Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The philosophies of Rousseau and of David Hartley , whose work had become a powerful influence on Coleridge , convinced them both that ‘ Vice is not natural to Man ’ , and that given strong reasons for being virtuous , ‘ Man would approach very near perfection ’ . |
| 2 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
| 3 | We try to give a picture of Israel as a democracy , a country that has strengths and weaknesses , that has reasons for being distrustful . ’ |
| 4 | He could have many reasons for being vindictive . |
| 5 | There are many different reasons for being alone and equally different needs to be considered for the people who find themselves in this position . |
| 6 | Millie had her reasons for being concerned . |
| 7 | The company is also targeting the growing market for children 's cereals with a series of activities for 's Golden Bites , a sugar puff style product . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't blame the fans for being sceptical , ’ said Beck . |
| 9 | The Christians soon acquired a reputation even among the pagans for being generous with their money ; they thought it better to give than to enquire too closely into the merits of the recipients , and were therefore occasionally easy game for confidence tricksters . |
| 10 | Age was the main influence upon all politicians ' ratings for being energetic . |
| 11 | Few voters gave her low ratings for being tough or decisive , and they were an unpredictable few . |
| 12 | It 's become a reflex for critics to castigate the readers for being partisan , for being sluggish and single-minded in their choices . |
| 13 | I 'm not quite sure what her motives for being nude were — has she said ? — but if that 's the way she wants us to think of her that 's fine |
| 14 | Stotland ( 1977 ) drew a portrait of the executive 's motives for being prepared to go along with corporate crime . |
| 15 | He blamed his parents for being over-ambitious on his behalf ; a claim denied , said the prosecution , by his sister , who would have talked of the love and support of their parents . |
| 16 | Some too have criticized the Ten Commandments for being negative . |
| 17 | But as this noble institution has only ever rewarded women writers for being ladylike — Oldie pin-ups , maybe — or for assuming the pompous , androgynous mantle of — God help us — George Eliot , her exclusion can be read as a back-handed compliment . |
| 18 | Much recent research in social cognition has stressed that many apparently complex tasks satisfy all or many of the conditions for being automatic in this sense ( e.g. social categorisation — Higgins , Rholes & Jones , 1977 ; Higgins , 1989 ; causal attribution — Bargh , 1984 ; social interaction — Langer , 1978 ) . |
| 19 | They are not , of course , sufficient features and I shall make neither claims nor suggestions here as to the sufficiency of existing or possible machines for being conscious entities . |
| 20 | They returned to Tunbridge Wells via Cheltenham , where Lulu Harrington gave them tea and her fulsome apologies for being unable to remember the full name and address on Beatrix 's fourth letter . |
| 21 | Jean Parmiter sent her apologies for being unable to teach as arranged ; she and her husband had had to go away for the weekend . |
| 22 | ‘ You have to strike a happy medium between looking like royalty and looking like a housewife , ’ a helpful Mrs Tony Newton , wife of the Leader of the Commons explained after she and four Cabinet Minsters ' wives for being lip-glossed and back-combed into shape by the Mail on Sunday . |
| 23 | Frost 's Mill at Park Green is a large four-storey brick building of 1785 in characteristic factory style of the period , with the obligatory clock in the gable ( workers could have no excuses for being late for work ) . |
| 24 | Scum 0 Leeds 0 ; Leeds get criticised from all quarters for being negative . |
| 25 | Lesser players can try the same tack but run the risk of being berated by their amateur partners for being unfriendly or even unprofessional . |
| 26 | In the Judith Ward case the Court of Appeal , criticising three senior forensic scientists for being partisan to the police , said that one lesson to be learned from that miscarriage of justice was the clear duty of such people ‘ to act in the cause of justice ’ and that ought to be spelt out to ‘ all engaged or to be engaged in forensic services in the clearest terms ’ . |
| 27 | But the compensations for being unable to read or carry on a casual conversation are overwhelming . |
| 28 | The letter indicated the killer had been rejected by the Canadian armed forces for being anti-social , police said . |
| 29 | The letter indicated the killer had been rejected by the Canadian armed forces for being anti-social , police said . |
| 30 | But what she also inadvertently tells us is how much emphasis her parents ( and all parents ) tend to put on little girls looking good — providing dancing lessons , special party dresses , and constant compliments for being pretty . |