Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote to me saying that in this place she found it possible to forgive for the first time and then return home to seek reconciliation . |
| 2 | What this illustrates is that , notwithstanding the progress made in the past two years , the reforms in themselves have done little to compensate for the long term underfunding of the NHS . |
| 3 | His own depression was compounded now with this global malaise , a process he found paradoxically satisfying ; it was acceptable to weep for the dusky seaside sparrow , but not for oneself . |
| 4 | ‘ Until we can get enough food through to stop people starving to death , you wo n't be able to stop those who are prepared to kill for the few precious supplies , ’ said Julian . |
| 5 | Men are in voluntarily unemployed if , in the event of a small rise in the price of wage-goods relatively to the money-wage , both the aggregate supply of labour willing to work for the current money-wage and the aggregate demand for it at that wage would be greater than the existing volume of employment . |
| 6 | Oh and yes … a chap from Conservative Central Office rang up to say they 'd like to know if you would be prepared to stand for the European Parliament . |
| 7 | 10.30 : Prepared to leave for the junior school . |
| 8 | There were those who admired Lewis 's moral courage in being thus prepared to testify for the Christian faith , but not everyone found the spectacle altogether edifying . |
| 9 | In this time it became clear that the military and state security forces were not all solidly behind the coup , especially in the face of popular resistance , with Russian Federation ( RSFSR ) President Boris Yeltsin setting himself at the head of protesters apparently willing to fight for the new freedoms brought about by the reforms of perestroika . |
| 10 | How much would you be prepared to pay for the two of you to go to Pwllheli by bus and train ? |
| 11 | If you want to use aromatherapy oils when caring for an elderly relative , be prepared to pay for the best . |
| 12 | Ultimately the price is quite simply that which the purchaser is prepared to pay for the particular business and which the vendor is prepared to accept . |
| 13 | Since both individuals consume whatever quantity of the good is produced , we must add up vertically the price each is prepared to pay for the last unit . |
| 14 | Regrettably , the NHS dental service was in many ways so successful that most of the practices of my acquaintance depended entirely on NHS fees with only one or two patients willing to pay for the entire cost of treatment . |
| 15 | The purchaser is unlikely to be willing to pay for the gross value of debtors less gross creditors in full on completion . |
| 16 | I do have to say that on occasion I found myself baulking at a certain inconsistent and artificialsounding short reverberation effect following the odd sudden soloist ( trumpet or saxophone ) sforzando ( two specific cases are mentioned above ) , but this is a price I 'm more than willing to pay for the added ambience and clarity that Nippon Columbia has afforded these treasurable recordings . |
| 17 | In that case , there was nothing in the circumstances to justify the implication of any term in the agency between the assured and the brokers that the brokers should be free to act for the opposing party , the insurers . |
| 18 | His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ . |
| 19 | They had found too much to discuss for the last train to Swindon to remain a realistic option and Harry had gladly accepted the offer of overnight hospitality . |
| 20 | But not to worry … there 's plenty survived the worst of the weather … and there 's much to admire for the committed gardener and the casual observer |
| 21 | Soviet subsidies to Vietnam ended in late 1990 , and the American embargo — which includes a veto on IMF loans to Vietnam — looks set to stay for the immediate future . |
| 22 | Because of this , we devised a modular training package , sufficiently adaptable to cater for the vast majority of individual circumstances . |
| 23 | There was then a complex discussion of reflexes which both Millers enjoyed but was n't all that easy to follow for the uninitiated . |
| 24 | Since this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , professional social workers and social work educators need to modify their profession-centred view of service provision in order to make the best use of available personnel . |
| 25 | Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future . |
| 26 | In this environment , which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , our objective is to build a business which is profitable even at low oil prices and which will show a rate of growth commensurate with the forecast rise in our production and cash flow . |
| 27 | The US 's foreign trade deficit was likely to continue for the forseeable future , he said . |
| 28 | The final phase of academic school examinations , as distinct from the vocational examinations already mentioned , is , and seems likely to remain for the foreseeable future , the GCE A level . |
| 29 | Various other formats have come and gone over the years , but these are the ones which have become established and likely to remain for the foreseeable future . |
| 30 | It is very hard to know for the simple reason that very few records of justices ' out-of-sessions activities survive , and although sometimes these cases were heard by two or more justices at petty sessions , even the records of these hearings are scarce and incomplete . |