Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're eradicating tumours which might otherwise have to go untreated because they are inaccesible to the surgeon or unsuitable for other types of therapy . |
| 2 | They 're eradicating tumours which might otherwise have to go untreated because they are inaccesible to the surgeon or unsuitable for other types of therapy . |
| 3 | The more variable strata will therefore be more intensively sampled , leading to estimates of the population mean or total for this variable that are ‘ optimal ’ in the sense of having smallest possible variance . |
| 4 | The Commission has been saddened to hear of cases where clergy and organists make it difficult or impossible for serious pupils to practise . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) In subsection ( 3 ) above " capital sum " means … ( a ) any sum paid or payable by way of loan or repayment of a loan , and ( b ) any other sum paid or payable otherwise than as income , being a sum which is not paid or payable for full consideration in money or money 's worth . |
| 6 | The main purpose of the poem was to offer advice concerning the regulation of the activities of the year , particular days being of good or evil omen , appropriate or inappropriate for different activities . |
| 7 | This will enable them to point out any of your obvious failings ( you do n't need to be a professional counsellor to realize when someone is mumbling or unprepared for certain questions ) . |
| 8 | This list is not exhaustive and it is always open to a party seeking transfer to satisfy the court that the case is exceptionally grave , important or complex for other reasons . |
| 9 | This does not mean that such support is not available or forthcoming for genuine development . |
| 10 | ( v ) Most libels of any gravity directed at the conduct of a local authority would sufficiently identify the councillors or officers concerned in or responsible for that conduct so as to enable individual councillors or officers to sue for libel just as , in this case , Mr. Bookbinder has brought proceedings in respect of the libels complained of by the council . |
| 11 | It was only in the tenth and eleventh centuries that it became normal or common for giant churches to be built . |
| 12 | They were aided by the vulnerability of Lancaster 's support ; baronial suspicions of his ambitions and jealousy of his wealth and power were compounded by the king 's astute distribution of patronage : the lines of confrontation were never clear or secure for either party . |
| 13 | Although changes at the sensory-motor synapse might occur during the habituation of the gill and siphon withdrawal reflex , they have not yet been formally shown to be either necessary or sufficient for that behaviour . |
| 14 | As Bromwich ( 1976 , p. 87 ) states : ‘ knowledge of a project 's internal rate of return is neither necessary nor sufficient for optimal investment decisions ’ . |
| 15 | Further , even if it may be true that characteristic adjectives are never barred from prenominal occurrence , there are certainly instances where occasion adjectives are ungrammatical in postnominal position , as in : ( 30 ) Eddy will present the cheque to the winner happy we have yet to overcome this obstacle immediate Thus , Bolinger 's distinction between " characteristic " use and " occasion " use is neither necessary nor sufficient for postnominal occurrence , even if it overlaps to an interesting extent with the difference in position of the adjective . |
| 16 | Chameleon , for example , has been available in English , German , Danish , Portuguese and Spanish for some time , and has recently added Czech and Polish language versions . |
| 17 | Their task was to train pilots , observers and air gunners , men only recently signed up and grateful for any preparation , however basic . |
| 18 | Some say coroner 's courts are antiquated , and unsuitable for this kind of military investigation . |
| 19 | The scheme is less helpful for the person who is handicapped from youth and has no experience of work , and it is not always suitable for those who are unused to and ill-suited for industrial work , for example , those from clerical work or service trades . |
| 20 | The most notable was Windsor and Eton , where it is possible to see it now in its pristine state , for in 1983 Madame Tussaud 's opened the fully restored and refurbished royal station , adjoining the main Windsor terminal and unused for thirty years . |
| 21 | She is milked for 10 months of the year and pregnant for nine months . |
| 22 | Its full title was Preparing Police to Deal with a Multicultured Society , and it was on the subject of policing black communities — still the most vexatious and controversial for both police and their critics — that Sir Peter made his thoughts most plain . |
| 23 | Seeking high and low for new rewards and new ways forward . |
| 24 | Group agreed that laser printers were uneconomical and unnecessary for normal correspondence , and that their use should be restricted to areas where presentation quality is needed , for preparation of near-camera-ready copy and for documents distributed to outside bodies , such as commissioned Reports , etc . |
| 25 | Group agreed that laser printers were uneconomical and unnecessary for normal correspondence , and that their use should be restricted to areas where presentation quality is needed , for preparation of near-camera-ready copy and for documents distributed to outside bodies , such as commissioned Reports , etc . |
| 26 | This was all new to me and interesting for that reason . |
| 27 | Educational and entertaining for all ages ! ’ |
| 28 | And her laugh was halting and light and willing for more fun . |
| 29 | One child may be ready and willing for sexual activity before the teens begin ; another may still be immature and unprepared on leaving school . |
| 30 | ‘ It was re-seeded but the seed was drowned out last autumn and difficult weather conditions in the spring means that it has to remain fenced off and unusable for this year 's show . ’ |