Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [verb] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chamberlain pointed out that the relationship between maturity and volume was not monotonic , with volume initially increasing , and then decreasing as delivery became imminent , and this may have been responsible for the positive relationship . |
| 2 | This may have been fine for early disposable e-mail , but as office systems of all kinds have developed into tools to create , store , retrieve and delete the only copy of more substantial record types , it is necessary to institute more organised retention methods . |
| 3 | This must have been irksome for them , but Mrs Webster accepted it as her war work with good grace . |
| 4 | Just a few months ago walking like this would have been impossible for 12 year old Ashley Smith . |
| 5 | When she began to use contraception at the age of 42 she probably did so without her husband 's knowledge , but this would have been difficult for most working class women , given the lack of privacy in their homes . |