Example sentences of "be [adj] for [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sycamore ( Acer pseudoplatanus ) is widespread , particularly so on the Downs near the coast where conditions are unsuitable for most other tree species , and it is much favoured by passage migrants . |
| 2 | As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour . |
| 3 | I am grateful for that helpful clarification . |
| 4 | Ashton thus created a special style fur a particular character which summed up — as it were — her whole being , but which would have been unsuitable for any other ballet . |
| 5 | Although I am sorry for those young people , I believe that their problem is often psychological , rather than inability to find work . |
| 6 | It has not always been easy for those working class voters who see the Greens as an undisciplined bunch , inimical to the interests of industrial society , to keep up with the SPD 's enthusiastic appetite for environmental matters . |
| 7 | These rates are payable for any new members joining the Society from September on — thus giving three free months . |
| 8 | The mental , emotional and other consequences are similar for all addictive disease . |
| 9 | For instance , the seller of goods might expressly exclude the statutory implied terms relating to the goods — The Seller gives no undertaking that the goods are fit for any particular purpose . |
| 10 | Suppose that dividends ( and therefore economic earnings ) are constant for all future periods . |
| 11 | It has a softwood front fascia , ‘ brick ’ front piers are optional for this concrete-panelled garage |
| 12 | Those taxing bills , whether district judges in the county court or taxing officers in the High Court , rely on their experience to know what sort of figures are reasonable for each particular task performed . |
| 13 | They had probably been married for some thirty-odd years , perhaps longer . |
| 14 | They are useful for many other jobs around the home and garden . |
| 15 | Have the courage to own up to your mistakes and to say sorry when you are responsible for any bad behaviour . |
| 16 | Central NACAB office and the 22 area offices are responsible for this mammoth task , which until recently has accounted for one fifth of the NACAB budget . |
| 17 | Er I 'm sure that er the Metropolitan Police will be doing everything possible to track down those who are responsible for this evil act and bring them to justice . |
| 18 | Stronger subject and technical background and training are important for these new information staff , as well as the ability to work effectively in a more fluid organisational environment . |
| 19 | ICI has been responsible for many major developments in acrylics since the 1930s . |
| 20 | Behind the scenes at London Zoo , staff have been responsible for some notable breeding achievements among rare and endangered species . |
| 21 | I came to believe that I had been responsible for those terrible things , that I was to blame , that I must be very bad . |
| 22 | No evidence has yet been forthcoming for any external towers , the mortared stone foundation in Kingshams Field now being assigned to the medieval defences . |
| 23 | But a much smaller rise could be devastating for many coastal areas and islands . |
| 24 | It may also swell the juice within the grapes to bursting point , ruining the fruit for winemaking unless harvested and transported to the press while still frozen , which would hardly be practicable for any significant area of vines affected by frost . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , clinicians and patients who continue to face these decisions will be grateful for each new step that elucidates the factors involved . |
| 26 | It managed to hold its own yesterday and if it continues to strengthen the pundits reckon we could be due for another prolonged rally in shares in the New Year . |
| 27 | If you have not bought any new appliances since you first moved into your home , or if your family has changed in numbers , you might be due for some updated versions . |
| 28 | A most probable value of 2.5 × 10 23 has been found to be acceptable for most flexible heterodisperse polymers in good solvents . |
| 29 | How can it be acceptable for this beautiful beach to be shipped away in unlimited quantities under planning permissions granted by Ministers on appeal 30 years ago ? |
| 30 | To this end , Darwin adduces , most especially , those phenomena that would be anomalous for any exclusive correlation of maturation , fertilization and impressionability with sexual rather than asexual modes of generation . |