Example sentences of "[adj] for that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , we can add the joint income of husband and wife to obtain a total for that unit , whatever we choose to call it , whereas we can not sensibly add their separate statuses to achieve a joint status for both of them unless we know a great deal more about how status is a distributive phenomenon and what its properties are . |
| 2 | ‘ Working with Oaky and Osborne was right for that time , but now it 's time to move on , do something a bit different , ’ shrugs Shaun . |
| 3 | He say best stable for that mare is a coffin . ’ |
| 4 | Impaired peristalsis was defined as a mean pressure outside the lower limite of normal for that level . |
| 5 | I do n't feel sorry for that man who came in on drugs and dropped |
| 6 | To Edward , in German , she said : ‘ I 'm sorry for that rudeness . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry for that mistake . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't feel sorry for that girl , ’ said Stella . |
| 9 | ‘ I feel sorry for that woman , ’ thought the bachelor as he stepped down from the train at the next station . |
| 10 | Poor dog I really do feel sorry for that dog . |
| 11 | ‘ One is always grateful for that kind of comic genius who takes your script and plays it for everything that 's in it , ’ as Shaffer told me . |
| 12 | MPs were no doubt grateful for that ruling . |
| 13 | Yes I 'd be grateful for that chairman if that could be arranged thank you . |
| 14 | I am grateful for that direction . |
| 15 | The last thing this scene needed was a non-participating spectator and I am indeed grateful for that privilege . |
| 16 | Later , I had cause to be grateful for that clause . |
| 17 | I am again extremely grateful for that intervention . |
| 18 | I am grateful for that suggestion , but I am not sure which Labour party policy the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that I adopt to encourage investment . |
| 19 | I 'm very grateful for that point of information from the honourable lady . |
| 20 | I am grateful for that gift , as perhaps you may be . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm I 'm very grateful for that information sir . |
| 22 | I am grateful for that reply . |
| 23 | I am grateful for that reply . |
| 24 | The pollination process is so complicated and mechanically wonderful that it is almost beyond belief ; and the process is specific for that species of bee and that species of orchid , so that if one partner became extinct , the other would also die out . |
| 25 | I was convinced that something had happened in our absence ; something had indeed happened — it had rained hard during the night and early morning — which was strange for that summer when we had a period of almost drought conditions . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're getting far too tall for that pony . ’ |
| 27 | We shall here use adjectival position to mean any construction which has the function of realizing some distinct pattern of intensional relations , and which meets the following criteria : ( a ) It contains an adjective as one of its elements ; ( b ) It is minimally extended for that adjective , i.e. there are no further elements dependent on the adjective ( since all such phrases will reduce in their structural effect to a single occurrence of adjective anyway ) ; ( c ) It is minimally complete for that adjective ; that is , the adjective achieves its structural effect within the construction , so that setting the whole pattern into a larger construction can not change the effective value of the adjective . |
| 28 | And it 's much more usual for that kind of thing to happen , so that you are more likely to get a , a minister who has a very good idea about how erm the civil service functions because he 's been part of it . |
| 29 | When a speaker S who speaks a particular variety V1 of a language L moves to an area where the local language is , in terms of speakers ' own assessments , a different variety of the same language L — in other words , a different dialect of L — say , V2 , it is usual for that individual 's speech to acquire some of the phonological and grammatical characteristics of V2 . |
| 30 | This was all new to me and interesting for that reason . |