Example sentences of "[adj] to [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is clearly rather tired of preaching the design gospel when it has been evident to him for many years the fundamental role it plays in good business practice . |
| 2 | She only knew that he was very serious and that this was important to him for some reason . |
| 3 | The course was important to me for several reasons . |
| 4 | The person in whose name the booking is invoiced acts on behalf of all other persons named on it and becomes primarily responsible to us for all payments in respect of the booking . |
| 5 | In a typically British way , we have failed to take the credit that is due to us for that achievement , which had its origins in the Kangaroo group of Members of the European Parliament founded by the late Basil de Ferranti specifically to break down the trade barriers that existed in Europe at a time when none of the other major Community partners wanted to know anything about it . |
| 6 | I am grateful to him for gentle handling . |
| 7 | I 'll always be grateful to you for that night . ’ |
| 8 | The confrontation involved in sex seemed of all those available to me for that purpose the most powerful , the most open , the most personal . |
| 9 | Operational planners viewed L Detachment as a parachute force pure and simple , which should be available to them for short-term aims . |
| 10 | Non-intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation techniques acting as ‘ bridges to transplantation ’ were not available to us for clinical purposes in 1985–6 , but various recent studies have suggested that well selected patients undergoing such mechanical interventions ( ventricular assist device , B ventricular assist device , total artificial heart ) have a similar short term outlook to those undergoing ‘ elective ’ transplantation . |
| 11 | Although the local authority was sympathetic to her problem , the sum of money available to it for discretionary grants had been severely cut in recent years , so it could not see its way to helping her further . |
| 12 | She did n't want to be obliged to him for another lift . |
| 13 | They 've got piles over there er four double one two double two to call Action Line and er try and call before four o'clock this afternoon if you can for the er information about the firework displays that are near to you for more details about Fast Forward and details about A T O Training as well Nottingham four double one two double two for Radio Nottingham 's Action Line call before four . |