Example sentences of "[pron] was [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The World Bank , which was keen for other cities to follow Singapore 's example , reported a 44 per cent fall in traffic entering central Singapore between 7.30am and 10.15am . |
| 2 | Indeed , another type of initiative which was eligible for three-year education support grant from 1990–91 was projects enabling teachers to play a more active role in relation to non-attendance . |
| 3 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 4 | The State Security Committee ( KGB ) , which was responsible for Soviet border defences , rushed border guard reinforcements to the Azerbaijan-Iran border on Jan. 3 amid reports that attacks on border installations had spread and now threatened the entire 800 km frontier . |
| 5 | The policeman , seeing the expiry date on the cartons of tinned milk , promptly issued a summons against the Jordanian manager for selling milk which was unfit for human consumption . |
| 6 | In 1959 the BDDA returned to Edinburgh for a successful Congress , which was notable for memorable weather , the election of Dr E S Greenaway , Headmaster of the Yorkshire School for the Deaf , as President in succession to the late Sir Richard Paget , and an address by Mrs Molly Sheavyn ( nee Miss Molly Sifton ) on Why 1 changed my Mind . |
| 7 | If somebody was bowsey for bandy legs ? |
| 8 | As his later disastrous interventions in politics would make clear , he was a realist in quite a simple-minded sense , one who was concerned for public life , and believed ( like activists of the Left ) that a poet had the right and the duty to act in and upon that life quite directly ; whereas the oddly distant weariness of Eliot 's political pronouncements , even when he was most engagé as editor of True Criterion , revealed a man for whom the psychological reality of private torments took priority over any reality which announced itself as social and public . |
| 9 | The list had been drawn up and presented to Cristiani by the independent Truth Commission , with responsibility under the peace agreement for ascertaining who was responsible for human rights violations during the civil war ( 1980-1991 ) . |
| 10 | The UN 's slow reaction was highlighted in the journal , Africa Confidential , which reported in August that the newly appointed UN Development Programme Emergency Representative ( who was responsible for leading emergency co-ordination ) was delayed in Kenya for three months by bureaucratic problems . |
| 11 | Most had ‘ No Photocopying ’ notices attached , and one was unavailable for inter-library loan . |
| 12 | One was responsible for industrial relations and union negotiations . |
| 13 | As long as Gloucester was the loyal servant of the crown , what was good for him was good for royal authority , and Edward 's acceptance of that fact enormously strengthened the duke 's hand . |
| 14 | As long as Gloucester was the loyal servant of the crown , what was good for him was good for royal authority , and Edward 's acceptance of that fact enormously strengthened the duke 's hand . |
| 15 | It was crucial for successful demand management that central government generated or contained investment to an appropriate level . |
| 16 | Given the thriving circular trade , it was easy for counterfeit manufacturers to pass off goods which they know would not be checked , said Mr Lumley . |
| 17 | It was normal for impassioned orators to be greeted by a sea of waving handkerchiefs and raised umbrellas . |
| 18 | It was normal for large houses to carry their own petrol pumps and fire appliances . |
| 19 | Whatever position I adopted seemed to be the wrong one , and it was possible for certain parts of my body to be relaxed and at rest only at the expense of certain other parts . |
| 20 | If someone a obviously it 's it 's what I 'm asking is hypothetical anyway because I mean the flats are coming down so no one new can move in , but say you actually if if it was possible for other people to move into these flats and you knew someone and they said erm , You know I 'm thinking of moving into Green flats , what would you say ? |
| 21 | When services were concentrated in large hospitals , it was possible for good managers to keep a watchful eye open for the danger signals , and although the physical and emotional environment may not have been of high quality , most residents would be properly fed and clothed and protected from abuse . |
| 22 | It did n't require much capital to manufacture the equipment or produce the short films , and for some time it was possible for small craftsmen on the British model to keep up with the big boys in France or the US . |
| 23 | He advised his student that a comprehensive microlight conversion course was necessary as it was possible for conventional control ( three-axis ) pilots with insufficient weight-shift experience to make incorrect control inputs when under a heavy workload or in turbulent conditions . |
| 24 | Finance Ministers and central bank governors ( i ) commented that the United Kingdom was moving towards economic recovery , that recovery was under way in the United States , that growth was projected to pick up in Italy and France , and that in Japan and Germany growth had slowed from the rapid pace in 1990 to a more sustainable rate ; ( ii ) noted the importance of strengthening global savings ; ( iii ) reaffirmed the need for effective measures to avoid the recurrence of " recent irregularities that were revealed in some financial markets " ( a reference in particular to scandals in Japan — see pp. 38529 — and to the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International — see pp. 38396-37 ; 38355 ; 38545 ) ; ( iv ) called on the Paris Club to continue discussions on how best to implement promptly additional debt relief measures , on a case-by-case basis , which went well beyond the relief already granted under the " Toronto terms " [ see pp. 36123-24 ] ; and ( v ) noted that it was essential for developing countries to encourage private capital flows . |
| 25 | As a result of the controls it was impossible for certain firms to obtain raw materials and replacements , for which no domestic substitutes were available . |
| 26 | It was impossible for middle class feminists to attack theories of sexual difference directly because of their purported scientific authenticity . |
| 27 | All items had to be packed so that they weighed less than twenty-two pounds and sometimes there were so many parcels filling the room that it was impossible for other customers to pass through the door ; the postmaster would then telephone the Newtown depot to request a special van to come and collect them . |
| 28 | Again , as it was impossible for wheeled implements to cross the frequent deep water-cuts of a field ploughed in this way , all cultivation had to be done along the stetch itself ; and this meant that implements — drills , hoes , harrows , etc. — had to be adapted to fit the width of stetch used . |
| 29 | His purpose was to demonstrate not that the earth did spin but that it was impossible for human reason to prove that it did not . |
| 30 | In these circumstances it was necessary for central government to pass supplementary estimates asking Parliament to vote more money to the Health Service or to local authorities . |