Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On odd occasions when there was a very strong wind or interference from farm machinery the long-spade became impracticable for listening purposes . |
| 2 | The Geneva rules retained -ane for saturated hydrocarbons and used -ene , -diene and -triine for triple bonds , with locants as necessary . |
| 3 | Now weaning , toilet-training and the instilling of a capacity for self-discipline and instinctual renunciation became crucial for economic survival . |
| 4 | The next four cars were more conventional , seating 76 having bogies , and a top-cover which later became standard for double-deck cars . |
| 5 | Although Elonex came top of the rankings for both competitively priced products and services , it was the Dell Computer Corporation that recently came top for overall quality in the Computer Weekly /Kew Associates annual survey of IT suppliers , thanks to ‘ its consistent supply of reliable computers and services . ’ |
| 6 | Walden are next to bottom without a win all season but their brave defence reduced Colchester to a kicking game on a day which seemed perfect for running rugby . |
| 7 | He smoked a lot which hit the hard-worked lungs while the boils surged up out of a weakness in nutrition which , together with the ill-starred Jenkins bones , augured ill for long life and clean living . |
| 8 | The slums built during the Industrial Revolution soon became unfit for human habitation . |
| 9 | Some 2.7 million people still live in affected areas--400,000 of them in areas made unfit for human habitation because of radiation levels or in areas from which they should have been moved . |
| 10 | Wedding day bliss turned sour for happy Chris and Angela as soon as they arrived at Barrowby village hall , Lincs after the wedding ceremony . |
| 11 | From Jan. 1 , 1990 , it became illegal for European industries to dump fly ash ( the residue from coal-fired power stations ) in the North Sea . |
| 12 | Cale became famous for violent demonstrations on stage ; there were plenty of screams , stage props , a green surgeon 's outfit , the odd tooth-spitting , the beheaded ( but long dead ) chicken episode which lost him half his band , the time he wore the Cambridge Rapist 's mask … |
| 13 | Indeed , the fusion between economic and political goals , the fact that workers often did not draw a sharp line between protest against their employers and protest against the government , boded ill for liberal hopes of channelling worker discontent into peaceful , non-political waters . |
| 14 | He became hungry for evil pleasures . |
| 15 | From April 18 , 1980 , the green form scheme became available for domestic proceedings in magistrates ' courts , transferring the cost of representation from civil legal aid to legal advice . |
| 16 | For instance , a rock shattered through physical weathering will be more liable to chemical weathering because of the increased surface area made available for chemical reactions . |
| 17 | Restrictions by the Ministry on grant made available for new appointments also meant that vacancies between the resignation of one tutor-organiser and the arrival of a successor could be prolonged . |
| 18 | Securing public funds made available for urban regeneration has been a key target . |
| 19 | It plays full-size discs and can therefore benefit from the international range of CD-I discs made available for full size , in situ CD-I players . |
| 20 | Tiny azaleas grew alongside bushes of sang used for Tibetan incense . |
| 21 | I felt sorry for poor Heathcliff , and while the Earnshaws were at church , I helped him wash and dress in clean clothes . |
| 22 | Asked what they thought responsible for declining behaviour among young people , 43 per cent of all those questioned blamed the breakdown of the family — the same number who pointed the finger at housing conditions . |
| 23 | Postwar , the field lay open for entrepreneurial capitalism to woo this sector of the population and to create new markets to service its holiday needs . |
| 24 | Many of Johnson 's readers wished to know what kind of reading Dr Johnson thought suitable for young ladies , and it transpired , to much amusement , that he had given young Miss McQueen an arithmetic . |
| 25 | The government , which had reportedly paid US$120,000,000 in debt interest arrears to the two multilateral agencies in the previous six months , had still to repay a further $540,000,000 in further interest payments before it became eligible for new loans . |
| 26 | The aim was that as a greater number of the population became eligible for national insurance benefits , fewer people would be dependent on the safety net of national assistance to provide them with a minimum income . |
| 27 | As mentioned above , against these requirements would be put a claimant 's resources , and a person became eligible for supplementary benefit if their resources were less than their requirements , the difference between the two being the sum paid in Supplementary Benefit . |
| 28 | START number 13 proved unlucky for American skier A J Kitt , with the season 's first World Cup downhill at Val d'Isere abandoned due to bad weather after he had set the best time . |
| 29 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 30 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |