Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was natural , but unreasonable , to feel guilt for what seemed like a failure in duty , rather than feel thankful for the years of unremitting and unselfish care that they had been able to give . |
| 2 | So at its worst it is a seriously and life-threatening paralysing disease , but in its minor forms not really a great deal of trouble , although upsetting enough for the patients who have it . |
| 3 | Nothing creates more panic than arriving late for an exam . |
| 4 | Ten years later the Attorney-General noted that judicial officers were chosen ‘ because considered unfit for the revenue branch of the service ’ . |
| 5 | On the day I came up here , there were no workmen and the deserted new village was occupied only by horses , wandering at liberty between the half-finished buildings , the machinery and the piles of materials — hardly the setting for which they had been intended when set loose for the summer to forage for themselves . |
| 6 | In fact , Moore also suggests that mosaics — as seems likely for pavements such as the Aldborough Star mosaic ( pI . |
| 7 | Thus , even if , as seems unlikely for a cold Moon , isostatic equilibrium was subsequently achieved there would still be a residual basin . |
| 8 | The unit costs associated with the fire service rose substantially ( as did those for the police , which are harder to recover on a consistent basis over time within the GRE system , but responsible for far more expenditure ) . |
| 9 | The nationality requirement , along with the domicile and residence requirements , was so restrictive as to make ineligible for consideration as ‘ qualified companies ’ many publicly quoted companies or banks on the International Stock Exchange in London . |