Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'm outside waiting for you . |
| 2 | I do n't know where they got my name , or why they thought I was suitable material for their article . ’ |
| 3 | That is a benefit to him which is good consideration for his promise to pay maintenance . |
| 4 | Which is good news for me ! ’ |
| 5 | He is doing very well , which is excellent news for me . |
| 6 | With the first Dalek one , for example , I let Richard Martin , again a new Director , do a few episodes but under the wings of Christopher who set up the serial and so , kind of , held his hand while he eased himself into the role of Director , which was good experience for him . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're wanting stew for her ? ’ |
| 8 | Rayo , who is running lead for me today in harness with Kaisa , gets her leg caught up in the trace . |
| 9 | There 's good bunce for you both as soon as the stuff 's delivered back here . |
| 10 | Leave me now , Walter , I 'll dress myself , there 's other work for you . |
| 11 | ‘ There is great potential for us to build on this foundation , a process we are just beginning . ’ |
| 12 | Certainly , I know that in very many colleges of further education there is substantial support for what the Bill seeks to do . |
| 13 | There is good reason for its common name ; the bruised foliage , whose odour has mint-like associations , induces cats to roll all over the plant , eventually ruining it , but it is said that plants grown from seed will be safe until dying down , or withering for some reason . |
| 14 | This shoaling in like sizes is established at a very early age , and there is good reason for it . |
| 15 | ‘ We believe there is real demand for our product in the UK . |
| 16 | James Burns , chairman of the region 's child care subcommittee , said yesterday : ‘ Many young men , women and children with learning difficulties want to use our shared care scheme and there is tremendous potential for it to expand . |
| 17 | Established in 1978 , this group has grown rapidly , and there is considerable opportunity for you to gain management experience . |
| 18 | One of the advantages of an electronic instrument is that there is considerable flexibility for its positioning . |
| 19 | Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards . |
| 20 | Since no reasons have been given by the decision-maker and no unfavourable inference can be drawn [ from ] this fact because there is obvious justification for his failure to do so , the presumption that he acted intra vires can only be displaced by evidence of facts which can not be reconciled with there having been reasonable cause for his belief that the documents might be required as evidence … |
| 21 | As soon as the investigating officer believes that a prosecution should be brought and there is sufficient evidence for it to succeed , questioning should cease . |
| 22 | As soon as a police officer who is making inquiries of any person about an offence believes that a prosecution should be brought against him and that there is sufficient evidence for it to succeed , he should ask the person if he has anything further to say . |
| 23 | The accruals method has been recommended by the ABI as suitable for a trial period of experimentation to see if there is sufficient support for it , since to some extent ‘ true and fair ’ is a question of acceptance and convention as well as theoretical concept . |
| 24 | There is sufficient salt for our needs in food already , without adding more . |
| 25 | Then spread a little soil covering , shake it through the roots , put on more soil , firm , and when there is sufficient covering for you to firm without damaging the roots , tread with me heel , not the sole , of your foot . |
| 26 | The results of initial laboratory investigations were normal for hepatic , renal ( Table I ) , and thyroid function but there was mild hypokalaemia for which supplementation was started with Sando-K ( two tablets three times a day ) . |
| 27 | Parliament refused , however , to endorse Mazowiecki 's acceptance of the resignation of Communications Minister Marek Kucharski , claiming that there was insufficient reason for him to resign . |
| 28 | There was good reason for him to remain at the helm now , too : the wind was freshening and veering , so that it was coming close to dead astern . |
| 29 | Training for English medium was made compulsory in all teachers ' colleges and a government decision was taken , at political level , to provide for extension of English medium teaching to all schools in Kenya where there was local demand for it . |
| 30 | There was widespread support for his contention that both the Congress and the judiciary were corrupt and were obstructing the government 's economic structural adjustment programme . |