Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hoped to keep one of them alive for questioning , but they fought hard . |
| 2 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 3 | What are we keeping them alive for ? |
| 4 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 5 | Years abroad had made them grateful for yams , bananas , cocoa beans and rice . |
| 6 | Writing this damn history has kept me alive for more than ten years . |
| 7 | Read word by word , it says almost nothing , certainly nothing controversial for us . |
| 8 | Some of these boxes have quite small compartments , making them unsuitable for resistors and some other components . |
| 9 | Ward says authorities have found them unsuitable for children with disabilities . |
| 10 | Unfortunately the major forage grass species have complex life-cycles which make them unsuitable for some experiments . |
| 11 | Masters degree theses were excluded because the smaller numbers made them unsuitable for analysis . |
| 12 | Their diet of fruit , insects and small mammals make them unsuitable for release elsewhere , says a spokesman for the Rio primate centre : " You could save one species but wipe out 40 others . " |
| 13 | In particular , without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing , all goods capable of use as , or in any way likely to be used in the preparing or packing of , food , toiletries , perfume , cosmetics , pharmaceutical products or any other goods for human consumption or for use upon the human body shall contain nothing rendering them unsuitable for their purpose and shall comply with all relevant requirements relating to their sale and composition and to the use of preservative or colouring matter therein . |
| 14 | And thank you for this day and make me grateful for what I 've got . |
| 15 | The Government 's announced change of policy on export credit facilities for the republics of the former Soviet Union is welcome , but can the Prime Minister clarify the extent and the effectiveness of these changes in practice , as it appears that the conditions limiting the operation of those credit guarantees is likely to make them unusable for several years to come ? |
| 16 | Again , it might be argued that there can be nothing wrong for a person voluntarily to allow themselves to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's desires . |
| 17 | They could not find nothing wrong for why I was so ill . |
| 18 | RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge . |
| 19 | She told some lies about the close relations between the old malai half of the island and ours which had , she said , made them indistinguishable for all practical purposes : for example , it was not an invasion but a reunion . |
| 20 | The suggestion is that this will reduce their chances of finding such work themselves and make them dependent for informal assistance on others whose circumstances are similar to their own . |
| 21 | I kept them interested for half an hour and now I ca n't even remember what I said . |
| 22 | Was Émile engineering a way of getting my lover out of his way and making me free for himself ? |
| 23 | I get another star , thing is he does n't actually , I can remember them cos he can read them , I do n't know whether she 's got them wrong for the test it 's a bit of a really is n't it eh ? come on |
| 24 | If the tissue and organs can be altered to make them acceptable for transplant , who can guarantee that animal diseases will not also adapt and cross the genetic barrier ? |
| 25 | Otherwise they 're going to have another sleepless night , and we need them fresh for the next stage . ’ |
| 26 | One evening when we were broadcasting a ‘ live ’ commentary on a baseball game under floodlights , the lighting failed and I ad-libbed for 45 minutes until they were repaired and the game continued . |
| 27 | Given the knowledge it is always possible to hold someone responsible for their actions . |
| 28 | Am I responsible for that ? |
| 29 | Even less am I responsible for what is said by the Minister of State . |
| 30 | ‘ Come on , let's go back and make ourselves beautiful for him , for the evening . |