as semantic . |
| 10 | There would seem to be ample justification for preventive interventions aimed at reducing feelings of helplessness , if it were possible , and of enhancing feelings of self-esteem for women raised in institutions or for other reasons experiencing a marked lack of care in childhood . |
| 11 | In Italy it is often found flavoured with crystallised fruits for eating as a dessert cheese , or it can be used plain for cooking , but mainly for desserts . |
| 12 | We destroy plant and may be animal life for food . |
| 13 | There will have to be specific help for those in the least favoured areas , and particular help for restructuring in the southern countries of Europe . |
| 14 | IRISH politicians are convinced that Scotland will win the battle to be European base for the American-owned Digital computer company . |
| 15 | Demand was thus satisfied for HE as a whole , although clearly there would be unsatisfied demand for particular courses or institutions . |
| 16 | There would be loud applause for the suggestion from Labour Back Benchers , but he has my sympathy . |
| 17 | Lenin cites with approval Engels ' recommendation that there should be complete self-government for the provinces , districts and localities through officials elected by universal suffrage and the abolition of all local and provincial authorities appointed by the state . |
| 18 | ( Presenter ) Some do n't perceive it that way and say it could be political suicide for the Conservatives ( Legge ) |
| 19 | There must be due regard for contingency |
| 20 | Indeed one might well argue that unless this generation is able to distinguish between what has been the religious vehicle which has carried people 's love of God , and the love of God itself which needs to be interpreted in new ways , there may be scant hope for the future of religion in the west . |
| 21 | There would be monetary compensation for the loss of the flat . |
| 22 | It is unlikely that there would be strong support for interim note disclosure equivalent to that in annual accounts . |
| 23 | There will also be strong competition for places among the three spinners . |
| 24 | It might well be that some of them had work as servants , or in agriculture — but there would be strong competition for the latter , for quite apart from the regular farm labourers there were a considerable number of workmen not as fully employed at the mine as perhaps they would have wished . |
| 25 | Although cooperative solutions may be desirable overall , there can be strong incentives for individual countries to ‘ free ride ’ , so that international agreements are to sustain . |
| 26 | DOWNPATRICK and Down Royal executives will be keeping their fingers crossed next week that there will be strong declarations for their meetings on Wednesday and Saturday respectively . |
| 27 | While there will be strong demand for almost any large house in England if it is in an attractive setting , however remote , in Scotland there are dozens of truly spectacular castles and mansions in varying states of decay . |
| 28 | It would be weak sentimentality for me to allow him such grace . |
| 29 | From Sounion comes a splendidly illuminating decree of the demesmen , which reads : ‘ It seemed good to the men of Sounion : since Leukios has given the demesmen land to build an agora , three men are to be chosen straight away to measure an area not less than 2 plethra by 1 , so that there shall be broad space for the men of Sounion to agorazein ’ … ( the last word is untranslatable : ‘ carry on all the activities usual in an agora ’ is accurate but too prosaic ; there is also the sense of ‘ promenading oneself : Syll. 925 ) . |
| 30 | Andrew Guest , of United Buses , said it would be economic folly for any company to alter its business and lose a possible six per cent of its passengers and profits . |