Example sentences of "be [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Most advances are supposed to be short-term but in practice many are outstanding for long periods .
2 Surface pumps are preferable for some water gardens , especially where a relatively high ‘ head ’ of water is necessary , this ‘ head ’ being the vertical distance between water level and the highest point of discharge .
3 We are sorry for any misunderstanding or embarrassment this caused to James Capel and to the banks .
4 But never forget that He will forgive those who are sorry for any evil they have done .
5 Since the end of Athens ' archaic war with Eleusis it would have been absurd for any deme of Attica to think of rivalling Athens .
6 This will avoid wasting everybody 's time if the job , the candidate or the company are unsuitable for each other .
7 Prone to blockage they are unsuitable for general use .
8 These squatter settlements have sprung up in great abundance , generally in undesirable and inaccessible areas , which are unsuitable for standard building .
9 The development of such ‘ industries ’ has also been facilitated by improved communications and transport as well as the need to generate income in areas that have been adversely affected by the economic recession of the early 1980s or which are unsuitable for other kinds of economic activity such as agriculture .
10 It is pointed out that whilst derivative instruments can be used for the management of investment risk , some investments are unsuitable for many investors .
11 By the same token they are unsuitable for small rooms , and would be so even if their considerable bulk was n't so dominating in such surroundings .
12 There is a lack of provision focusing on creating a pathway for cumulative accreditation and the criteria often dissuade many who feel that the types of training on offer are unsuitable for mature students .
13 Publishers ' casings are unsuitable for heavy library use , and many public librarians take up various options for strengthened editions offered by the library suppliers .
14 Although at first sight , the great abundance of bogs and freshwater lochs on the Outer Hebrides suggests an abundance of suitable sites for palaeoecological studies , on closer examination several are unsuitable for detailed investigation .
15 Soundposts are an important feature of bowed instruments but are unsuitable for plucked instruments and will deaden the sound of a dulcimer .
16 Pamphlets are unsuitable for open shelf stock .
17 Surely she 'd only been asleep for five minutes at the very most ?
18 She must have been asleep for some hours when the sound of her opening bedroom door penetrated her dreams and brought her instantly awake .
19 He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare .
20 ‘ The nurse tells me she 's been asleep for some time . ’
21 The currency has been stable for six months .
22 The mammalian gut has been stable for many millennia and acts to constrain the flexibility of E. coli 's genome .
23 She has been depressed for some time .
24 That charge has been wrong-headed for some years ; nevertheless , it has been sustained by enough left-wing activity to feed Conservative propaganda .
25 In many rural areas it has therefore been usual for local farm workers to work on the land ‘ man and boy ’ .
26 Adult worm burdens are typically in excess of 40,000 , although lower numbers are often found in animals which has been diarrhoeic for several days prior to necropsy .
27 Items within each of these are pre-selected for massive reproduction , and though this may often still fail the general effect is of a relatively formed market , within which the buyer 's choice — the original rationale of the market — has been displaced to operate , in majority , within an already selected range .
28 It 's tremendous as it 's been dry for 10 years .
29 The weather had been dry for some time and , fanned by an easterly wind , the fire spread rapidly until , within three days , it had engulfed most of the city .
30 Well it 's been dry for another day .
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