Example sentences of "be [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The required yield from the division may then be stable for long periods , apart from variations in the level of interest rates generally . |
| 2 | However , to pick the wrong answer — even if it was a quick answer — would be devastating for British agriculture . |
| 3 | But we should be grateful for small mercies . ’ |
| 4 | Not for them the comfortable life ; they might get ideas above their station , which was to devote themselves to hard labour and be grateful for small mercies . |
| 5 | These days , this is about as innovative as Hollywood gets , of course , but when the result is performed with the pace and panache of Russell Mulcahy 's Ricochet , maybe we should be grateful for small mercies . |
| 6 | From now on she could be grateful for small mercies and be content to take one step at a time . |
| 7 | Just for a moment she began to be sorry for Ace Barton . |
| 8 | And Willis had it in his heart to be sorry for old Dreadnought , as she struggled to rise against the increasing load of water . |
| 9 | Certain occupations were held to be unfitting for baptized believers ; magic , idolatry , eroticism , games in the amphitheatre ranked as unsuitable occupations . |
| 10 | Gardens which have been carefully designed and closely planted may appear to be unsuitable for additional plantings of herbs , but a herbaceous border , for instance , which needs to be re-dug every few years , with some of its incumbents divided or discarded , can well take some herbal plants , to supply flowers and/or architectural quality . |
| 11 | A reviewer of a hangman program recently suggested that the detail was so gruesome as to be unsuitable for young children ! |
| 12 | I considered keeping observation actually on the flat but because of its its location , did not feel that it would be possible for armed officers or for that matter , any officer , to maintain observation for any period of time without being seen . |
| 13 | This would not matter very much ( for it would always be possible for individual candidates to prove the expectation wrong ) , if it were not for the fact that whole papers in the final examination , or certain questions on papers , are to be ‘ differentiated ’ . |
| 14 | The system is being developed so that it will be possible for individual chambers to identify particular court cases . |
| 15 | Whilst it may be possible for certain hoists and lifts to be provided with dual controls and to be relied upon to assist in the initial stages of smouldering fire or even the last stages of salvage and reinstatement , and whilst the provision of a portable extinguisher could be regarded as standard , the dangers involved in aligning the confines of a lift or cage to a developing fire in the only manner by which it could be used effectively are sufficiently great to warrant special mention when consideration is being given to emergency planning . |
| 16 | You asked if it would be possible for certain material witnesses to stay on at the Lodge for an extra night while you continue your investigations on the spot . |
| 17 | In a closed economy with no government sector where no money either enters or leaves the system it would be possible for total liquidity adjustment between banks to occur in such a way . |
| 18 | He also pointed out that other named awards might be possible for specific purposes such as certification of access courses . |
| 19 | Would it be possible for other areas to be given housing action trusts , in addition to all the resources and programmes that my hon. Friend has mentioned ? |
| 20 | They have suggested that the carcasses of animals which have died of either disease should not be buried in farm fields , as it is now thought that it may be possible for other livestock to become infected . |
| 21 | Also , given the meetings of the Trevi group of Ministers and the development of Europol , perhaps the Minister can say how soon it will be possible for other EC police forces to gain access to Britain 's police national computer and what restrictions will apply . |
| 22 | It is therefore safe for a fire-engine driver to proceed at a higher speed than would be possible for other drivers . |
| 23 | ( 5 ) Because of the exemption for anything done in pursuance of a scheme of arrangement under s153(3) ( e ) , it should in theory be possible for financial assistance proposed to be provided as part of the Court Scheme to be implemented immediately ( because the target is bound by the scheme when it becomes effective ) without the need to wait for the target to be re-registered as a private company and the private company exemption procedure followed . |
| 24 | It should also be possible for extraordinary meetings of partners to be convened on reasonable notice ( Clause 17.04 ) ; by any one partner ( in a small or medium sized firm ) or a specified number ( in a larger concern ) . |
| 25 | Where such doubt does not exist , as in the cases I have mentioned , I think it should be possible for habitual child molesters , those guilty of premeditated murder and terrorist bombers to be given a lethal injection . |
| 26 | In the still longer term it would be possible for national planners and institutional managers of initial teacher education to adjust the mix of curriculum , pedagogy and school-based learning in such a way as to narrow avoidable gaps between initial and in-service teacher education . |
| 27 | I am sure that Opposition Members will be delighted to hear me speak about the free market because they were in some doubt about whether it would be possible for Conservative Members to mention that . |
| 28 | Only in a small number , with conditions and parameters like our own universe , will it be possible for intelligent life to develop and to ask the question , ‘ Why is the universe as we observe it ? ’ |
| 29 | In particular , the evaluation of model derivatives and the use of more than one model simultaneously would only be possible for large systems within such a framework . |
| 30 | If large fluctuations in exchange rates are to be expected under free-floating , such a system may be undesirable for international trade and payments since the uncertainty caused by price fluctuations could inhibit world trade , output , and employment . |