Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] be [adj] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Has it been difficult for you at work ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | She says she 's good for another 10 years , even though she 's 39 . |
| 4 | Face that he fell for EX-LOVER Antonia says you are accountable for your own actions . |
| 5 | He says they 're concerned for his safety — it 's not a natural thing for him to do . |
| 6 | When that happens it is rare for the band to win the resulting battle and emerge unscathed . |
| 7 | He says he 's sorry for the families . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Now the Professor , who 's originally from Austria says he 's worried for his safety . |
| 10 | But he says he is unavailable for New Zealand , at least until the World Cup . |
| 11 | On one occasion he says he was ill for three weeks , until his friends prayed for him and he recovered that very day . |
| 12 | He says it 's great for the village . |
| 13 | The hospital says it 's sorry for the delays which health watchdogs say are appalling . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Even though it says it 's free for you to do it , they 'll still ring up another number |
| 16 | The council initiating the scheme says it 's important for residents to have someone who is n't official to talk to . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Mackie , who has become secretary of the new Scottish Higher Education Funding Council , says it was necessary for universities to be better run . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Parsytec reckons it is ideal for bank , insurance , legal , database and government operations where it can be used to automate the keying in of information for processing , archival and retrieval . |
| 26 | This survey shows it is possible for sufferers to help themselves effectively as our programme has proved . |
| 27 | If the review shows it is feasible for the work to be done outside the ES , the market testing process is taken to another stage . |
| 28 | Amazing as it sounds it is possible for a woman to have more than one vagina . |
| 29 | If Stuart feels it 's necessary for me to come off I will accept his decision . |
| 30 | I have an application to make to your Lordship er in due course when your Lordship feels it is appropriate for an application to be made . |