Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , Hans Dietrich Genscher has been Foreign Minister for the last 18 years . |
| 2 | Within the Ministry , there had been some pressure for the explicit adoption of replacement cost depreciation conventions . |
| 3 | This unprincipled position was sharply attacked by the Irish News , the nationalist newspaper which has been standard reading for the Catholic community in the North for the best part of a century . |
| 4 | Other people have sworn by the virtues of Figi or Scorpion skis ( only around 65cm long ) but these sink too much at slow speeds , though they 're great fun for the occasional skirmish . |
| 5 | Initial charges are 4 p.c. for the managed funds and there is no front end charge for the single funds . |
| 6 | IRISH politicians are convinced that Scotland will win the battle to be European base for the American-owned Digital computer company . |
| 7 | It might well be that some of them had work as servants , or in agriculture — but there would be strong competition for the latter , for quite apart from the regular farm labourers there were a considerable number of workmen not as fully employed at the mine as perhaps they would have wished . |
| 8 | In the normal way , there should be some change for the better in the patient 's condition , so if weeks pass and the patient seems static , you need to know why . |
| 9 | If the structure of excise duties maintained revenue without unduly distorting consumer choice , there might be some justification for the present system . |
| 10 | As it sweeps on , through Greece and Rome , dark ages and renaissance , world empire and industrial revolution , towards this present century of war and destruction , it succeeds in suggesting that , against all the odds , there may still be some basis for the political and economic union now intensively , if fractiously , under discussion . |
| 11 | ‘ It would be another tragedy for the able child from the non-affluent home , but there are several places where parents will favour abandoning the state sector and setting up as economical day schools . ’ |
| 12 | This may be another reason for the adverse effects on some people of foods grown by current commercial agricultural methods . |
| 13 | On Thursday , facing uproar on all sides of the Commons , Mr Major ordered that the mess be sorted out and Downing Street duly declared that there would be extra money for the poor over and above RPI uprating and that it had all been planned before the Budget . |
| 14 | Such friendly matches should be useful training for the Scottish team and this is the first visit of its kind . |
| 15 | ‘ This must be good news for the Labour Party … |
| 16 | With farm exports accounting for 70% of New Zealand 's exports , that would be good news for the entire economy . |
| 17 | If other publications from the energy programme summarise the ‘ state of the art ’ as well as this gasification report , then there will be less need for the spurious and repetitious consultant reports that daily besiege the desk of the Third World policy maker . |
| 18 | It can also mean that there will be more work for the semantic analyser to perform since there are so many more combinations to check . |
| 19 | Oh that was approximately about erm , well I 'm talking about now in my time it must be over twenty year ago , when he introduced that and the simple reason was there was an argument between the deputy harbourmaster and the boatmen which are the cos they used t it all happened over a ship called used to be a collier , used to run here regular and that used to discharge so much coal at Cliff Quay , then it used to go into the dock at Tolwells Quay and finish unloading because it used to bring two or three different lots of coal , it was a four hold ship , she had four holds , and there 'd be one hold for the chemical works and perhaps there 'd be three holds for and that se |
| 20 | Just as there ca n't be one law for the rich , one for the poor , there ca n't be one law for men , one for doctors . |
| 21 | The following year a London magistrate , struck by the notion that there should not be one law for the rich unavailable to the poor , permitted a man named Gleaves to bring proceedings against the authors and publishers of a book entitled " Johnny Go Home " , based on a Yorkshire television documentary which had exposed his insalubrious hospitality to feckless youths . |
| 22 | Let's hope that UEFA remember there must never be one rule for the big boys and another for the rest . |
| 23 | They played a leading part in the organization of the war after 1369 ; they both had considerable experience of Breton affairs , and their influence at court may be one reason for the important position occupied by Brittany in English strategy from 1372 to 1375 . |
| 24 | Many non-insulin-dependent ( Type 2 ) diabetics are overweight and this may be one reason for the high prevalence of hypertension observed in this group . |
| 25 | The attempt to remedy this deficiency and achieve a true professionalism may be one reason for the rapid growth of literary theory in the anglophone academy . |
| 26 | This may be one reason for the relative generosity of earlier community help . |
| 27 | He added : ‘ Once they have got euthanasia well under way it will be wholesale victory for the anti-God forces . ’ |
| 28 | In your report the council leader states that they would be increasing parking for the disabled in Abbot 's Yard . |
| 29 | In poor countries there may be enough food for the whole population but it is exported or hoarded because the people can not pay for it . |
| 30 | If income support is in payment , there is unlikely to be any advantage for the local authority in pursuing maintenance as the DSS will simply reduce their contribution by the same amount . |