Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're a little bit frail for that . |
| 2 | We have engaged a top barrister to mount the best defence possible for this nationally important site ( 3 ) . |
| 3 | The threatened revolt fizzled out as Conservative critics decided to draw back from voting down the whole Budget , keeping their powder dry for future votes when the issue comes before the Commons in detail . |
| 4 | well I 'll switch off if I 'm being something rather good , so do n't I feel a bit sorry for those goldfish . |
| 5 | The imminence of the Olympic Games means that the top British fighters , having competed at the British Open last weekend , are back in training , leaving the field clear for emerging figures in both the men 's and women 's events . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose he 's a bit old for that sort of thing , ’ said Lili , ‘ although with that ridiculous car he drives he does seem to be trying to give an impression of boyish insouciance . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah , well he sort of said oh we 're , we 're a bit old for this or something , I do n't know what Alec is , I thought he was only early forties or something |
| 8 | a right good'un it were , our Arthur give me torch and I had to buy a battery , I paid about three pound odd for this battery |
| 9 | UN force due for Central America |
| 10 | Largest Swiss Dubuffet retrospective for twenty years |
| 11 | The Chronicle annal for 1022 is thoroughly obscure . |
| 12 | On the banks of the Welland they found the sylvan setting appropriate for such an illustrious academic institution . |
| 13 | There are a number of print options which complete this professional training aid fit for any professional or amateur team . |
| 14 | The adviser responsible for multicultural education took this view . |
| 15 | On some of the whole-school matters , such as equal opportunities provision , the adviser provided feedback to the head only , although the adviser responsible for multicultural education spoke to all the senior staff . |
| 16 | A notable exception to this was the adviser responsible for multicultural education who argued that since the school did not seem to have developed an overall policy for multicultural education he could not conduct an appraisal of it . |
| 17 | And so it 's passed on to the person in the school or college responsible for that . |
| 18 | In a continent notorious for appalling prison conditions , where brutality and corruption are the norm , Nicaragua 's penal system stands out as a genuine effort to find a more humane yet affordable alternative . |
| 19 | Rational planning was to be achieved by unifying health services , which were at that time split between local authorities , the boards of governors of teaching hospitals , a regional and local administration responsible for other hospitals and the executive councils who administered the contracts for general practitioners ( see Figure 1.1 ) . |
| 20 | This is the most evident from the continuing guidance issued to these industries over many years by the principal government department responsible for financial and related matters , H. M. Treasury . |
| 21 | One implementation problem here is that the main central department responsible for local government is the Department of the Environment . |
| 22 | Agents , who are responsible for the underwriting syndicates , will be compelled to inform investors specifically about the type of business being handled and underwriters will be obliged to join the market association responsible for any class of insurance written . |
| 23 | Agents , who are responsible for the underwriting syndicates , will be compelled to inform investors specifically about the type of business being handled and underwriters will be obliged to join the market association responsible for any class of insurance written . |
| 24 | This last great problem features an unprotected crux 30 feet up with a landing that would keep the local casualty department busy for some considerable time . |
| 25 | Whether it was the wishes of the archdiocese ; or whether it was the inarticulate growls of air-marshals ; or whether it was the judgement that someone of 73 carries too many years to move to big new work ; or whether someone among Eden 's advisers thought scholarship important for some bishops — Eden rejected Fisher 's preference that Ramsey should go to London . |
| 26 | Recent studies have suggested that in vivo , at the time of partial hepatectomy , the ligand responsible for down regulation of the EGF is in fact TGFα , which is synthesised in the liver immediately after partial hepatectomy , and is a powerful hepatic mitogen via the EGF receptor . |
| 27 | Research by the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory in Oxford has traced the protein responsible for blocking treatment . |
| 28 | To dismiss religion because of its potential for evil is to risk being onesided and exclusivist , committing a logical error , failing to appreciate the nature of religion , and mistaking the real culprit responsible for such unedifying behaviour . |
| 29 | Three research groups recently announced — in the same issue of Nature — the discovery of the site of the genetic anomaly responsible for Myotonic Dystrophy , which is a major genetically transmitted disorder . |
| 30 | Furthermore , they have taken no part in the great debate in the Scottish Constitutional Convention , although there is still a seat available for that party . |