Example sentences of "[adv] they [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before long they were 59 for 6 ; Botham swung the bat for 37 off as many balls , and Bairstow , replacing the runless Knott , made 40 to take the total to 143 . |
| 2 | Perhaps they are due for a revival . |
| 3 | It describes how Archbishop Lyfing spoke to the king about the freedom of his church , and then rejected Cnut 's offer of a new charter of freedom with the complaint that he had plenty such charters if only they were good for anything . |
| 4 | There 's little enough they 're good for else . |
| 5 | so they 're responsible for what you 're doing , okay |
| 6 | All other students not meeting the requirements for an award are informed whether or not they are eligible for honours should they choose to continue . |
| 7 | ‘ But now they are responsible for the whole distribution process and they have no experience of how to deal with it . ’ |
| 8 | Originally they were responsible for making accurate copies of the scriptures and for guarding the text against any errors . |
| 9 | puts an aerial on your roof and they knock a hole in your roof then presumably they 're liable for the damage |
| 10 | Well they 're good for dry throats are n't they ? |
| 11 | Er well they 're responsible for all writing . |
| 12 | Now they are really dangerous and I understand that even today they are responsible for a number of deaths and serious accidents each year among farm workers . |
| 13 | They are triangular in shape with their distal ends in contact , sometimes they are contiguous for slightly more than half their length . |
| 14 | If a couple is married or living together as man and wife , then they are married or living together as man and wife , then they are liable for their partner 's community charge if it is not paid . |
| 15 | When I was there they were desperate for one and anxious that the sanctions should be lifted . |
| 16 | The regenerative cars had not shown the expected economies and indeed they were responsible for excessive current consumption . |
| 17 | Chiefly they are responsible for hiring coaches to away matches and for getting occasional petitions signed . |
| 18 | Instead they were movie-choosing for themselves ; turning up in droves to see films which were long on emotional content , romance and humour , and short on blood and guts . |
| 19 | Function words take up only 4% of the vocabulary , or about 30% if weighted by frequency , yet they are accountable for almost 50% of the errors . ’ |
| 20 | It was the closest we had come to the outside world in nearly four months yet they were responsible for the oil which glossed the harbour and had killed the coral . |
| 21 | Similarly , an attempted close may put the Japanese in a position where they are concerned for the seller 's loss of face if the answer is to be negative . |
| 22 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |