Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His own depression was compounded now with this global malaise , a process he found paradoxically satisfying ; it was acceptable to weep for the dusky seaside sparrow , but not for oneself . |
| 2 | Men are in voluntarily unemployed if , in the event of a small rise in the price of wage-goods relatively to the money-wage , both the aggregate supply of labour willing to work for the current money-wage and the aggregate demand for it at that wage would be greater than the existing volume of employment . |
| 3 | Oh and yes … a chap from Conservative Central Office rang up to say they 'd like to know if you would be prepared to stand for the European Parliament . |
| 4 | 10.30 : Prepared to leave for the junior school . |
| 5 | There were those who admired Lewis 's moral courage in being thus prepared to testify for the Christian faith , but not everyone found the spectacle altogether edifying . |
| 6 | Ultimately the price is quite simply that which the purchaser is prepared to pay for the particular business and which the vendor is prepared to accept . |
| 7 | Regrettably , the NHS dental service was in many ways so successful that most of the practices of my acquaintance depended entirely on NHS fees with only one or two patients willing to pay for the entire cost of treatment . |
| 8 | The purchaser is unlikely to be willing to pay for the gross value of debtors less gross creditors in full on completion . |
| 9 | I do have to say that on occasion I found myself baulking at a certain inconsistent and artificialsounding short reverberation effect following the odd sudden soloist ( trumpet or saxophone ) sforzando ( two specific cases are mentioned above ) , but this is a price I 'm more than willing to pay for the added ambience and clarity that Nippon Columbia has afforded these treasurable recordings . |
| 10 | In that case , there was nothing in the circumstances to justify the implication of any term in the agency between the assured and the brokers that the brokers should be free to act for the opposing party , the insurers . |
| 11 | His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ . |
| 12 | Soviet subsidies to Vietnam ended in late 1990 , and the American embargo — which includes a veto on IMF loans to Vietnam — looks set to stay for the immediate future . |
| 13 | Because of this , we devised a modular training package , sufficiently adaptable to cater for the vast majority of individual circumstances . |
| 14 | Since this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , professional social workers and social work educators need to modify their profession-centred view of service provision in order to make the best use of available personnel . |
| 15 | Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future . |
| 16 | In this environment , which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , our objective is to build a business which is profitable even at low oil prices and which will show a rate of growth commensurate with the forecast rise in our production and cash flow . |
| 17 | The US 's foreign trade deficit was likely to continue for the forseeable future , he said . |
| 18 | The final phase of academic school examinations , as distinct from the vocational examinations already mentioned , is , and seems likely to remain for the foreseeable future , the GCE A level . |
| 19 | Various other formats have come and gone over the years , but these are the ones which have become established and likely to remain for the foreseeable future . |
| 20 | It is very hard to know for the simple reason that very few records of justices ' out-of-sessions activities survive , and although sometimes these cases were heard by two or more justices at petty sessions , even the records of these hearings are scarce and incomplete . |
| 21 | That is a valid view , but we believe that the internal market is likely to exist for the foreseeable future and that we should try to make it work as well as possible . |
| 22 | An increased freedom in life-style might be supposed to account for the increased variability in timing of daily rhythms that is found in the elderly . |
| 23 | Despite the bizarre method being used , dozens of foreign companies are likely to bid for the rare chance to invade a new broadcasting market . |
| 24 | It contains everything you 're likely to need for the minor emergency . |
| 25 | it was for men that he felt the hot , flushing , roused attraction which a man is supposed to feel for the other sex … the male physique had a fascination for him , and for the female physique he felt only a fondness … |
| 26 | A rates reduction for a certain period is inadequate to compensate for the great disruption that was caused to people seeking to make a living in that area — people who do not have the wherewithal or the ability to use the court system against the Minister . |
| 27 | In these circumstances I feel it is perfectly reasonable to ask for the full refund of £29.50 , not to mention compensation for all the vexation and trouble I have been caused . |
| 28 | Only when these key steps have been taken will government and individuals alike be able to plan for the long term , instead of focusing on the short term and the next election . |
| 29 | The opening of the European Community telecommunications markets needs to be controlled , otherwise manufacturers could suffer , Georges Paricard , chairman of French telecommunications industry body SIT , told the lobby 's annual conference — if deregulation was done in an uncontrolled way , telephone operators would be reluctant to invest for the long term , leaving equipment makers deprived of orders . |
| 30 | The second is any child under the age of about five , who is unlikely to be able to concentrate for the necessary time — although it must be said that older children probably make the best subjects of all , as they are still at the stage where their imagination is in good working order and they have not become weighed down by the need to earn a living or the problems of bringing up a family . |