Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elliptically relating this " philosophical task " to academic philosophy ( including the history of philosophy ) , he declared himself to be better qualified for a philosophical chair than a purely philological one . |
| 2 | While Egypt might be sufficiently advanced for a liberal democratic experiment , other states in the region were certainly states and elevated local leaders , such as religious or tribal chiefs into monarchs . |
| 3 | There is , however , a torque which may be easily calculated for a rectangular loop . |
| 4 | The 1980 Constitution , which was put into effect in March 1981 [ see pp. 30619-20 ; 30931 ] , provided for the re-establishment , effective 1989 , of the bi-cameral National Congress , consisting of a Senate of 38 elected and nine appointed members , all of whom were to serve an eight-year term , and a Chamber of Deputies whose 120 members were to be directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 5 | But unlike a lot of us who think it will be severely abused for a good many years to come , new agers are optimistic . |
| 6 | I propose that a useful point to be considered by the doctor is whether a treatment would be clinically indicated for a private patient with unlimited personal resources . |
| 7 | The tasks of reconstruction were perceived as equally urgent in the period 1939–45 , even if the rhetoric of building a land fit for heroes could not be plausibly employed for a second time . |
| 8 | Strictly , a switch-mode p.s.u. can be precisely designed for a particular output voltage at some stated current ; if that design voltage is altered by some means , the performance deteriorates . |
| 9 | Because of the large numbers of emergency caesarean sections it may be true , as Paul Bingham and Richard Lilford claim , that a policy of routine elective caesarean section would not increase immediate maternal mortality , but surely this can not be seriously advocated for a negligible benefit for the fetus . |