Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were due for better weather today which we 've had . |
| 2 | Consequently world trade was encouraged since all currencies were exchangeable for each other and for gold at stable rates of exchange . |
| 3 | The results of initial laboratory investigations were normal for hepatic , renal ( Table I ) , and thyroid function but there was mild hypokalaemia for which supplementation was started with Sando-K ( two tablets three times a day ) . |
| 4 | She knew perfectly well that she and Ludo were right for each other . |
| 5 | All her previous doubts as to whether they were right for each other , whether she cared for him enough , had been answered by her reaction to Michele Lorenzo . |
| 6 | Expectations were upset for three basic reasons : First , the long Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka has finally taken its toll of the tea estates . |
| 7 | The bogie cars were unsuitable for this arrangement and the small boxes were hung from the top edge of the dash either side . |
| 8 | Yearly tenancies held at rack rents ( i.e. rents that were not fixed by custom but which were negotiated by the landlord and tenant ) were common for the smaller farms and cottages and in the Midlands in particular they were usual for any property other than a freehold . |
| 9 | By comparison , radio and TV audiences were homogenous for most of the period , not least because there was only a limited choice for 10 years after 1945 . |
| 10 | County 's home form is one of the best in the country so Portsmouth were grateful for this deflection which disturbed Steve Cherry 's equilibrium . |
| 11 | The latter case would indicate that , if it were possible for real observers to pass through the horizon , then most would miss this singularity . |
| 12 | He justified the very strict timetable ( suspensions were possible for one year only ) on the basis of the need to place the protection of public health above considerations of technological and economic feasibility . |
| 13 | The workers in section 61 were angry because they felt , firstly , that the quotas of production allocated to white workers were unfair compared with the quota allocated to them ; secondly , because conditions of work were different for Asian workers — their washing times , lunch breaks and toilet breaks were restricted ; and thirdly because , although most of the workers were Asians , the union branch had an overwhelmingly white shop steward 's committee ( there was only one Asian shop steward ) which was not only uninterested in their struggles but actively opposed to them . |
| 14 | This technique has been used to find the amounts of elements such as iron , sodium , potassium , aluminium , calcium , magnesium , lithium and phosphorus in the flint , and it was the concentrations of these elements which were different for different mines . |
| 15 | Conditions in the aftermath of the 1905 revolution were propitious for stable development in countryside and city alike . |
| 16 | The 1983 and 1987 general elections were interesting for psephological as well as for political reasons . |
| 17 | They said cautions were acceptable for all age groups for a wide range of unspecified offences . |
| 18 | In other words selecting cases via referrals to psychogeriatric departments did not guarantee clients who needed and were acceptable for enhanced home support . |
| 19 | ‘ Arianna and I were wrong for each other in dozens of ways . |
| 20 | Toyohiko Shimada , a ministry official , said that a decision to cease imports may be reversed if international research proved that turtle stocks were adequate for commercial trading . |
| 21 | The farm buildings were empty for many years , but have now been restored . |
| 22 | For the judge suggested that the legal effect of the Genocide Act and that of the Geneva Conventions Act were indistinguishable for all relevant purposes , since neither fully incorporated the respective Convention into English law but merely created new criminal offences to give effect to that convention . |
| 23 | Curves were similar for all metals except iron , which had much higher contamination values even after five collections . |
| 24 | Rates of butyrate metabolism in controls and ulcerative colitis patients were similar for all three regions studied , but glutamine metabolism was significantly greater in the descending colon in ulcerative colitis . |
| 25 | The success rates were similar for both questions ; 45–50 per cent of the lower third band , 70–75 per cent of the middle third , and 80–85 per cent of the top third pupils giving both relevant months in each case . |
| 26 | It 's proving to be a strain , both financially and physically — since we are doing as much of the work ourselves as possible — and our friends were convinced for some time that we had gone mad ! |
| 27 | Also numerous parcels now belonged to the great religious foundations of the region as a result of pious donations ; if many of these were tenanted in conjunction with other , larger holdings , they were unavailable for small men , while there were not enough of the big farmers , who did occupy them , to employ more than a very limited number of servants . |
| 28 | ‘ I had £4m worth of strikers training who were unavailable for various reasons on Saturday , so that is a lift and Ian Snodin scored for the A team . |
| 29 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 30 | He knew he was slow-witted ; so many things that were simple for other people quite defeated him , and he was aware that this made him different — he had even heard himself referred to as ‘ not all there ’ . |