Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantages of adopting this planning policy informed the decision that the development should be primarily for single people . |
| 2 | But the five free 16-bit slots should be enough for most people . |
| 3 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 4 | The worksheets themselves are organized into Notebooks which contain 257 pages each ( which should be enough for most mortals ) . |
| 5 | A new budget of £1,500 for the next six months should be enough for local advertising . |
| 6 | The watch Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) maintains should be enough for humble nomes ! ’ |
| 7 | It is logical that this should be so for actuarial skills are in limited supply , are in increasing demand , and frequently carry a great deal of responsibility . |
| 8 | Now the hunt must be on for tryp-killing drug molecules which will actually penetrate into the choroid epithelium . |
| 9 | One dog might be enough for one man , but others like more . ’ |
| 10 | Watching him , Polly saw his jaw tighten , but all he said was , ‘ It looks as if we might be in for another blow . ’ |
| 11 | I think that with John Maynard-Smith around — and I hope he 'll be around for some time yet in the University of Sussex , and I hope the University of Sussex will be too |
| 12 | ‘ Rourke is going to the Brooksby plant , and I 'll be out for some time , so I wondered if you could come over and help Becky out with the computer ? |
| 13 | that 's why some come of course to seek their fortune … they may go home with empty pockets but you can bet they 'll be back for another night at the gryehounds … for another night of fun |
| 14 | He gets married next month and one of his first tasks yesterday was to inform his wife-to-be that four days after they return from their honeymoon he 'll be off for two months on a 13-game tour . |
| 15 | ’ He could be here for any number of reasons … ’ |
| 16 | We could be in for another round of musical manager 's chairs |
| 17 | So it seems Wimbledon , who have cashed in on £12 million of talent since winning the FA Cup in l988 , could be in for more money . |
| 18 | Well , I 'm afraid it could be there for six months ! |
| 19 | Vreni Schneider , Switzerland 's defending World Cup overall champion , could be out for two weeks after suffering a knee injury during downhill training in Colorado .. |
| 20 | Vreni Schneider , Switzerland 's defending World Cup overall champion , could be out for two weeks after suffering a knee injury during downhill training in Colorado .. |
| 21 | Paul Loughlin seems likely to play for St Helens against Widnes on Monday , but he will then have an injection for a groin strain and could be out for two weeks . |
| 22 | Mustoe could be out for six weeks with a groin injury , while Proctor will miss two or three weeks after a minor knee operation . |
| 23 | ‘ If I sold them one or two at a time I 'd be here for twenty years . ’ |
| 24 | THE ‘ Antiques Roadshow ’ may be over for another year but the affection for collectibles continues with bargains still being unearthed in the most unusual of places . |
| 25 | Well , the Gold Cup meeting may be over for another year , but two of the most popular racehorses for decades were back at Cheltenham today to compete against each other for charity . |
| 26 | It may be preferably for any payments to be payable to the purchaser and to be stated to be adjustments to the purchase price . |
| 27 | AGONY Aunt Marje Proops , who confessed to an adulterous 30-year affair with a bachelor lawyer , may be in for more agony still . |
| 28 | This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly . |
| 29 | looks nice , no burnt or anything , and I says ee it 's lovely is it , I said alright , would been down for this morning like and I says ooh come on then do n't bother when you get home starting making anything I says just say , let's ask for steak pies , so I says er can we have er two steak and kidney pies please ? , she said I 'm sorry we do n't , there is n't any kidney an all , I 'm glad there is n't I did n't want , well I 'd of eaten 'em like but I 'd rather have them without |
| 30 | It was the fact that she would be away for six weeks or more that had brought things to a head . |