Example sentences of "[v-ing] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chewing and sucking are comforting for the human being and the roots of this go right back into babyhood . |
| 2 | ‘ Walking is good for everyone whatever their age or level of fitness , ’ said Frank Kelly , the Health Promotion Agency 's physical activity programme manager . |
| 3 | Walking is good for the soul , it 's . |
| 4 | They write , ‘ Deliberately prolonging a patient 's dying is unacceptable for any reason . ’ |
| 5 | As with repayment loans , the interest you are paying is eligible for tax relief ( see under MIRAS on page 25 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ACT is discriminatory , and it discriminates against the kind of companies that generally speaking are good for Britain |
| 8 | The strategies of splitting are essential for the infant 's attempt to deal with the genuine contradictions it encounters in struggling to form some image of itself and the part-objects it confronts . |
| 9 | When at last he spoke , his voice was tight , fully realising that the respirators they were wearing were inadequate for most nerve gases . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The amount of slashing is optional for the time being . |
| 12 | She was resting be thankful for Judith Chalmers |
| 13 | Having been rare for many years doubles are now much more widely available and many are proving to be good garden plants . |
| 14 | Queen Jane ( the former Lady Jane Grey ) lost the throne on 19 July 1553 — having been sovereign for twelve days — to be succeeded by Mary whose first regnal year was dated from that day , but her second regnal year began on 6 July 1554 , thus ignoring the ‘ reign ’ of Jane . |
| 15 | Having been dormant for a while they are looking for funds to give Britain 's young people the opportunity to realise their full skiing potential . |
| 16 | It was flat , and having been open for only fifteen years , was not criss-crossed with sewers , gas and water pipes which otherwise would have required costly re-location . |
| 17 | One of the most interesting features of the building is the Trivulzio chapel through which the basilica is entered , its position on the original façade of the church having been responsible for the loss of the early , Romanesque , frontage . |
| 18 | Once home , he sought scapegoats for his evident failure by dismissing his treasurer and chancellor , who had not , he argued , provided the backing he needed and deserved , and by turning on John Stafford , archbishop of Canterbury , whom he suspected of having been responsible for the lack of success . |
| 19 | Having been responsible for recruiting patients to one of the landmark studies in this field , which Alberto Maran and colleagues reference , I can testify to what can happen in the heat of combat . |
| 20 | In a letter to the Bulgarian news agency BTA , reported on July 20 , Zhivkov took responsibility for Bulgaria 's foreign and domestic policy during his period in power but denied having been responsible for allocating aid to developing countries . |
| 21 | Partly because the First Army had not seen service since 1814 ( the Second Army having been responsible for the victories of 1828 – 9 in the Balkans ) , the Russian advance into Poland was hesitant . |
| 22 | Having been airborne for a while and learned that this aircraft demands a gentle touch on the engine controls , the trainee who demonstrates prudent use of reverse derives huge satisfaction from the soft-but-powerful deceleration , bringing the aircraft to a stop in 400 metres . |
| 23 | They each believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of the world as each saw it and neither would give way to the other , or defer in any way to the other 's claimed priority in attention , preference or responsibility . |
| 24 | The combination of beta-blockers and permanent pacing is effective for some symptomatic patients with idiopathic LQTS . |
| 25 | speeding is dangerous for teh fact that it 's a very confined area … even at fifty miles an hour … that 's a conbined impact speed of a hundred miles an hour … we 're also thinking of the workmen , who are sometimes working where there 's no central barrier |
| 26 | Nowadays we associate this system with some specific services , but with some adaptations franchising is possible for industries as well . |
| 27 | Smiling is good for you , too . |
| 28 | Dreaming is ideal for such sites ; if the dreams of Earth can be dreamt anywhere , it is at these sacred waters . |
| 29 | Firstly , it requires an extra visit to the hospital and , secondly , fasting is difficult for the patient on insulin . |