Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not clear who is responsible for stoking the latest tension . |
| 2 | Despite conflicting statements from Tehran and press conjecture centring on Libya , it was never clear who was responsible for laying them . |
| 3 | His analysis of the occupations recorded in the Northampton militia list for 1777 , which names men aged between eighteen and forty-five who were liable for militia duty if required , reveals that craftsmen formed about half of Northampton 's adult male workforce . |
| 4 | This is evident from the series of Northamptonshire militia lists dating between 1762 and 1786 which record the occupations of men aged between eighteen and forty-five who were liable for military service . |
| 5 | A few months previously his name had been included in a list of men aged between eighteen and forty-five who were liable for militia duty if the awful day ever dawned when Napoleon landed on the south coast . |
| 6 | The rest of the men aged between eighteen and forty-five who were liable for militia duty comprised a merchant , 2 book keepers , 4 blacksmiths , 3 shoemakers , 3 tailors , 2 chandlers , and a cooper , a joiner , a carpenter , a roper , a gardener and a preacher . |
| 7 | By 10 minutes to 12 everything was ready for the bazaar , so Amanda set out for home , tingling with a mixture of excitement and fear . |
| 8 | This one is useful for moving from the 5th position down to the 2nd position in A minor . |
| 9 | If they are exclusively narrative they are useless for song writing . |
| 10 | After this it is possible for labouring poets to entertain far greater hopes of public impact . |
| 11 | For this it was necessary for the premiership to pass not to Heseltine but to a leading member of the Cabinet . |
| 12 | In this he was responsible for the design and installation of the overhead contact system and for putting the locomotives into service . |
| 13 | When a service is free it is difficult for consumers to express dissatisfaction . |
| 14 | In 1834 it was notable for being more varied in coat colour than any other breed , but nearly always with the white finchback and white hough spots it still has today . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's impossible for me to give you a definite answer . ’ |
| 16 | A.I 'm afraid it is impossible for me to guess what was wrong with your Ram . |
| 17 | The " useful " data is only that which is necessary for the complete construction of the mathematical model . |
| 18 | If the central-peripheral distinction is to be linked with Easterbrook 's hypothesis it is necessary to take into account the task which is being performed , thus central information should be only that which is necessary for successful performance of a well-defined task . |
| 19 | It should only aim to record that which is necessary for accurate reporting of a pupil 's progress according to the agreed reporting format of the school as a whole . |
| 20 | The cash limits were intended to reduce the social cost of distortionary taxes elsewhere , to impose ‘ financial discipline ’ in the hope of attaining a performance that was closer to that which was cost-minimizing for any output , and to increase the bargaining power of management in wage negotiations . |
| 21 | That which was sufficient for the needs of the people was permitted , but innovation for its own sake , or for the purposes of profit , was contrary to the law . |
| 22 | Once the plantlets have grown bigger they are ready for transplanting . |
| 23 | Handel had been dead for five years , but his music was still enormously popular ; J C Bach ( whose concert series run by himself and his compatriot Carl Friedrich Abel was one of the highlights of musical life at the time ) was also music master to the queen and a member of her private chamber band : as such he was responsible for organizing elaborate concerts at court . |
| 24 | The family connection was enhanced when Gundioc 's son , Gundobad , became Ricimer 's right-hand man , and as such he was responsible for the execution of Anthemius . |
| 25 | " I 'm glad I 'm good for you . " |
| 26 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 27 | This shaping depends on political and ideological formations and it is these which are responsible for its ‘ consequences ’ too . |
| 28 | However , there were syntactic constraints , and it is these which are responsible for the weak link between monitoring latency and target position . |
| 29 | As director of the Institute of Child Health from 1946 he was responsible for its rapid development and for the innovative departments of growth and development , and tropical medicine . |
| 30 | today bit fatuous It 's rare for a wife to go on holiday with a male friend . |