Example sentences of "been [adj] [to-vb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For various reasons , it has not been possible to arrange for this sub-committee to meet . |
| 2 | But even if the revolutionaries had been willing to settle for gradual extension of liberty the middle classes appeared powerless to extract major concessions from the Tsarist regime . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , in the time period available , there was considerable shortfall due either to delays in the courts or the file having been impossible to trace for some reason . |
| 4 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
| 5 | Alix , who had no idea of what the gossip was to be about , but who could sense its ominous crackling in the distance , wanted to go home , but tiresomely Brian , the party-hater , had managed to find his old friend Otto Werner and was deep in conversation about English social class , European intellectuals , the German education system , public schools , and the appointing of JPs and magistrates , a rich vein which they might have been able to explore for another hour at least , had Alix not been at their elbow , murmuring of departure . |
| 6 | But his department has been slow to ask for more cash for environmental aid to the Third World . |
| 7 | The vogue for advocacy and self-advocacy has been slow to develop for older people . |
| 8 | ‘ As Kim Bailey does n't like making up his mind about where his horses run until the last minute , it 's been difficult to try for outside rides . |
| 9 | It proposed a network of under-fives centres throughout the borough — an idea which the under-fives workers had been anxious to promote for some time . |
| 10 | In recent years increases in grant have not been sufficient to compensate for inflationary costs , particularly books and journals , and so additional sources of income have had to be found , in the form of sponsorships , grants , bequests , and donations . |