Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [be] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of any stated preference it will be assumed that the candidates will be willing to be considered for either appointment . |
| 2 | The defeatists felt that the power of the torturers was too great to try to combat ; the purists were too busy discussing semantics to take up the real problems ; the perfectionists thought that the data on human rights was too imprecise to be used for high quality research ; the paradigm thinkers believed that massive political and social changes would be necessary before torture could be stopped ; many other concerned persons were involved in other cases , such as environment , ecology , animal rights , etc . |
| 3 | Such occasions will inevitably involve grief and the shedding of tears , but there is much to be said for that . |
| 4 | There is much to be said for such a theory . |
| 5 | There is much to be said for such increased participatory rights . |
| 6 | There is much to be said for this explanation . |
| 7 | There are no general regulations in the UK governing the type of medium to be used for archival recording , although some regulations stipulate additional conditions for electronic records ; and certain authorities have the right to require that their approval is obtained before a company relies exclusively on electronic records , for example : |
| 8 | Delighted to be taken for another ride in another car , the little boy chuckled . |
| 9 | I was glad to be given for this talk a problem question — animals and the environment . |
| 10 | Success was supposed to be reserved for those with silver spoons in their mouths . |
| 11 | There was a section at the top of Act Two where Joyce is supposed to be auditioning for some American producers . |
| 12 | The population of this district had not been previously deeply dissatisfied ; but it was natural that they should wish well to people of their own class , supposed to be fighting for higher wages ; and they presently heard with truth that several employers hereabouts had begun to promise higher payments under the dread of seeing the population armed against them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's not supposed to be used for that , really , ’ he said apologetically . |
| 14 | Male callers however are far more likely to be looking for easy solutions to a debt problem , usually a further loan or re-mortgage which in the long term will often make the problem worse . |
| 15 | Places reserved for the burial of cremated remains were not likely to be filled for many years — if ever . |
| 16 | Of more urgent concern is the uncontrolled way in which new drugs , formulations , and presentations ( not of individual high cost but likely to be used for large numbers of patients ) are introduced , without assessment of health gain or cost , into primary care prescribing by consultants ' recommendations , patient pressure , general practitioners ' individual decisions . |
| 17 | For instance , when the scale of production increases , horse or steam power is likely to be substituted for manual labour ; materials are likely to be brought from a greater distance and in greater quantities , thus increasing those expenses of production which correspond to the work of carriers , middlemen and traders of all kinds . |
| 18 | Once major strategies have been set , they are likely to be held for some time . |
| 19 | Protective designation is therefore likely to be needed for sometime to come , and will need both strengthening and transforming into positive schemes of practical management . |
| 20 | There are many ways to grab a person but they are all to be avoided for two reasons . |
| 21 | Smith himself insisted that his other commitments did not interfere with his mathematics , as that demanded a concentration too great to be maintained for more than a few hours a day . |
| 22 | A crowd crush at Ayresome Park on Saturday forced Middlesbrough 's match with Leeds United to be suspended for 15 minutes , and so alarmed the Leeds manager , Howard Wilkinson , that he clambered on to the perimeter fencing to appeal for calm . |
| 23 | A crowd crush at Ayresome Park on Saturday forced Middlesbrough 's match with Leeds United to be suspended for 15 minutes , and so alarmed the Leeds manager , Howard Wilkinson , that he clambered on to the perimeter fencing to appeal for calm . |
| 24 | First , those who have a political interest to pursue will not in fact always do so , for example consumers , who are numerous but widely distributed , generally have never organized themselves as effectively or as efficiently as producers , who are much fewer in number but already have a business organization able to be adapted for political purposes . |
| 25 | Applications must be processed Assuming that the company requires a range of different skills , the applications must be divided into groups according to their suitability for the different posts Some applicants may appear in more than one group , in which case some account will need to be taken of their preferences Managers involved in the selection process must choose those to be invited for initial interview . |
| 26 | This condition is unlikely to be met for all the shares in an index , particularly those indices based on many shares , such as the S&P500 , the Value Line Arithmetic and the NYSE Composite . |
| 27 | The ruling means that a lot of people , most of them women , are unlikely to be compensated for serious psychological damage done to them at very young ages . ’ |
| 28 | They took mackintoshes and heavy greatcoats , anticipating that Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 's dream of perennial sunshine was unlikely to be fulfilled for lesser voyagers . |
| 29 | However , a portable 's speed is n't a primary requirement , as it is unlikely to be used for high volumes of work . |
| 30 | According to unofficial Armenian reports at least 17 Armenian villagers were killed and over a hundred wounded , and the Armenian authorities alleged that the troops were refusing to allow the wounded to be evacuated for medical treatment . |