Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] for [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be demonstrated in Vacwell Engineering Co Ltd v BDH Chemicals [ 1971 ] 1 QB 88 where a chemical supplied by the defendants , although fit for the plaintiffs ' purposes , exploded on contact with water , though this was unknown to the plaintiffs . |
| 2 | Laughable in an altogether more tragic sense are No Man , who now have the dubious claim to fame of featuring three ex-members of Japan ( Steve Jansen , Richard Barbieri and Mick Kam ) in their backing band , though to the uninitiated they come across as three craggy muso casualties looking more than ready for the knacker 's yard . |
| 3 | Given the establishment of this joint working party , it would appear both reasonable and sensible for the APB 's Going Concern Task Force to work with it to establish the necessary guidance on what disclosures should be made , and then to incorporate it . |
| 4 | It was a torture which was part of the school 's underground mythology , but something he assumed had died out at the same time as the belief that bullying was inevitable , harmless and good for the victim 's character . |
| 5 | ‘ Apart from that , all you need is to be passed fit and healthy for a doctor 's examination . ’ |
| 6 | These wines are exceptionally big and fleshy for the Côte des Blancs , an area more noted for style than strength . |
| 7 | In The Old Curiosity Shop it is high summer , and Dickens himself does not mention a fire , but it is featured by one of his illustrators , within a chimneypiece much too solid and grand for a labourer 's ‘ hut ’ ( Fig. 39 ) . |
| 8 | Educational note for the new , easy-to-pass-Tory-GCSE 's : All these flags contain one or more of the following colours : green , red , black and yellow — green for the land , black for the people , yellow for the sun and red for the people 's blood . |
| 9 | He was persuaded that disunity in the church was displeasing to heaven and bad for the empire 's success and prosperity . |
| 10 | It was small , but adequate for the Gormans ' needs and comforts , built in the Midland Railway 's style of architecture having a pantile roof and very solidly constructed of red brick . |
| 11 | In 1793 , Lord Chesterfield 's chief steward deemed it ‘ an old whimsical house , but fit for a gentleman 's occupation ’ . |
| 12 | Today , as investigators sifted through the wreckage it was business as usual for the factory 's staff . |
| 13 | These may be to make as large a profit as possible for the organisation 's owners , in the case of private enterprise , or to provide a service in the case of non-profit-making organisations or government departments and institutions . |
| 14 | FORMER Ipswich and England striker Paul Mariner has emerged as favourite for the manager 's job at Cambridge United after the sacking of John Beck . |
| 15 | About three quarters of the contestants at each board are graded as suitable for the candidates ' list , some of them with recommended restrictions ( the Indian doctor was reckoned ‘ suitable for consideration for an ethnic seat ’ ) . |