Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goods which are useless or unsuitable for any normal purpose will still correspond with their description ( here ‘ Norwegian Herring Meal ’ ) if it accurately identified them . |
| 2 | Any support , whether financial or political for those outside the enterprise culture — the poor , the homeless , the unemployed — has been written off as the unrealistic and dangerous machinations of the ‘ loony left ’ . |
| 3 | The more variable strata will therefore be more intensively sampled , leading to estimates of the population mean or total for this variable that are ‘ optimal ’ in the sense of having smallest possible variance . |
| 4 | Investments held as fixed assets are stated at cost less provisions where appropriate for any diminution in value . |
| 5 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |
| 6 | ( v ) Most libels of any gravity directed at the conduct of a local authority would sufficiently identify the councillors or officers concerned in or responsible for that conduct so as to enable individual councillors or officers to sue for libel just as , in this case , Mr. Bookbinder has brought proceedings in respect of the libels complained of by the council . |
| 7 | He had not been on duty on the afternoon of the shooting or responsible for any of the aftermath investigations . |
| 8 | The 1977 Whitford Committee Report however , reviewing UK Copyright law , dismissed a proposal for droit de suite stating that it was not fair , logical or practical for such a concept to be introduced into the UK . |
| 9 | any other financial arrangements contained in the agreement shall not thereby be rendered void or unenforceable and shall , unless they are void or unenforceable for any other reason ( and subject to sections 35 and 36 , below ) be binding on the parties to the agreement . |
| 10 | ‘ unless void or unenforceable for any other reason , ’ |
| 11 | They were aided by the vulnerability of Lancaster 's support ; baronial suspicions of his ambitions and jealousy of his wealth and power were compounded by the king 's astute distribution of patronage : the lines of confrontation were never clear or secure for either party . |
| 12 | Three , we fail to understand why it is necessary or desirable for such a large proportion of this subscription to go out of our institute to County and National Funds . |
| 13 | Although changes at the sensory-motor synapse might occur during the habituation of the gill and siphon withdrawal reflex , they have not yet been formally shown to be either necessary or sufficient for that behaviour . |
| 14 | The probability of a particle getting out of a black hole of the mass of the sun would be very low because the particle would have to travel faster than light for several kilometers . |
| 15 | Each file can have millions of records. , more than adequate for most users . |
| 16 | However Ares ' Chairman Rob Friedman says that this will be noticeable only by the typographic elite and that the output is more than acceptable for most publishing applications . |
| 17 | If the birthweight is low anyway this could be critical but children born to heavy smokers can continue to be slower than average for some years to come . |
| 18 | Although appropriate for many problems , as this technique does not constrain the creativity of many designs , there is no guarantee that the " best " solution will ever be obtained . |
| 19 | Although useful for many unimodal sediments , in polymodal distributions the median may fall in the tails of two sub-populations of grains , in a size fraction which is scarce . |
| 20 | For several days the world had been on the brink of nuclear war — and over an issue that appeared less than vital for those outside the conflict . |
| 21 | Indeed , the slope was no more than gentle for some way back along the line by which they had come ; but he had been preoccupied with the idea of danger in the open and had not noticed the change . |
| 22 | This leads to tensions which are somewhat higher than original for some of the harpsichords and somewhat lower than original for the later pianos . |
| 23 | The 3 = 10 9 years since the origin of life has been more than sufficient for this number of generations . |
| 24 | If you do n't find that plausible for some particular example that you have imagined , just turn down the imaginary light a bit , or move a bit further away from the imaginary object ! |
| 25 | They needed no professional help with the evening 's drinking but arose magically clear-headed and eagle-eyed for each subsequent day 's golf . |
| 26 | Chameleon , for example , has been available in English , German , Danish , Portuguese and Spanish for some time , and has recently added Czech and Polish language versions . |
| 27 | Or again , for the ruling class or race against which such a movement rebels , as long as its authority is secure there are very strong practical advantages in thinking of its subjects as incapable of governing themselves , happy and carefree in their poverty , innately inferior in intelligence , out of work only if lazy , loyal and grateful for all one has done for them unless misled by irresponsible agitators ; it is only when they start to be dangerously restive that it becomes practically useful to understand their motives and capacities better . |
| 28 | Conscious that she must make the most of these last weeks , and grateful for all the happiness and love which she had enjoyed in childhood , she was nevertheless eager for the days to pass and for the news to come that João had arrived from Lisbon to collect his bride . |
| 29 | She had become quiet , patient , and grateful for all our care . |
| 30 | Their task was to train pilots , observers and air gunners , men only recently signed up and grateful for any preparation , however basic . |