Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 And Ireland 's top traditional dancers are bracing themselves for even more misery at the end of this month when the 18-year-old whizz-kid is due to return for the World Championships in Dublin .
2 The aeroplane is due to fly for the first time in 1995 and , once certified safe , should be flying passengers by 1997 .
3 However , FreeHand is simpler to use for the amateur or casual artist and this may be all the motivation he or she needs to buy it in preference to Illustrator 88 .
4 It is usual to ask for the age , address , and telephone number of patients attending and , in some clinics , other details may be sought .
5 ( 2 ) A person 's appropriation of property belonging to another may be dishonest notwithstanding that he is willing to pay for the property .
6 By s.2(2) , " A person 's appropriation of property may be dishonest notwithstanding that he is willing to pay for the property . "
7 However , Ferguson , despite some disappointment at Hughes ' goal ratio — he struck only 14 times in 52 appearances last season — is prepared to wait for the Welshman 's response .
8 Since both individuals consume whatever quantity of the good is produced , we must add up vertically the price each is prepared to pay for the last unit .
9 Ultimately the price is quite simply that which the purchaser is prepared to pay for the particular business and which the vendor is prepared to accept .
10 But not to worry … there 's plenty survived the worst of the weather … and there 's much to admire for the committed gardener and the casual observer
11 Mukerji is not dividing off consumption from production , but showing how it is impossible to account for the development of the latter without considering the history of the former .
12 In fairness to everyone it is impossible to legislate for the vagaries of human nature and the best laid plans can go astray with a single word in the wrong place .
13 His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ .
14 This is easy to understand for the river dolphins , which feed on individual prey on the river bottom , but the habits of beaked whales remain almost a total mystery .
15 it was for men that he felt the hot , flushing , roused attraction which a man is supposed to feel for the other sex … the male physique had a fascination for him , and for the female physique he felt only a fondness …
16 Here is supposed to compensate for the lack of a non-combinatorial entropy contribution in the Flory-Huggins treatment .
17 Odd-Knut thinks that it might be best to make a night trip with empty sledges , returning to the camp , especially as a friend of his is likely to arrive for the night .
18 With the golden share intact , the company is under no immediate pressure to negotiate with the likes of GM and Ford and is likely to press for the most advantageous terms available .
19 Mr Gould , a prominent Euro-sceptic in the early 1980s , is likely to argue for the commitment to maintaining sterling 's value within the Exchange Rate Mechanism to be ditched , to increase a Labour government 's room for manoeuvre .
20 That is a valid view , but we believe that the internal market is likely to exist for the foreseeable future and that we should try to make it work as well as possible .
21 Since this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , professional social workers and social work educators need to modify their profession-centred view of service provision in order to make the best use of available personnel .
22 Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future .
23 In this environment , which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , our objective is to build a business which is profitable even at low oil prices and which will show a rate of growth commensurate with the forecast rise in our production and cash flow .
24 Its market capitalisation will fall from £200m to £70m , the size Christopher Bland , LWT chairman , thinks is ideal to bid for the franchise .
25 A rates reduction for a certain period is inadequate to compensate for the great disruption that was caused to people seeking to make a living in that area — people who do not have the wherewithal or the ability to use the court system against the Minister .
26 If it involves a specific effect , like graduated colours or 3D , it 's better to pay for the features than to come up with a make-do solution .
27 Most good modern furniture is expensive and if you have set your heart on a piece you ca n't afford it is better to improvise for the moment .
28 ‘ If you put a frozen product into oil heated to 180°C the temperature will immediately drop to maybe 145°C , so it is important to allow for the recovery rate to let the oil return to 180°C to brown the chip .
29 The extent to which radio is able to cater for the tastes and interests of an urban , educated audience at the expense of a rural and less well-educated one is easily overlooked .
30 Other quick-growing plants are tomatoes and runner beans , but these plants that mature in the autumn are not really suitable for schools that have a long August holiday , as continuity is lost , even if help is available to care for the plants .
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