Example sentences of "were [adj] for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the more sophisticated tracts , which would have been beyond the comprehension of those on the margins of literacy and were unsuitable for reading aloud , could have had a wider impact than their style might suggest , since their purpose was to furnish people who could read them with arguments which would enable them to go away and convince others of the merits of their party 's cause . |
| 2 | At the same time , an industrial holding company was being built up by acquiring firms which , for various reasons , were unsuitable for turning into public companies . |
| 3 | This lasted for three days and they were called-up for questioning several times each day . |
| 4 | They said I were wrong for leaving him and that I should go back to him = my father did n't agree with it , he 's er , very old fashioned , we 've never had any divorces or anything in our family … |
| 5 | Many respondents maintained ( some quite hotly ) that teaching experience and/or qualifications in literature , French , or other degree subjects were adequate for teaching about language . |
| 6 | His pre-war writings were crucial for steering anthropology away from interpretations based on evolution to ones based on the functioning structure of the contemporary society . |
| 7 | Success rates were similar for writing 0.5 as a fraction . |
| 8 | The crowded conditions they lived in were ideal for passing on an infectious agent . |
| 9 | The conditions were ideal for showing off the practicalities of using markers . |
| 10 | The heat of summer had gone and the cooler November days were ideal for running on the superb surface . |
| 11 | The clothes she was wearing were the only things in the jogger 's favour : they were ideal for running or fighting . |
| 12 | He took the view that mass searches were fine for discovering the hidden body of a murdered child , or even a murder weapon like a knife , gun or bludgeon . |
| 13 | Approaches that were fine for controlling informal e-mail with a status comparable to a telephone chat , are often failing to manage substantial volumes of prime electronic records resources adequately . |
| 14 | We needed to take with us clothes that were comfortable for travelling in , were easy to care for and were able to cope with the worst of the conditions . |
| 15 | These loans , at rates varying between 10 per cent and 18 per cent , were useful for helping the Crown over its successive liquidity crises , but , since none was for more than twelve months and some were for less , they failed to lighten the Crown 's burden in the long run . |
| 16 | The independent adjustment of each side meant that jaws could also be positioned at infinitely varying angles , and the grooves on the inside faces of the maws were useful for clamping copper or plastic pipe or dowelling when cutting . |
| 17 | They were useful for increasing the size of the threshing floor and in protecting crops on this surface during inclement weather . |
| 18 | They were useful for treating allergic disorders and also as sedatives and remedies for motion sickness . |
| 19 | Both imaging modalities were effective for determining the presence of obstruction , computed tomography alone accurately determines the level of the obstruction , but neither can reliably predict the cause . |
| 20 | Many of the products used , however , were inadequate for reversing the effects of chronic venous insufficiency ( Table 10 ) . |
| 21 | We were famous for bombarding teams for the first 20 mins of games … beating them into submission … p[laying at a pace . |
| 22 | I discovered that wellies were good for keeping feet wet when the water came above your waist — and I found alternative footwear ! |
| 23 | He also recorded the belief among women of the Po Valley that amber necklaces were good for curing goitre . |
| 24 | The north American Indians hunted it for food and used the feather to decorate their headdresses , but the Mexican Aztecs were responsible for domesticating it . |
| 25 | MANDARINS are the Treasury civil servants who were responsible for insisting that Britain stayed in the ERM and who , it is said , traditionally get things wrong . |
| 26 | For instance in one area recently there has been a series of protests and demonstrations regarding poor and inadequate housing conditions , the majority of the members of the committees which were responsible for organising the protests are members of the IRA . |
| 27 | Participants in the meeting had been beaten up and taunted as " Yids " , and the raiders had launched into a diatribe from the platform featuring accusations that Jews , especially through their links with Bolshevism , were responsible for ruining Russia . |
| 28 | It was a general principle of English and also Scandinavian medieval law that relatives who inherited land were responsible for supporting its former owners , including widows . |
| 29 | He talked of the Governor Support Unit and I 'd like to remind Councillor and his group that they were responsible for taking over a hundred posts out of the administrative section of . |
| 30 | The Ottomans took over and extended the old Byzantine practice of placing religious communities ( for example the Jews ) under the supervision of their religious leaders , who were responsible for maintaining order , administering justice and collecting taxes within their community . |