Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is surprising is that a new colony has settled down to breed so quickly — it normally takes a year or even longer for a newly-formed pair to get down to breeding . |
| 2 | ML 95 and Lys. xxxiii.7 ) for pre-Leuktra Sparta as a physical entity is aporthetos , unravaged , and that was true ( and most unusual for a Greek polis ) . |
| 3 | The invading army was evidently homeward bound and perhaps disinclined for a renewed engagement , which may explain why Cadafael ( HB ch. 65 ) and Oethelwald ( HE 111 , 24 ) withdrew before battle was joined . |
| 4 | With long-term injury victims Graham Hill and Ian Brady only recently back in full training , and not ready for a competitive return , Carroll admits : ‘ The situation does not leave us with many options . ’ |
| 5 | The sermon was on 2 Corinthians 5:17 which is a wonderful verse and exactly right for a New year . |
| 6 | The forelock-touching peasant is still around in print , and always good for a condescending laugh . |
| 7 | Colour micronization — means the colour pigments and other powdery ingredients in the make-up , traditionally a large and irregular size and shape , has been made smaller and more uniform for a softer product texture and more even colour application . |
| 8 | The Poles found that they could not impose any kind of law and order until they knew the exact borders they had been given , and as each day passed they became more and more desperate for a final decision . |
| 9 | And how much for a basic video camera . |
| 10 | A couple of years later she had her second baby and again breast-fed for a few months after the birth . |
| 11 | That night , just seven prison officers were coping with seven hundred and fifty inmates , many violent street gang criminals , involved with drugs and too dangerous for a low security jail . |
| 12 | These will be generic and therefore suitable for a wide range of vocational purposes , either as part of Higher National programmes , or as free-standing units which could be used to meet the particular needs of client groups . |
| 13 | It is suggested that the civil , political and social elements of Marshall 's version of the citizenship of entitlement are essential but not sufficient for a modern concept . |
| 14 | Completely inaccurate , of course , but not bad for a seven-year-old . |
| 15 | Fine for a static Dalek , but totally inappropriate for a mobile machine . |
| 16 | There are only three ways of controlling phylloxera : by grafting on to phylloxera-resistant rootstocks , the accepted method ; by planting into ‘ phylloxera-proof ’ soil of at least 85% sand content ; or by submersion ( flooding the vines ) for a period of sixty days in slightly permeable soils and ninety days in very permeable soils , sufficient to kill phylloxera but hardly practical for a working vineyard , especially when there is every likelihood that the parasite will return . |