Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this is not meant as a massive , unqualified slight against the Caribbean family , for there are understandable reasons for its failure , amongst them fractured relationships and the prime necessities of having to feed , clothe and shelter their children . |
| 2 | The huge majority of humanity are earthy clods for whom no hope may be entertained . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Untreated , there are unpleasant implications for you , for future partners and future babies . |
| 6 | Its role in oncology is currently under investigation in many centres throughout the world , but even today there are clear indications for its use in the central nervous and musculoskeletal systems . |
| 7 | But there are further reasons for his choice of qualifier , and they involve Davie in cultural as well as literary criticism . |
| 8 | On paper , there are few jobs for which large numbers of people are not qualified ; in practice , employers use a more refined and differentiated signal than educational qualifications : they use the recommendations of people personally known to them and prospective employees . |
| 9 | There are few data for its use in other autoimmune cytopenias , although there is a report of successful use in a child with autoimmune pancytopenia . |
| 10 | I have always believed that there are sensible explanations for everything . |
| 11 | To feel this we need to be sure that other people are making similar sacrifices or , if they are not , that there are acceptable grounds for their not doing so . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Although defective colour perception does not usually have significant effect in many class activities , there are some careers for which absolute perception is needed ( armed forces , electrical trades ) . |
| 14 | Here are some ways for you to help . |
| 15 | While a large proportion of pupils manage to achieve multiple identities and to co-exist in a range of daily cultures , there are some pupils for whom such transitions are problematic , and for whom the inconsistencies in curriculum messages are too great . |
| 16 | These are some samples for you to take away okay ? |
| 17 | There are some crimes for which women can not be convicted ( e.g. homosexuality , rape ) ; courts may deal more leniently with females , and a proportion of female crime may remain undetected because the police are less sensitive to it . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If only they 'd started when they were young like himself , there might have been some hope for them . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're wanting stew for her ? ’ |
| 24 | The large ones are easier to catch , as obviously there are fewer places for them to hide . |
| 25 | ‘ The Doctor says it 's been three years for you , ’ the Professor said . |
| 26 | This year has been hard work for us , and for our trainees , some of whom have been away from formal education for some time . |
| 27 | It 's been hard work for us but we 're not giving in in here and that 's it . |
| 28 | But Terry added : ‘ These are tight times for everybody . |
| 29 | The Stasi , Honecker 's secret police , have been good Sturmabteilungen for us . |
| 30 | This has all been good training for his new post . |