Example sentences of "[verb] is [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Walking is good for everyone whatever their age or level of fitness , ’ said Frank Kelly , the Health Promotion Agency 's physical activity programme manager . |
| 2 | Walking is good for the soul , it 's . |
| 3 | And he 's had it slapped in his face , because this council has provided an adequate budget for the police authority , it has pr , treated it fairly and squarely like every other council committee , and made sure that the service they provide is adequate for the people of this county . |
| 4 | The lowest level of language presupposed is intermediate for foreign learners and the highest aims at LCCIEB Third Level English for Commerce or English for Business . |
| 5 | If the probability of being included is equal for each member of the relevant population then the sample is said to be a random one . |
| 6 | Libraries in general have an image of unparticularized worthiness and sobriety , and many young librarians have an admirable messianic zeal about them , a firm belief that what their library has is good for people and that membership lists and issue figures must be pushed up for their own sake . |
| 7 | They write , ‘ Deliberately prolonging a patient 's dying is unacceptable for any reason . ’ |
| 8 | That , that I , I say is reserved for Parliament . |
| 9 | Trust that whatever happens is right for you , rather than wanting the experience to conform to your expectations . |
| 10 | Proceedings in the Chamber are fully recorded so that everything that is said or done is available for the broadcasters to use in their programmes . |
| 11 | John Popham , a parliamentary agent representing 13 local residents who have petitioned against the bill , believes that ‘ residents of Newport should be given the same degree of protection as the government has decided is necessary for property owners in Cardiff ’ . |
| 12 | Coun Michna has been a leading opponent of the scheme , which he says is inappropriate for Clairville Common . |
| 13 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
| 14 | That such a choice between working emotionally or technically can be made is useful for teachers to be aware of . |
| 15 | The database where the request originates is responsible for co-ordinating the transaction among its different participants . |
| 16 | The database where the request originates is responsible for co-ordinating the transaction among its different participants . |
| 17 | As with repayment loans , the interest you are paying is eligible for tax relief ( see under MIRAS on page 25 ) . |
| 18 | But time is short for Rhys , who has Batten 's Disease , a rare genetic disorder which can rapidly lead to dementia and blindness . |
| 19 | But time is short for Rhys , who has Batten 's Disease , a rare genetic disorder which can rapidly lead to dementia and blindness . |
| 20 | certainly do n't think where we going is suitable for a puddy tat , hours and hours on end and not being allowed to go outside and even when we 're there , I say , we ca n't be running up and down them bloody staircases letting cats out , I could n't , I could n't bear the thought of it never going out . |
| 21 | That which a feminist perspective enables us to perceive is valid for everyone . |
| 22 | The surface then produced is ideal for sheet floorcoverings . |
| 23 | An understanding of the way a society organises its economic activities and the type of technology used is important for selling overseas . |
| 24 | When you create a string variable , the memory used is sufficient for the initial value of the string . |
| 25 | Oh yes , the , the service that the retain people give is unbelievable for what they get paid for , it 's , it 's pennies really for that service . |
| 26 | AS WE mentioned last month , applying the ‘ original ’ etch-resist directly to the copper foil prior to etching is fine for quicker one-off printed circuit boards ( p.c.b.s ) , but there is the drawback of actually have to destroy the etch-resist after etching , in order to reveal the copper tracks underneath . |
| 27 | ‘ Once the production opened and the showed the allegations were totally groundless we are left with a production that parents know is suitable for children and no one can take that publicity away . ’ |
| 28 | I repeat , however , my conviction that primary teachers can adapt to the new legislation without abandoning the good practice which they know is right for children . |
| 29 | I regard the applicants as eminently respectable and responsible and their interest in the issues raised is sufficient for them to be granted locus standi . " |
| 30 | The amount of slashing is optional for the time being . |