Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] for many [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the ‘ good pupil ’ list , teachers placed a high priority on ‘ being interested in the opposite sex ’ , and the pupils who appear to deviate from this ( ‘ cissy ’ boys or ‘ tomboy ’ girls ) call up spectres of homosexuality uncomfortable for many teachers .
2 A while later , 20MB would suffice admirably , and probably leave a great chunk unused for many people .
3 But the observations threatened a notion fundamental for many Aristotelians , namely , that all celestial bodies are perfect spheres .
4 Joyce Standing , a community centre volunteer worker , said a bus ban would have made life impossible for many residents .
5 Then the children were evacuated from London in fear of air raids and that made life difficult for many Sunday schools , since the London children wanted to show the local children how tough they were .
6 ‘ Financial reporting is not an end in itself but is intended to provide information useful for many purposes .
7 A 17,000km 2 logging concession in Guyana 's rainforest has been granted to a firm co-owned by a Malaysian company responsible for many human-rights and environmental abuses on its own home ground , in Sarawak .
8 This will be a standard community tank suitable for many types of easily-bought tropical fish .
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