Example sentences of "'s [adj] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was watching you through the net curtains — how 's that for snooping ? |
| 2 | Oh that 's clever for getting the polish off ! |
| 3 | Complete with diffuser and concentrator nozzle attachments , it 's perfect for creating quick , sexy scrunched looks or more structured styles . |
| 4 | Not only a great conditioner but a superb skin moisturiser and it 's perfect for shaving ! |
| 5 | ‘ I think I could take a barrister 's brief for arguing that up to , say , 1985 the squeeze was a necessary remedy for the rather free expansion which had taken place in the 1960s , and early 1970s , ’ says Sir Eric , ‘ but I do n't believe I could even theoretically argue that it has been justifiable since then . |
| 6 | Erm I mean one way to do it of course is to say that none of our water 's fit for drinking , and you all get bottled water then would n't you . |
| 7 | Sunday 's fine for discussing future plans and ambitions with a loving partner and ironing out any differences of opinion . |
| 8 | IT MIGHT not have seemed so at the time , but Troy Coker 's sending-off for punching against Bath proved to be a blessing in disguise for the quarrelsome Queenslander . |
| 9 | Okay kitchen table 's ideal for sorting your money out on . |
| 10 | It comes in a streamlined compact so it 's ideal for popping into a tiny bag . |
| 11 | 3DMENU is a simply but effective menuing system that 's ideal for organizing your disk collection as well as forming a friendly front-end to access all your programs . |
| 12 | This stripy suit for mini wrestlers is a heart-melting design from Manhattan Kids , and it 's ideal for swimming and all kinds of sports . |
| 13 | The focus of this is about fourteen inches from the centre and if you put a microphone here when this this thing is outside it 's ideal for picking up bird song . |
| 14 | It 's ideal for prototyping work . |
| 15 | Not attractive for every subject but for the where you get these old erm broken walls or summat like that , it 's ideal for showing up er textures and so on , this type of lighting . |
| 16 | It 's an extremely useful accessory if you 're working on more than one job at the same time in different places , so that the tools you need are always with you — and it 's invaluable for working from ladders or scaffolding . |
| 17 | It 's great for keeping tabs on where your money is coming from and going to and for tracking investments . |
| 18 | It 's great for squashing files down so they 'll fit on a floppy or so they take up less hard disk space . |
| 19 | I 've got an old Coricidin bottle I keep for the Firebird , and I 've got a beautiful one that I keep specially for ballads ; it 's a really nice hand-blown glass slide , very dense and very smooth , and it 's great for recording subtle kinds of parts on acoustic guitar . ’ |
| 20 | But do n't add oil to baths if you have spots : try adding powdered seaweed to the water as it 's good for drawing out impurities . |
| 21 | It 's good for getting into the car boot and into our caravan . |
| 22 | That 's useful for breaking into things is n't it ? |
| 23 | So who 's responsible for ordering downstairs . |
| 24 | Who 's responsible for shipping it from and into here . |
| 25 | I mean in says in twenty-eight that , that the quality co-ordinator 's responsible for maintaining for example , master lists of procedures , so . |
| 26 | You can annotate a task , write down who 's responsible for seeing it through , and the names of up to three people who are involved . |
| 27 | ‘ From next Monday he 's responsible for interviewing the Girlie winners and nothing else . ’ |
| 28 | She 's responsible for compiling a directory of services on offer and sending members monthly statements to let them know if they 're in credit or not . |
| 29 | Who 's responsible for raising documents in the despatch department . |
| 30 | Washing food does n't actually have much effect on residue levels ( though it 's important for removing dirt and bacteria ) but peeling and removing the outer leaves of foods like cabbages and lettuce reduces residue levels significantly . |