Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately the major forage grass species have complex life-cycles which make them unsuitable for some experiments . |
| 3 | The Government 's announced change of policy on export credit facilities for the republics of the former Soviet Union is welcome , but can the Prime Minister clarify the extent and the effectiveness of these changes in practice , as it appears that the conditions limiting the operation of those credit guarantees is likely to make them unusable for several years to come ? |
| 4 | You drop-tune for some songs … |
| 5 | ‘ Are you responsible for these cars ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ being the person in charge ’ This point is usually proved by asking the person suspected of parking or causing the vehicle to be parked in the offending position ‘ Are you responsible for this vehicle being left in this position ? ’ |
| 7 | Well thank you Helgi for those words of encouragement . |
| 8 | Are you ready for this worm ? |
| 9 | Have to get you ready for this wedding she said . |
| 10 | Are you ready for some coffee ? ’ |
| 11 | Wilson , now also designated as general secretary , was instructed to take premises in Prospect Row , Sunderland , for a reading room , smoke room and office and have the necessary work done to make them usable for these purposes . |
| 12 | Then , on the eve of the second Test in Madras , Gooch had his infamous encounter with a poisonous prawn that laid him low for several days and was out of the match with diarrhoea and sickness that laid him low for several days . |
| 13 | Then , on the eve of the second Test in Madras , Gooch had his infamous encounter with a poisonous prawn that laid him low for several days and was out of the match with diarrhoea and sickness that laid him low for several days . |
| 14 | The experience was enough to keep him preoccupied for some time . |
| 15 | Their upcoming concerts include a show with Mississippi blues legend Honeyboy Edwards at Padiham Town Hall , near Burnley , tonight and a concert in the International Guitar Festival of Great Britain at Birkenhead Town Hall on Thursday where they open for another US visitor , Catfish Keith , the new ‘ king ’ of the slide guitar . |
| 16 | Are they suitable for any kind of wall ? |
| 17 | John Gummer ran past the door , an overcoat over his pyjamas , carrying his famous pillow , the one with ‘ Not tonight , Josephine ’ written on it , and a small valise which he took with him ready for such emergencies . |
| 18 | Education officials have been told they must find £50,000 to keep them open for another year . |
| 19 | She says her mother had difficulty getting them clean for many years . |
| 20 | The new legislation made it possible for all South Africans to purchase freehold tenure to the 87 per cent of South Africa 's land hitherto reserved for the white minority , although it placed no obligation on white owners to sell , and commentators pointed out that few blacks had the means to buy . |
| 21 | make it possible for all pupils to have some testimony to their achievement ; |
| 22 | Major Stewart also made it possible for many sports clubs to have their own ground so all sport is catered for . |
| 23 | The provision of free secondary education did make it possible for many children to get more easily the education they desired . |
| 24 | I think this is very bad , I think that I would like to see an expansion of the , of the intake and a broadening of its social base , and by the same token I would like to see erm it possible for more adult students to come in , perhaps on a part-time basis erm into the universities . |
| 25 | How was it possible for any man who fell within the circle of his radiance to forgive Hotspur for being Hotspur ? |
| 26 | The share system of land ownership did not meet the approval of the British , and legislation was passed which made it possible for any shareholder to force the division of a tract . |
| 27 | This , I think is what makes it possible for this story to have a positive if not a ‘ sunset ’ ending . |
| 28 | I am often asked how , with Biros vanishing as often as they do , is it possible for some writers to get so much down on paper in a single lifetime ? |
| 29 | We marvelled again at the scenery of West Spitsbergen , its sharply tipped mountains of dark rock , the glacier-filled valleys between and the tiny strips of life-giving vegetation which made it possible for some birds and animals to exist . |
| 30 | That 's not the question , the question is is it right for this person to be found guilty , is it right for this person to be found innocent ? |