Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are most grateful for a pump within yards of their homes , instead of having to walk a long way to a dirty water-hole . |
| 2 | Even Picasso and Braque , who shared their discoveries so intimately that for a while they came to share a common vision , looked , it will be seen , at Cézanne in different ways . |
| 3 | Not too long ago your company was most pleasant for a while . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Look , Adam , ’ she said at last , ‘ I admit I felt a little peculiar for a while , but whatever it was has passed and I 'm absolutely fine now . |
| 5 | Others follow , the most interesting for a novice explorer being Long Kin East Cave which can be entered safely by either of two entrances , a wet and a dry , and with the help of a torch it can be penetrated by easy walking along a roomy stream passage for 200 yards . |
| 6 | It is obviously devastating for a parent to watch a child go through misery , but Dorothy Einon points out that children learn how to give and take from such experiences . |
| 7 | From this point onwards it was entirely unnecessary for a testator to go to the trouble of writing a general damnatio in his will . |
| 8 | It was not until after the 1914 war and nearly five years with the French army — although domiciled in England for some thirty years he never at any time entertained the idea of becoming a naturalized British subject , considering it highly improper for a Frenchman to renounce his country — and following the failure of his London decorating business , which before the war had been successful , that Boulestin turned to cookery writing . |
| 9 | These experiments are difficult , but the interest in the outcome is sufficiently high for a number of careful experimental groups to have been encouraged to make the attempt . |
| 10 | As a result , it became very much easier for a minister to brush aside any interrogation , since not only was the original purpose of the question soon left behind , but also the frontbenches have tended to intervene to try and score broader party points to which the minister in turn makes the usual party retort . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's much easier for a company to run a standard operating system on a telephone switching system , ’ says Price , ‘ because the systems management stuff has already been developed and can run on it too . ’ |
| 12 | But it 's so much easier for a boy . |
| 13 | This warranty is obviously much easier for a consumer to invoke than a businessman . |
| 14 | Why is it much easier for a business person to start a new factory in the area shown in the upper photograph , than in many other parts of the world such as that shown in the lower photograph ? |
| 15 | If an expert adopted a code of conduct , it would become part of his contract with the parties and make it much easier for a party to make a claim in the case of a breach . |
| 16 | Men were different — thirty-six was only old for a woman . |
| 17 | ‘ At St Oswald 's , ’ said his mum , who was sitting next to him , prim and nervous in her best hat and coat which was only proper for a visit to Woolton . |
| 18 | ‘ It was extremely painful for a while but the doctor says there is little risk of permanent damage . ’ |
| 19 | Does the Prime Minister agree with the proposition that it is entirely sensible for a Government to borrow prudently in order to fund capital investment to build economic recovery but that it is sheer folly for a Government to borrow in order to buy votes for an election ? |
| 20 | That government is legitimate which is viewed as morally proper for a society . |
| 21 | Like many consumed by a powerful love , he has been searching since not so much for a replacement as an alternative . |
| 22 | ‘ So much for a career as a burglar , though I can understand why it might appeal . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've never seen the church so crowded for a funeral , ’ said William 's nan proudly , though there was a hint of suspicion in the eyes that gazed around the congregation . |
| 24 | She briefly envied Dr Neil and Papa — so easy for a man to do useful and purposeful work . |
| 25 | There is no experience so uncomfortable for a nation as to run headon unawares into an axiom . |
| 26 | The Gorbals re-development was not to be announced until 1955 , but in the land of the prefab , the outside toilet , and the lobby-dosser , the world was long overdue for a change . |
| 27 | He was long overdue for a shave , and the combination of the dark stubble , the tousled hair from the theatre cap and the warm smell of leather was a potent combination . |
| 28 | How much nicer for a family or friends or even just oneself to sit at a table set for a meal ! |
| 29 | He observed people closely , as was only natural for a painter , and he was already watching Mauve , the friendly mentor who might at any moment turn into an enemy . |
| 30 | The issue of whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned is also a question of judgement , and it would be somewhat unusual for a court erm perhaps erm months later to go against the policeman 's view , a view formed in the heat of the moment , where he had a firsthand erm taste of what was going on . |