Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] is for " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ There is a sick Jewish problem of voting for a black man no matter how unfit he is for the job , ’ he said . |
| 32 | Right , have you starting to talk early and with a wide coverage unusual it is for their age example , classical music for a three year old , reading by the age of three , early ability and enjoyment of |
| 33 | No clear principles determine the allocation of disputes to these bodies although the greater the element of discretion and the more important the policy considerations , the less likely it is for the courts to take on the new area of responsibility . |
| 34 | By patiently watching and recording hits we can build up a probability profile which will indicate how likely it is for a bullet to hit any particular point on the detector . |
| 35 | Going into a training session with a pile of separate cassettes and having to find the bit you want on each one is for emergencies only . |
| 36 | That one is for a start ! ’ |
| 37 | Courses are for a minimum of 2 weeks with the exception of Executive Course IV which is for a minimum of 1 week . |
| 38 | Present one is for Derek . |
| 39 | It can do all there is for it to do , which is to discover regularities among our God-given ideas , and to systematize these in the most useful way . |
| 40 | I want him to know how futile it is for him to try and escape my influence … " |
| 41 | The more HDL you have in your blood , the better it is for you . |
| 42 | Defender Steve Bruce added : ‘ The more good players we have the better it is for the squad . |
| 43 | As a general rule , the fewer ingredients in your food , the better it is for you . |
| 44 | The more production the better it is for them and better to sell the pits off . |
| 45 | In theory , the higher the pitch of a sound , the better it is for accurate sonar . |
| 46 | She said this with a certain violence , and Clara 's attention quickened , for she thought she was about to witness the emergence of one of the buried conflicts of which she had heard so much : but Mrs Denham said quickly , " For goodness sake , Clelia , you know how good it is for me to have James around , it takes me back to those lovely days when you were all so small and docile . " |
| 47 | You should know how lonely it is for us . ’ |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 50 | This goes back to what I was saying about the ‘ fellowship ’ of conferences and similar events and how important it is for people to enjoy themselves and make contacts . |
| 51 | I can not stress enough how important it is for teachers to realise that because drama is such a powerful tool for helping people change , as teachers we need to be very sensitive to the emotional demands we make on our students . |
| 52 | The conversion also shows how important it is for the planning authority to be flexible about change of use so the right scheme does not get blocked prematurely . |
| 53 | But Making Out highlights how important it is for women to have a job and be with other women workers — often in very crummy circumstances , but actually being very resilient with a lot of humour and girl talk . |
| 54 | I shall be dealing more fully with the use of the library in the next chapter , but I can not stress too strongly how important it is for all researchers to be knowledgeable about bibliographical sources and , sadly , how few social science undergraduates are actually taught the necessary skills . |
| 55 | We have seen how important it is for the retailer to choose the right place and the right product . |
| 56 | I can tell him how important it is for us to have a home of our own . |
| 57 | That 's without mentioning how important it is for Suede to hurtle into people 's lives … |
| 58 | Just how important it is for the mountain goat to be footsure is summed up by Doug Chadwick , an American biologist who lived with goats for several years : |
| 59 | For all its graphs , diagrams and photographs and highly technical text , I was glad to see that the practical matters were not neglected and the author was keen to emphasise the personal touch and how important it is for the stockman to treat his cows with confidence , affection and respect . |
| 60 | At the level of parliament , the news media and opinion poll data , management of the national economy has been the dominant issue in British politics for much of the post-war period and however important it is for socialists to insist that ‘ the political ’ be given a broader definition , they can not afford to be silent on so important a concern . |