Example sentences of "[adj] for [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They needed no professional help with the evening 's drinking but arose magically clear-headed and eagle-eyed for each subsequent day 's golf . |
| 2 | The Catalan and Basque languages were compulsorily replaced by Castilian Spanish for all public purposes ( including speech outside the home , teaching , the press , literature and drama ) and the music , dancing and folk songs traditional in those regions were proscribed . |
| 3 | After debriefing , he was due for two full days of leave . |
| 4 | Given one week 's pay due for each whole year 's service from 22nd birthday to 41st birthday . |
| 5 | Given 1½ weeks ' pay due for each whole year 's service from 41st birthday to retirement . |
| 6 | If you have not bought any new appliances since you first moved into your home , or if your family has changed in numbers , you might be due for some updated versions . |
| 7 | But is n't it due for some extensive reform ? |
| 8 | He was due for some unpleasant surprises , she felt . |
| 9 | It managed to hold its own yesterday and if it continues to strengthen the pundits reckon we could be due for another prolonged rally in shares in the New Year . |
| 10 | It was due for considerable internal reform . |
| 11 | They also offer relatively modest time allocations for practical and prevocational subjects in upper primary classes , a feature which may reflect a lack of real conviction by syllabus panels to respond to the political creed that such studies are necessary and profitable for primary level children , but may also be born of a firm realistic assessment of the lack of money and materials to make such studies workable . |
| 12 | But what we have to notice here is that it can not be right for mere historical description either : as there is no such thing as a uniform language or dialect ( and standardization implies uniformity ) , and as sound-changes do not proceed in straight lines , this can not possibly be an adequate conceptualization of English phonological history . |
| 13 | His closing remark is ‘ sounds right for ongoing Christian Aid ? ’ . |
| 14 | Thompsons also stock a large range of gift wrap and stationery to cover most businesses , and right now they are showing off the most unusual range of candles which are just right for that special occasion . |
| 15 | In some ways that was the classic sound that I had with Whitesnake , but that sound was n't usable in later , more AOR versions of either that band or even other things that I 've done ; all you can say is that it was right for that particular music . |
| 16 | Under pressure from Russian nationalists , however , Yeltsin had made increasingly overt statements in the weeks preceding his visit suggesting that the time was not right for any major alteration in the status of the disputed territory , and calling for greater Japanese flexibility on the issue of the sovereignty of the islands . |
| 17 | This month 's delicious dinner party is just right for fraught festive days — and as end-of-the-year budgets are likely to be tight , none of the wines the GH team chose is expensive . |
| 18 | On the other hand , without the gay community there would not have been the collective response of support which has made it possible for many gay men to live with AIDS or the fear of AIDS . |
| 19 | English pragmatism had made it possible for many educational administrators to use an intelligence test in addition to examinations of attainment , as a refinement of their selection process . |
| 20 | Areal data will not suffice by themselves , since it is quite possible for aggregate areal food production to increase in such a way that increasing numbers of people have difficulty feeding themselves . |
| 21 | But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ? |
| 22 | While all firms have income and retained earnings statements similar to these tables , it is possible for two identical firms with identical cash flows to end up with different reported earnings because they use different accounting conventions . |
| 23 | Thus was it possible for one new Sprinter vehicle to replace at least two old DMU coaches . |
| 24 | Track systems make it possible for one electric source to supply a number of separate fittings without extra expensive electrical work and all the making good , or restoration work , afterwards that this entails . |
| 25 | It is possible for several separate LIFESPAN systems to be established on the same computer configuration , each with its own allocation of resources , perhaps for contractual reasons . |
| 26 | Developments in modern technology may make it possible for three dimensional models of the property to be stored on computer . |
| 27 | It has already been noted that interactions between infant and adult lead to the development of pre-verbal communicative exchanges in which adult and child are able to refer to objects and events ; successful joint reference makes it possible for these external objects and events to become ‘ topics ’ for further exchanges . |
| 28 | By a process of ‘ abstraction ’ , moreover , it was possible for these general notions to be ‘ impressed ’ on our minds or intellects , thus making it possible for us to think in terms of them . |
| 29 | But it 's okay , it it it is possible for these moral values to be implanted in people by the exercise of force , by fear , er , or it is possible by an understanding , an acceptance of spiritual moral , ethical values . |
| 30 | This may be because of a scarcity of suitable sites , but the great number of individuals present makes it possible for unmated young birds to help their parents in the labour of digging holes just as the young Florida scrub jays help their parents rear new broods . |