Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that today is Saturday because already I am thirsty for a dry , hoppy pint of bitter at the end of the afternoon : an aperitif to sharpen my appetite for this evening 's Indian meal . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm cautious for a different reason . |
| 3 | Walking back to the hotel , Rozanov and I were silent for a long time . |
| 4 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 5 | I was unprepared for a full spread on the back page , where normally soccer was king — even in the middle of summer . |
| 6 | So much so that I was ready for a rich joke when my family got home from their various doings that birthday evening . |
| 7 | But Manchester United are a world-famous club and I was ready for a new challenge . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When we were looking around for a royal to open the centre , we were promised as soon as someone was available for a royal visit , we would get one , ’ said Peter Carberry , chairman of Darlington Mind . |
| 9 | This has tended to replace previous strategies such as " Imagine you were " Documents can offer stimulus and provide the sort of concrete detail and differentiation which are necessary for a successful exercise on empathy . |
| 10 | In the UK the AIB keep a very tight control over any CVR read-out since it represents a considerable intrusion on the privacy of the flight crew and , while they insist on using it whenever there is an accident , only the relevant extracts are made known to the public and the official reports contain transcriptions of only those sections which are necessary for a full understanding of the circumstances of the accident . |
| 11 | It is unfortunate that the authors avoid mathematical formulae which are essential for a proper understanding of the experiments . |
| 12 | In addition , there are sometimes temporary posts such as ‘ teaching fellow ’ or ‘ tutorial assistant ’ , which are available for a limited period . |
| 13 | Many organisations will have important " one-off " industrial relations issues arising from time to time which are suitable for a similar approach . |
| 14 | However , the usual arrangement is to combine the three time constants in a single network and the alternative types are shown in Fig 3 , two of which are suitable for a passive circuit whilst the others can be used in a feedback circuit because their impedance overall varies in accordance with the R.I.A.A. requirements . |
| 15 | Finally , in Section 6.6 we look at Multiview , a blended methodology for developing applications , using the methods , techniques and tools which are appropriate for a particular situation . |
| 16 | In the second and fourth of those cited , the nouns wine and government each designate properties which are valid for a certain entity . |
| 17 | It seems likely , in short , that they have erred through applying principles which are valid for a later period but were not yet operative in the time of Molla Husrev . |
| 18 | Acetylcholine is known to be cotransmitted with vasoactive intestinal polypeptide at the synapse between the sympathetic nerve and the sweat gland , vasoactive intestinal polypeptide probably being responsible for the local vasodilation which is necessary for a normal sweat response . |
| 19 | They just do n't like to get involved in something which is ongoing for a few weeks you know . |
| 20 | Given the variety of published material , both ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ , a church musician may find it difficult to choose music which is appropriate for a particular choir and congregation and which possesses style , invention and staying power . |
| 21 | Students often find that their ability to produce language which is appropriate for a particular situation is less than they had expected . |
| 22 | In fact there are two different meanings hidden away in this phrase : the state can be relatively autonomous of the capitalist class , which is appropriate for an organizational model of the state ( Figure 5.1 ) . |
| 23 | Two Oxford research groups under the directions of clinical pharmacologist Professor David Grahame-Smith and psychiatrist Professor Michael Gelder have used a substance called yohimbine which is specific for a 2 -receptors to study the number of platelet receptors before and after childbirth ( Lancet , vol i , p 495 ) . |
| 24 | The whole package weighs in at 8lb 13oz , 4.02kg , which is fine for a top quality tent of this kind . |
| 25 | Other commentators have drawn attention to the basic distinction between owners and managers , which is important for a strict Marxist analysis . |
| 26 | Indeed , in the Irish general election of 1987 , progressive democrats took 14 seats , and 11.8 per cent of the total vote , which is sizeable for a young political party . |
| 27 | However , the basic thing for me is that most piano music is far more than something which is tailor-made for a certain instrument . |
| 28 | He had the knowledge of the dynastic relations between Seleucids and Ptolemies which was necessary for a Jewish observer . |
| 29 | He pivoted the hammer in a wooden Kapsel on the key , which was normal for a German action , and added the escapement , not on the key , but hinged to the keyframe . |
| 30 | And that 's important to us because we can give erm people who are responsible for a particular department full and immediate access to the data which relates only to their department and not the wider organization . |