Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Has it been difficult for you at work ? ’ |
| 2 | She therefore decides to marry Rodolpho , endangering her relationship with Eddie , but Miler does n't condemn her for this — she wants what 's best for everyone . |
| 3 | Better still , he loves my children even more than I do and wants what is best for them . |
| 4 | ‘ I have a document from the orphanage which says I am responsible for Natasha while she is in England and that she will return to Sarajevo for the school term , or when the war ends . |
| 5 | She says she 's good for another 10 years , even though she 's 39 . |
| 6 | Face that he fell for EX-LOVER Antonia says you are accountable for your own actions . |
| 7 | He says they 're concerned for his safety — it 's not a natural thing for him to do . |
| 8 | When that happens it is rare for the band to win the resulting battle and emerge unscathed . |
| 9 | He says he 's sorry for the families . |
| 10 | A north Oxfordshire G P , who was on Edward 's Heath recent mercy mission to Iraq , says he 's concerned for the health of hostages still held in the Gulf as the tension in the region begins to mount . |
| 11 | Now the Professor , who 's originally from Austria says he 's worried for his safety . |
| 12 | But he says he is unavailable for New Zealand , at least until the World Cup . |
| 13 | On one occasion he says he was ill for three weeks , until his friends prayed for him and he recovered that very day . |
| 14 | He says it 's great for the village . |
| 15 | The hospital says it 's sorry for the delays which health watchdogs say are appalling . |
| 16 | The council says it 's better for everyone , but unions say smokers are being victimised . |
| 17 | Harriet says it 's unusual for chess to make the front pages of the papers , in spite of the fact that she 's been on the front page of The Times . |
| 18 | Even though it says it 's free for you to do it , they 'll still ring up another number |
| 19 | The council initiating the scheme says it 's important for residents to have someone who is n't official to talk to . |
| 20 | And he says you can because he says it 's important for it to be a living thing that 's got to change with the time . |
| 21 | When addressing the problem of Germany 's pre-eminent economic power , he either just says it is good for Europe or he says , ‘ I think our neighbours should overcome the tendency to think in terms of nation-states ’ , while the same thought is expressed by one academic : ‘ in many ways , it no longer makes sense to talk about Germany as a distinct national unit ’ . |
| 22 | The council , backing the " polluter must pay " argument , says it is unfair for householders to bear the brunt of the cost ; a tax should be levied on pesticide manufacturers , it argues , and motorists should pay for road drainage through the car licence duty . |
| 23 | To say this would be to deny the universality of what Professor A. J. Ayer says it is natural for us to assume , namely that we use the same word in different situations because we have noticed a distinctive common feature . |
| 24 | He says it is natural for an artist to be concerned with the environment , as he 's exposed to it so often when working outside . |
| 25 | Mackie , who has become secretary of the new Scottish Higher Education Funding Council , says it was necessary for universities to be better run . |
| 26 | no , I 'm sure one of you says it was seventy for the coast road , it 's only a two way traffic |
| 27 | UniSoft says it was crucial for the six MIPS architecture partners — who have already spent some $1bn collectively on development — to have a migration route to a standard version of Unix . |
| 28 | It 's wrong to assume that just because a cream says it contains plant extracts it 's better for your skin . |
| 29 | Tell me was I dreaming or did I see a sketch on T V where there 's a car driving round , down the road being chased by the police and the driver said to the passenger er here take this and he says what 's that for and he says it 's to steer the car , presses a button and the car splits |
| 30 | Apple Computer Inc chief John Sculley reckons it is essential for the head of a computer company to have a clear grasp of technological directions and acknowledged that it took him several years before he felt confident to take strategic decisions . |