Example sentences of "is [adj] for its " in BNC.

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1 The Gazebo has an excellent menu and the elegant Pompadour Restaurant is outstanding for its haute cuisine .
2 Meanwhile , pressure groups are variously encouraging retailers to open on a Sunday or urging local authorities to prosecute the law breakers , and labour MP Ray Powell 's Private Member 's Bill ( supported by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) is due for its second reading on 22nd January .
3 It relates to the Education ( Schools ) Bill which is due for its Second Reading next Tuesday .
4 In such cases , where the component is unsuitable for its purpose , it is quite unlikely that the seller will even know what its intended use was , and , even if he did , it would frequently be clearly unreasonable for the buyer to place any reliance on the judgment and skill of the seller in relation to use in apparatus in respect of which the buyer himself was an expert , since he was its manufacturer .
5 A WARM , sharply observed drama of female friendship , girlhood dreams and adult realities , Liz Lochhead 's 1988 play ( substantially revised by the author for this Brunton Theatre company production ) is memorable for its affectionate understanding of the rich , funny and moving complexity of ordinary people 's lives .
6 The core of morality was seen by Kant in the ‘ categorical imperative ’ , the unconditional demand upon us to do what is right for its own sake .
7 It is popular for its special scenery of lakes , hills , woods and forests and because the M6 motorway makes it easy to get to from many parts of England .
8 P. ‘ Orange Glow ’ is popular for its bunches of orange-red berries .
9 The cuckoo is dependent for its survival on its hosts .
10 It is these large-scale ‘ improvements ’ of the countryside that later lead Sir Leicester to assume that nature is dependent for its execution on great county families .
11 The system is one in which a cabinet of ministers is dependent for its existence on the legislature of which it is a part , the members of the executive being also members of the legislature .
12 It has been argued that the American economy is dependent for its survival on the maintenance of high levels of military spending .
13 The field could also be used to list all hardware on which the module is dependent for its operation .
14 This produces a representation of a potential event ( that of the infinitive ) coinciding in time with another potentiality ( non-asserted dare or need ) , on which it is dependent for its actualization .
15 Lithuania is dependent for its oil supplies on Russia but has been plunged into the same economic crisis as its neighbour by the collapse of the communist system .
16 It 's not an especially taxing route and is waymarked for its whole length with green markers .
17 Its supporting structure is typical for its age ; a concrete deck on flat metal deck panels , with cross girders and main supporting beams of riveted plate girders spanning onto stone abutment walls .
18 The rest of the garden is cool and shady , although the section across the Via San Barnaba is noticeable for its basketball courts which are far from shady and on which groups of young Milanese are frequently very warm .
19 The church is noticeable for its dowdy appearance , the barely visible fresco of St Peter in the circle above the door and its general air of being run down .
20 Each horse is hand-picked for its temperament and skill .
21 The Collection is exceptional for its quality , value , diversity and state of conservation .
22 The W façade is remarkable for its monumental stucco reliefs over each of the three W doors .
23 As regards the concept of time , the poem is remarkable for its modern point of view : ‘ Similarly , time by itself does not exist ; but from things themselves there results a sense of what has already taken place , what is now going on and what is to ensue .
24 The most important of these is the so-called Dresden Codex , which includes a set of tables for the planet Venus that is remarkable for its accuracy .
25 The poem is remarkable for its Gothic horrors and its energy , for example : This is not a ‘ Wordsworthian ’ view of Nature , but it helps to explain what the poet meant when he told us in The Prelude that he was haunted by mysterious ‘ presences ’ during childhood and youth ; The Vale of Esthwaite anticipates The Prelude in other ways — the interest is in the mind of the poet , and the effect of the imagination on landscape .
26 Certainly one can detect pre-echoes of both and the work is remarkable for its fluency , sensitive treatment of the words and the melodic grandeur familiar from Blest Pair of Sirens .
27 His portraiture , like Holbein 's , is remarkable for its wide variation in scale and included miniatures , small , two-thirds , and life-scale , and embraced everything from head and shoulders to full length .
28 Short hair is great for its wash-and-wear-ability , but the downfall is that you always feel you 're stuck with the same old look .
29 Both of these situations lead to the conclusion that the gyro is inadequate for its purpose , whereas the real problem lies in the adjustment of the model 's control linkage .
30 The company is famous for its generosity and support for charitable causes , as indeed are its employees who have record of practical help to charities that is second to none .
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