Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Gorbachev sent the old Stalinist Andrei Gromyko to perform the pinning on of the award must have been scant compensation for what Ceauşescu probably saw as a badge of his growing servitude to Moscow . |
| 2 | When government stock issues had been taken up predominantly by the triad , there had been little need for anything much in the way of a " market " ; but the change in the structure of debt ownership led inevitably to the emergence of broking and jobbing practices which were to become institutionalised into the Stock Exchange . |
| 3 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 4 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 5 | If only they 'd started when they were young like himself , there might have been some hope for them . |
| 6 | Since I have been in the Chair , the Chief Secretary has been interrupted so often that there has not been much opportunity for him to do that . |
| 7 | Gary Kemp 's portrayal of the homosexual psychopath Ronnie is utterly chilling ; we are not shown what he does in bed , but it can not have been much fun for his boyfriend . |
| 8 | The cyclotron was a research facility through into the 1980s , but was an expensive and remarkable piece of equipment to have appeared in the 1950s in a country where , neither before nor since , has there been much cash for anything scientific . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're wanting stew for her ? ’ |
| 10 | This year has been hard work for us , and for our trainees , some of whom have been away from formal education for some time . |
| 11 | It 's been hard work for us but we 're not giving in in here and that 's it . |
| 12 | The Stasi , Honecker 's secret police , have been good Sturmabteilungen for us . |
| 13 | This has all been good training for his new post . |
| 14 | Since no reasons have been given by the decision-maker and no unfavourable inference can be drawn [ from ] this fact because there is obvious justification for his failure to do so , the presumption that he acted intra vires can only be displaced by evidence of facts which can not be reconciled with there having been reasonable cause for his belief that the documents might be required as evidence … |
| 15 | She knew her sons and would bet her last pound that Geoffrey had been awake waiting for something like this . |
| 16 | These days the buzz phrases in the Department of Health are equal access for everybody and winning more resources . |
| 17 | Leather shoes and bags , although not cheap , are good value for their quality . |
| 18 | I am not saying that there has not been considerable support for it , and he can report that to the House . |
| 19 | Mark Smith and Carl McEwan are busy revising for their A-levels at Abingdon College in Oxfordshire . |
| 20 | You will find that a large proportion of them need a good ten inches between shelves , not forgetting that there must be ample room for them to be gently eased out and not hooked by the headband . |
| 21 | There would therefore be ample time for them to deploy their mobile radiation monitoring teams , for the police to tour the area , knocking on doors and warning people living nearby , for the protective potassium iodate pills to be issued and for a decision to be made on whether the public should stay indoors until the cloud had passed — or evacuate to a safer place . |
| 22 | It would be weak sentimentality for me to allow him such grace . |
| 23 | It 'll be some quest for his daughter then ? |
| 24 | In Berlin , Bismarck pretended to believe that the internal instability affecting France presented a danger to the peace of Europe , remarking to the British Ambassador that : ‘ If the present Constitutional Government in France had been three years instead of three months in existence , there would be some chance for its duration and the maintenance of peace . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And now , if you 'll excuse me , I 'm sure there must be some work for me to do . |
| 26 | Right there 'll be some work for you to do . |
| 27 | That 'll be some return for my shoulder , anyway . |
| 28 | The Covent Garden job , though , will be open to applicants , and I guess there will be some competition for it . |
| 29 | Sadly , there must be some cause for them . |
| 30 | Cor there must be some reason for it of course , perhaps they 're not , not erm picking up or yes I could easily of bought erm a couple bottles of wine to make that |