Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] to [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The limit in respect of advice in relation to undefended divorce proceedings had been raised to £45 in April 1977 when legal aid ceased to be available for such proceedings and that figure was subsequently raised to £55 in 1979 , £75 in 1981 and £90 in 1985 . |
| 2 | After this remarkable visit , the volcano continued to be active for a week or two , but the explosive activity died down somewhat , and it began to look as though the eruption was going to be just a nine-days ' wonder , and would soon fade away and be forgotten . |
| 3 | A railway link came to be essential for a seaside resort . |
| 4 | Other guidelines were rather less stringently imposed so that , for example , team members would sometimes " turn a blind eye " on detail in spending plans if the general thrust of the proposal seemed to be appropriate for the school concerned . |
| 5 | The princess confessed to being worried for his safety during the Gulf War . |
| 6 | The sort of things I was doing seemed to be difficult for difficult 's sake ; it was like , ‘ If anybody likes it , then it has to be crap ! ’ |
| 7 | The incense trade continued to be important for the next 1500 years . |
| 8 | They were sparingly given , and the deed had to be exceptional for any award to be made ; many of the Carnegie Medals were given posthumously . |
| 9 | It is the sort of dull nitty-gritty subject believed to be vital for the survival of any self-respecting congressman . |
| 10 | Besides , women workers might be cheaper , but too many depressed breadwinners could damage national morale , and morale needed to be high for what was coming . |
| 11 | Out of 4,000 scientific publications they selected 529 ‘ key articles ’ ( ‘ a key article was defined as one that had an important effect on the direction of subsequent research and development , which in turn proved to be important for one of the ten clinical advances ’ ) . |
| 12 | Edouard , if a man had to be responsible for every little by-blow , where would it end ? |
| 13 | In practice , the US Marshall Aid programme provided most of the necessary finance and the World Bank came to be responsible for assisting economic development in mainly the poorer countries . |
| 14 | First , we can use hoards to define the time individual coin types remained in circulation , since we can tell from them how long a particular coin continued to be available for hoarders . |
| 15 | The better dealers , quite logically , fared best with this new thorn in the flesh , a qualification planned to be compulsory for giving investment advice under the Financial Services Act ( 1986 ) . |
| 16 | The paths shown are those of the 7 rats in group fixed ( b ) and the 7 in group varied ( c ) on trial 85 when the landmark positions in the arena happened to be identical for the two groups . |
| 17 | For an exposure to a source found to be positive for HBsAg , the employee who has not previously been vaccinated should receive the hepatitis B vaccine series . |
| 18 | With brightness masking , subjects report that although the target appeared to be present for a reasonably long period it was too vaguely defined — its contrast was too low for it to be identifiable . |
| 19 | Council officers say the vandalism meant the present exhibition Funny Energy had to be open for restricted hours only . |
| 20 | Council officers say the vandalism has been consistent and meant the present exhibition Funny Energy had to be open for restricted hours only . |