Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tinged sometimes with a blinkered nostalgia , a belief that there really was a Golden Age in the countryside when humans and nature were in harmony ; at others with an ugly neo-colonialism , a conviction that wilderness are all right for the Third World , but not for us civilised folk . |
| 2 | I mean , these metal strips are down there for the public entertainment license , they were n't gon na give us it because the carpet was lifting . |
| 3 | But the plates like these are not just for the rich . |
| 4 | ‘ This 'll be all right for the Ancient Britons as well , ’ he said brandishing ‘ The Stein Song ’ , 'I 'll give it to Mike when we go over . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm only here for the one night . ’ |
| 6 | The girls have now been moved to Bullwood Prison , near Southend but Ann and her husband Derek — a contract cleaner — are hopeful their girls will be home again for the New Year . |
| 7 | We are here mainly for the hard work that clients can neither do nor wish to do themselves , for example ; pulling out hedges which contain years of accumulated dust ( bad for the sinuses ) , grubbing out tree stumps , digging heavy clay soil ( a nightmare for the lower lumbar region ) , pruning overgrown trees , cutting up brushwood prior to removal . |
| 8 | So God 's promises to Abraham were not just for the selfish enjoyment of a chosen few . |
| 9 | Three routes were out forward for the first section and two for the southern section . |
| 10 | Two groups were n't enough for the actual experiment , though ; I needed six . |
| 11 | The reason being that probably for the last 50 years the sewers have been provided free : they have outlived any associated loans and so no charge has been made to the revenue accounts . |
| 12 | Oh yes , he 's been round there for the new . |
| 13 | It 's all right for the first years now cos they 're never even gon na know about it . |
| 14 | When we take somebody , assess their needs and offer them a care package , in terms of the elderly , erm , and more importantly in terms of those with physical disability or learning disability , we have basically got to support that person for the rest of their life , and therefore , the commitment is not just for the current year , the commitment in , in the case of the elderly depending on what is being offered , whether it be nursing home care , or residential care is for several months or years . |
| 15 | His fight is not just for the Third World , but for North America and Europe as well . |
| 16 | Inheritance tax is not just for the wealthy . |
| 17 | Reflection upon the experience is not only for the individual student however . |
| 18 | But that is not enough for the Gay Liberationists . |
| 19 | One book is not enough for the inexhaustible Terry , so we also have a new juvenile title from him , Johnny and the Dead ( £9.99 ) . |
| 20 | It 's not enough for the rich to be rich , they have to boast about their perks and fiddles and scams as well . |
| 21 | Words ca n't describe what it 's like to be all ready for your operation and then be told it 's off again for the third time.It 's beyond a joke . |
| 22 | Recording is now underway for the tenth series of ’ Blockbusters ’ , and although the contestants are teenagers , the show is popular across all age groups . |
| 23 | Fund-raising is now underway for the next stage of development , a large entrance hall , lecture/video theatre and shop/catering area . |
| 24 | She was rarely there for the full rehearsals . |
| 25 | But the time was long past for the final roll-call of his battalion of the People 's Militia , recruited to defend Berlin 's Wilhelmplatz district against the advance of the Red Army . |
| 26 | But I was trained in an era when we were told that continental drift was all right for the unscientific geologists , but the " real " scientists — the physicists — said it was impossible . |
| 27 | It was all right for the active partner , but how did the other fellow get his satisfaction . |
| 28 | There were tribunals which had jurisdiction if a certain state of facts existed but not otherwise ; it was not then for the inferior tribunal to determine conclusively upon the existence of such facts . |
| 29 | Yet , while the traditional working class had little prospect of improving their economic and social opportunities , this was not so for the two and a half million or so families whose income varied between £2 and £4 per week . |
| 30 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |