Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the evidence that punishment which immediately precedes a forbidden act ( rarely possible for busy parents ) maximizes resistance to temptation and minimizes guilt , you might try not only to sanction misbehaviour promptly but ( where possible ) forestall your child 's action just as it gets under way . |
| 2 | Breaks in ‘ sleeping ’ probe coverage , most clear for YAC probes , correspond to the groups of clones probably belonging to other regions of the genome and are usually hit by only one cosmid probe . |
| 3 | The Building Notice is most suited for minor jobs associated with dwellings . |
| 4 | While features which are points of contrast between two dialect systems appear to be the most salient for would-be imitators , they are also potentially the most difficult to copy correctly . |
| 5 | Thorn 's ( 1968 ) classification is in many ways the most interesting for social geographers . |
| 6 | The advantages of Bt toxins are obvious : not only are they natural proteins that readily degrade in the environment , but they are highly specific for crop-destroying caterpillars ( Lepidoptera ) , flies ( Diptera ) , or beetles and weevils ( Coleoptera ) ; they do not harm vertebrates . |
| 7 | This has led many people to argue that , under the conditions of the global capitalist system , industrialization is only possible for developing countries where bureaucratic authoritarian regimes can organize the production process , and particularly the labour force , to satisfy the demands of the transnational corporations and the world market . |
| 8 | The degree of divisional-HQ interaction was not so extensive for diversified firms . |
| 9 | The Gaussian theory is only adequate for small strains ; at higher values of strain the assumptions made in deriving the entropy break down and the more complex Langevin expression ( 6.16a ) is needed . |
| 10 | The changing demographic composition also has implications for the physical housing stock — trends towards non-family , smaller households suggest that the traditional three-bedroom house is becoming less appropriate for present needs . |
| 11 | The earlier sought opportunities for growth and development of liberal adult education became available on a scale hitherto impossible for voluntary organisations , and for the universities through their extra-mural functions . |
| 12 | runs well it 's so easy for other groups to , to try and get you to help them out . |
| 13 | ‘ It has rock so easy for initial routes that every time you reach up there 's a hold . |
| 14 | In this way , we 're starting to get away from the dangers associated with monopolistic suppliers and purchasers , because it 's less easy for large organisations to circumscribe their trading partners by making them use a particular EDI network . |
| 15 | The company of the saints in heaven was considered an additional potent source of assistance ; individual saints were identified as especially efficacious for particular problems — there was even a saint of hopeless causes ( St Jude ) — and large numbers of men and women undertook long and sometimes hazardous pilgrimages to sites associated with them . |
| 16 | It 's only natural for defeated parties to grab at such explanations , but there are some reasons for believing that the result of the general election in Scotland owed more to Conservative skill at exploiting the mechanics of registration and demography than to any ‘ principled ’ decision-making by voters . |
| 17 | This book will be especially valuable for new researchers who are contemplating or starting peptide synthesis , but advanced undergraduates and those already experienced in the field will also find it interesting while newcomers will find a very valuable guide to the extensive bibliography of the subject . |
| 18 | She has come a long way from 1755 when John Whiston described her poetry as ‘ extremely fit for young ladies … ‘ |
| 19 | ‘ No officer living who has seen so little service as my Lord Marlborough is so fit for great commands , ’ commented William prophetically after the 40-year-old general had , in the autumn of 1690 , rapidly captured Cork and Kinsale . |
| 20 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 21 | Ski start : the major tour operators run learn to ski weeks which are especially useful for lone learners . |
| 22 | An ideal day for any sort of travel , but especially good for short trips and visits . |
| 23 | An ideal day for any sort of travel , but especially good for short trips and visits . |
| 24 | An ideal day for any sort of travel , but especially good for short trips and visits . |
| 25 | It does , however , provide an excellent centrepiece for performing all those other activities which are so useful for coronary patients . |
| 26 | A concordance alphabetises all words in their context and is extremely useful for certain types of grammatical analysis . |
| 27 | Knowledge of how bacteria move DNA around could be extremely useful for developing strains that destroy pollutants , for example . |
| 28 | One problem with avalanche transceivers to date has been that their transmission range is only effective for other members of a group surveying the snow at the surface . |
| 29 | Although this parasite is prevalent throughout the world , it is only responsible for sporadic outbreaks of disease in temperate countries such as Britain and North America . |
| 30 | The study of tone languages is less important for native speakers of non-tone languages , but most students seem to find it an interesting subject . |