Example sentences of "[adv] be [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely she 'd only been asleep for five minutes at the very most ? |
| 2 | I 've only been operational for four months and yet already people are beginning to seek me out . |
| 3 | They had all been dead for several days . |
| 4 | The Sun 's fuel is hydrogen nuclei — protons — which alone are useless for commercial fusion . |
| 5 | Cardboards and paper can obviously be useful for prolific artists or those travelling light ! |
| 6 | Cardboards and paper can obviously be useful for prolific artists or those travelling light ! |
| 7 | We may not personally be responsible for many of the barriers in society that disabled people we work with have to face . |
| 8 | The funding will only be visible for three years , as it gradually merges into the personal social services element of the revenue support grant . |
| 9 | Now , we 've got quite a long list , colleagues , of , er , members of the European Parliament and members of Parliament who will be with us during the course of the week for for short stays er Euro European MPs first , er Linden , Cheshire West secretary of the European P L P Steven , Durham , deputy leader of the European P L P Hugh , Strathclyde West Barry , Yorkshire West and from the G M B parliamentary group , er , these MPs may only be present for short periods Nicholas , Newcastle-upon-Tyne East Doug , Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Gerald , George , Hamilton Clive Hammersmith and Giles who 's drawn the short straw , who 's going to give us an address this morning . |
| 10 | In particular , the evaluation of model derivatives and the use of more than one model simultaneously would only be possible for large systems within such a framework . |
| 11 | The miller 's day was dictated by the movements of the tides because his source of power would only be available for short periods of two or three hours at a time . |
| 12 | Classical elasticity as developed in the nineteenth century assumed that the deformations caused on application of load were small ; in fact the linear relation between stress and strain , as defined above , can only be true for infinitesimal strains . |
| 13 | This can only be true for those speakers who are more or less monostylistic and " basilectal " : in other words , those whose repertoire is confined to a variety of Creole which is almost maximally different from Standard English . |
| 14 | As to the dock company , he pointed out that no nuisance was alleged to emanate directly from its premises , that other traffic besides heavy goods vehicles uses Medway and Bridge Roads on port business and that the dock company could only be liable for any nuisance caused by the fourth or fifth defendants if it aided and abetted it . |
| 15 | The way Carole watched helplessly while the bricks were hurled , and then offered unwanted food and drink in a fruitless effort to placate her furious little girl , could only be bad for both of them . |
| 16 | For many years , as a result of the reduction in the flow of the Painswick Stream coupled with the silting up of the mill pond , this had been used on a 50:50 basis with a gas engine , sufficient water only being available for half a day 's working . |
| 17 | The Osprey is well made and packs down small and so is good for all-season backpacking . |
| 18 | Interest rates had already been low for twenty years when the turnpike mania began in 1750 and remained low after it ended in 1772 . |
| 19 | The Consorzio Venezia Nuova has already been active for some time in redesigning the network of channels in the lagoon , consolidating the barene ( patches of mud flat just above the surface of the water ) and other similar measures . |
| 20 | According to the World Health Organization it may soon be possible for these disorders to be controlled or even eliminated — but since there is no cure , this can only mean by early detection in the fetus and abortion . |
| 21 | The kind of teaching that they enjoy , value , and entered the teaching profession to do may no longer be appropriate for many of the classes that they have to take . |
| 22 | They 'll just be glad for some comfort . |
| 23 | Charitable donations under a deed of covenant will generally be deductible for excess liability purposes ( s683(3) ) . |
| 24 | The defendant will generally be liable for all damage flowing from the tort once factual causation has been established . |
| 25 | Again , it will not normally be acceptable for two pit brokers to agree a price at which they will trade with each other before going into the pit . |
| 26 | It has not always been easy for those working class voters who see the Greens as an undisciplined bunch , inimical to the interests of industrial society , to keep up with the SPD 's enthusiastic appetite for environmental matters . |
| 27 | I 've always been grateful for that , that they did you know create th th this love of poetry . |
| 28 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
| 29 | Right , I think it 's always been time-tabled for two hours though |
| 30 | Conversely , men of letters have always been ready for exciting literary discoveries . |