Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must also be accurate , or at least accurate enough for the recipient , and timely , as information provided too late for the particular p urpose is use it can respond to the changing needs of the user . |
| 2 | The gym , in Navigation Road , therefore , bristles with specially designed work-out machines and facilities made easily accessible for the disabled . |
| 3 | It seemed more appropriate for a faceless spectator . |
| 4 | The death of the Emperor Henry VI in September 1197 , leaving a son of two , came too late for the ageing Celestine to reap the benefit , although he immediately began to re-assert papal claims to the Patrimony , the duchy , the March and Tuscany , now fallen into imperial hands . |
| 5 | She arrived too late for the actual ceremony , so another took place two days later , on Palm Sunday , when she placed a gold circlet on the head of King Robert I. |
| 6 | After discussions with the bank and advice from the British Overseas Trade Board , it was decided that the USA offered most potential for the immediate future . |
| 7 | Pauline , who always had back problems , felt so sorry for the little mare that she took her over from Jackie . |
| 8 | She ate the slice of her landlady 's home-made fruit cake , which she thought delicious , and she drank the tea that had milk in it , and which she thought only fit for the uncivilized . |
| 9 | It looked more suitable for a multinational corporation than for a great Department of State . |
| 10 | When he was elected Governor-General of Canada , Georges Vanier felt deeply inadequate for the heavy duties he had to face . |
| 11 | I felt quite sorry for the old boy , for our ‘ issue ’ that week had been a notorious brand of Indian manufacture called ‘ Vs ’ . |
| 12 | I realized how stupid I had been , and felt very sorry for the poor Struldbrugs . |
| 13 | This company 's activities changed and it ultimately grew too big for a sole practitioner to handle on a part-time basis . |
| 14 | Which proved more influential for the Liberal party before 1914 , its policies or its leadership ? |
| 15 | Cooper was interviewed by Rovers last weekend and emerged as favourite for the vacant manager 's job ahead of Port Vale 's John Rudge and ex-Southampton manager Chris Nicholl . |
| 16 | In the mens final Annadale/Queens proved too experienced for a young All Star team winning by 71–61 . |
| 17 | In the women 's race it was again a junior — 16-year-old Sinead Jennings from Letterkenny — who proved too strong for the senior opposition . |
| 18 | Here , Mrs Pettifer began to interject but the small gentleman silenced her with a flap of the wrist which was altogether not very gentlemanly and proved too much for the great lady detective who made a more purposeful interjection of her own . |
| 19 | The innuendo in this remark proved too much for the petite figure in the front row , who during the last few words was showing signs of unmistakable distress . |
| 20 | Within months the party began to self-destruct as the pace of reforms became too much for the Left , and for Mr Lange , to stomach . |
| 21 | The intrusive Boswell then took another liberty — ; that of pointing out to Johnson ‘ that he very often sat quite silent for a long time , even when in company with only a single friend ’ , at which Johnson reminded Boswell of an acquaintance who had once observed , ‘ Sir , you are like a ghost : you never speak till you are spoken to . ’ |