Example sentences of "that [pron] is [adj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the grounds that these seem to be used paradigmatically for ordering , questioning and asserting , respectively , one might argue that it is pointless to search for internal linguistic motivations for these three sentence-types : they recur in the languages of the world because humans are , perhaps , specifically concerned with three functions of language in particular — the organizing of other persons ' actions , the eliciting of information , and the conveying of-formation . |
| 2 | They have been established in recognition of the fact that it is pointless to wait for public sympathy and a change of political will to improve the level of basic old age pensions , and the quality of life for older people generally . |
| 3 | But community services for mentally handicapped people have demonstrated that it is possible to provide for quite severely disturbed , multiply-handicapped people in specially adapted ordinary flats and houses , as long as there are sufficient well-trained staff to provide good-quality care round the clock , and provided the staff themselves are well supported by senior professionals with the right experience . |
| 4 | There will always , however , be a few cases in which the clinician thinks that it is inappropriate to ask for organs . |
| 5 | Such an effects-based approach is seen as being more efficient in that it is likely to capture for investigation a greater number of anti- competitive agreements and fewer of those that are innocuous . |
| 6 | Laczko and Phillipson do not suggest following the course taken by the United States and introducing an Age Discrimination in Employment Act , but they are convinced that it is important to press for legislation as well as seeking to improve the attitudes of employers . |
| 7 | The similarities between things called by the same name are indefinite and fluctuating ; one tries to pin terms down by definition , so that they can be used for strict inference , but Wittgenstein showed that in the vocabulary of natural languages the similarities are ‘ family resemblances ’ , by which A may be like B in one respect and B like C in another , but A like C in neither , so that it is useless to look for common characteristics by which to define the word which names them all . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) A person 's appropriation of property belonging to another may be dishonest notwithstanding that he is willing to pay for the property . |
| 9 | By s.2(2) , " A person 's appropriation of property may be dishonest notwithstanding that he is willing to pay for the property . " |
| 10 | He is putting on his long black coat , a sure sign that he is ready to head for the hills , or at least his hotel suite . |
| 11 | Accordingly in such cases there must be an implied term of the contract with such an agent that he is entitled to act for other principals selling competing properties and to keep confidential the information obtained from each of his principals . |