Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to be the holiday of a life-time and they hoped to be gone for two or three months . |
| 2 | There are improvements that can be made but that 's to be said for all animal husbandry systems , from pets , to guide dogs for the blind , and every other every other type of system . |
| 3 | Such occasions will inevitably involve grief and the shedding of tears , but there is much to be said for that . |
| 4 | Hadlee reflected for a moment : ‘ I suppose there 's something to be said for that . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's something to be said for that , ’ said Zeinab , with a sidelong glance at Owen . |
| 6 | There is much to be said for such a theory . |
| 7 | There is something to be said for such a view . |
| 8 | Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war . |
| 9 | There is much to be said for such increased participatory rights . |
| 10 | There is , it must be said , a lot to be said for this robust view . |
| 11 | There is much to be said for this explanation . |
| 12 | It may be that there is something to be said for this composite view . |
| 13 | Some people like to plan their trips in meticulous detail , but there 's a lot to be said for this ‘ open-book ’ approach . |
| 14 | We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government . |
| 15 | I think there 's a lot to be said for arranged marriages , actually . ’ |
| 16 | The amount was to be fixed for one year . |
| 17 | Slote concedes that in determining how much of a stock should be retained , separate percentages may have to be fixed for different sections of the stock , such as fiction and non-fiction . |
| 18 | To be recognized for some achievement in life lifted Dad immensely ; before Eva he had begun to see himself as a failure and his life as a dismal thing . |
| 19 | It may therefore provide the incentive for the most thorough pre-purchase behaviour , and marketers hoping to supply such products may have to be prepared for extensive enquiry and investigation before they will manage to sell any of them . |
| 20 | If you 're using the region 's motorways tonight , you 're advised to be prepared for long delays as the Bank holiday traffic builds up . |
| 21 | You need to be prepared for that . |
| 22 | Thus if learners are aiming to communicate naturally , they need to be prepared for this by being involved in natural communicative language use in the classroom . |
| 23 | And he tells how the SAS photograph the layout of every room in royal residences to be prepared for any kidnap or siege drama . |
| 24 | ‘ If it 's any comfort , I 've never known all the beds to be full , but we have to be prepared for any eventuality . |
| 25 | This involved looking up the ailments common to exotic animals in order to be prepared for any searching questions by the proprietor . |
| 26 | You will need to be prepared for these with stout walking shoes . |
| 27 | Students need to be prepared for these careers which involve direct interaction with other EC member states . |
| 28 | This means that in an ideal world a new mailing list has to be compiled for each story or piece of information you want to impart to the media . |
| 29 | Let's just say that the serious lack of accountability in some schemes leaves them wide open to be abused for private and illegal gain . |
| 30 | For P , the weights have to be recalculated for each current year and , again , current patterns might have been unreasonable in the base year . |