Example sentences of "it is [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now a classically wedge-shaped dairy cow , particularly fine about the neck and shoulders , with an alert carriage and generally elegant appearance ; its mild temperament makes it very easy to handle and it is famous for its productive longevity . |
| 2 | It is famous for its tremendous resources and ability to get the job done , but other firms suggest that it has a less than enviable success rate . |
| 3 | It is famous for its scenic coastline , quiet fishing villages , and friendly inhabitants . |
| 4 | ‘ One does not have to visit that section of America to know that it is famous for women with your look . ’ |
| 5 | Antiquarian booksellers , like myself , and ardent collectors , feel it is all-important for a book to be a first edition and will sometimes pay the earth to buy such a treasure . |
| 6 | ‘ It is all-important for their future health and their capacity to learn that children adopt balanced eating habits . |
| 7 | It is paramount for us now to retain high interest rates , which are high in the historic sense , in real terms , and are high compared with Japan , and with America , where they stand at 5 per cent . |
| 8 | It is overdue for change . |
| 9 | As a solo instrument it is admirable for the expression of poignant melodies or short expressive phrases , and is , of course , a sine qua non in music of a pastoral nature . |
| 10 | The Science and Technology Directorate ‘ will badger governments into giving more money to [ educational ] institutions … it is futile for governments to spend money to increase industry 's competitiveness ’ it is better spent on projects in educational institutions . |
| 11 | ‘ In Italy young women live with their families ; it is unheard-of for them to leave home . ’ |
| 12 | Senior sources say it is appropriate for Whitbread to move away from being a family-dominated group , saddled with an arcane share structure , in 1992 , its 250th anniversary . |
| 13 | ‘ It is appropriate for spectators to applaud successful strokes in proportion to difficulty but excessive demonstrations by a player or his partisans are not proper because of the possible effect upon other competitors . |
| 14 | This is particularly relevant in the case of boys — somehow society seems to think it is appropriate for little girls to shed tears but is embarrassed when a young boy reacts in the same way . |
| 15 | But the exact nature of the value-adding processes that it is appropriate for librarians and information scientists to engage in needs to be precisely defined . |
| 16 | In all cases , except glacier travel , it is appropriate for the leader to carry the spare coils , but where there is a crevasse danger the spore rope should be split equally between front and rear members . |
| 17 | First , it is appropriate for those working with a child to try to communicate at the right level ; this means introducing language structures with which the child is already familiar and trying to ensure that the content of conversations is appropriate to the child 's ability to understand and to her interests . |
| 18 | One is a problem of content : it is appropriate for feminists to celebrate their diverse sexual choices ( lesbianism or spinsterhood , for instance ) but not , perhaps , to reduce ourselves to body parts ( I would have problems referring to myself approvingly as a cunt , or even as a slut , since I would rather challenge the necessity for a linguistic category of ‘ unchaste ’ women than embrace it with joy ) . |
| 19 | Barbara has always known what emotion it is appropriate for her to feel . |
| 20 | Most authorities have recognised that it is appropriate for the Compact Partnership to support co-directors — one second ed from Industry , one from Education . |
| 21 | If it is appropriate for a case to go direct to the House of Lords it seems wrong that a litigant should be able to frustrate what appears to be a proper course . |
| 22 | The crucial question is whether it is appropriate for your Lordships to do so . |
| 23 | If it is appropriate for the courts to adopt some kind of policy in order to protect government against itself ( and I can not say that the idea particularly appeals to me ) , it should be one that distributes the loss fairly across the public . |
| 24 | Undoubtedly , there will be cases under the Children Act 1989 in which it is appropriate for orders for costs to be made . |
| 25 | As I have already indicated , it is undoubtedly the case that there may be circumstances in which it is appropriate for a court to make an order for costs in a case relating to children . |
| 26 | He submitted that whilst it is relevant that the overall purpose and philosophy of the Convention should be borne in mind , nevertheless it is appropriate for the court to consider matters relating to the interests of the children . |
| 27 | That paragraph suggests that it is appropriate for the court to consider the welfare interests of the child or children . |
| 28 | If a particular market is ‘ national ’ in the sense that the good in question is strictly non-tradable , then it is appropriate for the issue to be considered by a national authority . |
| 29 | It is appropriate for infants who suffer events to be investigated for the presence of respiratory pathogens , particularly Bordetella pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus . |
| 30 | Although the latter cases are probably a diminishing minority , especially now that budgetary delegation under LMS has made it essential that heads in their turn delegate a greater proportion of their managerial functions to senior staff , our studies indicate a more general need for primary schools to continue to review the role of deputy headship , to define more exactly the range of tasks it is appropriate for someone at that level of seniority to undertake , and to ensure that all deputy heads have appropriate job specifications . |