Example sentences of "be [adj] and [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Council will collect refuse from your side way , or from your ‘ back door ’ ( if that 's at ground level ) but the distance must be no more than 25 paces from the kerb and access must be adequate and safe for a refuse collector carrying a bin or sack . |
| 2 | Compiling an elaborate data base or investing in systems akin to those of very large companies or the Civil Service would clearly be uneconomic and unjustified for a medium size group . |
| 3 | An argument over the restaurant bill or at the cinema box office is humiliating and undignified for a man , and her good manners must save him from being put in such a situation . |
| 4 | This is the best bit of all it 's dry and warm for a start . |
| 5 | The central theological question is whether the picture of the Devil that emerges from the New Testament is true and necessary for a proper understanding of the Christian story . |
| 6 | It is thought , for example , that the long and feathery antennae of male mosquitoes pick up the specific sound wave patterns generated by a female mosquito who is ready and willing for a sexual encounter . |
| 7 | He had taken far more interest in their efforts than his father had thought was right and proper for a boy and when Leonie , his eldest sister , had been apprenticed to a dressmaker his fascination had grown . |
| 8 | I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man . |
| 9 | At once he would sense my withdrawal , and was sad and silent for a while . |
| 10 | Her stare was cold and unreadable for a moment before she broke into a smile . |
| 11 | Although he was working on some big accounts — British Gas , Bankers Trust , Harris Queensway and Beecham — he was ambitious and keen for a little more action . |
| 12 | Vologsky was silent and thoughtful for a long while . |