Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world 's clearest sea water has been recorded in the Weddell Sea in early spring , clear enough for a Secchi disc to be seen at a depth of 79 m ( Gieskes et al . , |
| 2 | Morse looked at her now — perhaps properly for the first time . |
| 3 | If this were so , the strengthening of the various associations generated by the inhibitory conditioning procedure would proceed only slowly for a pre-exposed stimulus and this effect could well outweigh any advantage that the existence of a stimulus-no event association might bestow . |
| 4 | His wife Maggie kept on eye on him but said it was all right for a special occasion and that he could rejoin the pledge tomorrow . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all right for a special occasion . |
| 6 | She 'll be all right for a few hours . |
| 7 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |
| 8 | Pat said quickly , " Well , we can go to 45 But surely it is all right for a few minutes here . " |
| 9 | It 's all right for the first years now cos they 're never even gon na know about it . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was all right for the active partner , but how did the other fellow get his satisfaction . |
| 14 | However fraught the relationship with their mother , how could she have cared so little for the older woman as to send notice of her intentions through another teenager ? |
| 15 | Some have argued that this policy of ambiguity and delay reflected wishful thinking on his part , a misguided belief that he could somehow parlay his personal standing with all parties into a new consensus that would hold the communities together long enough for a French-financed modernization programme to work its magic . |
| 16 | One might hazard a guess that Part I was concerned with devising a conformation in which the fission explosion would raise the thermonuclear material to the required temperature and pressure and which would contain the material at a sufficient density for a time long enough for a substantial amount to react before being dispersed . |
| 17 | The phenomenon lasted perhaps thirty to forty-five seconds , long enough for a lasting impression to be gained but the phenomenon was very clear and distinct leaving the Woodwards very puzzled by the unexpected sight . |
| 18 | ‘ To look at me , no one would take me for the Miracle-Worker , ’ Gabriel persisted , and he grinned and rubbed his short head of hair which had barely grown long enough for a single curl . |
| 19 | " Dogs first " — that would take an immoderate time — perhaps long enough for a third drink . |
| 20 | Hankin added : ‘ I think fans have waited long enough for an outstanding performance at home . |
| 21 | ‘ MIPS and Sparc begat Power , which begat Alpha which will beget something new … none will dominate the open-systems market long enough for the critical mass of software needed for long-term success to develop … the future of RISC microprocessors in the open systems market is dead … |
| 22 | At the last the weather has been descent enough for some of the crags to dry out long enough for the new routers to get busy . |
| 23 | The other is that he heard me following , and staged the attack on himself , with the help of some accomplice unknown — for it could n't have been done alone , could it ? — to put himself in the clear , and immobilise me long enough for the other person to get away , and the body to be well downstream . |
| 24 | So much for a daring display of primitive combat ! |
| 25 | So much for a passing game — hoof the ball into the other half and see what happens . |
| 26 | So much for a progressive education . |
| 27 | So much for a blatant attack , but what about the friendly stranger who suddenly comes too close for comfort in the car park outside the local pub ? |
| 28 | So much for a romantic myth that has given Hollywood scriptwriters a nice living . |
| 29 | So much for the various qualities of books . |
| 30 | So much for the general account for how ( as I see it ) meaning is achieved in the natural use of language . |