Example sentences of "[adj] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was due for the chop and you know it . ’ |
| 2 | The impact of Big Bang on GKR was especially profitable for the firm because it was well prepared . |
| 3 | But Mr Ebbert added : ‘ Market conditions in Europe are worsening overall and our expectation is that 1993 has little hope of being as productive and profitable for the company as last year . ’ |
| 4 | He added : ‘ Market conditions in Europe are worsening overall and our expectation is that 1993 has little hope of being as productive and profitable for the company as last year . ’ |
| 5 | There is a suggested minimum , but if , if , if it 's right for the person and they can afford it , that a minimum of forty thousand pounds is , is , is er , er , an industry suggested figure of a minimum . |
| 6 | Parents and teachers are the leaders , and the child is expected to obey them because they ‘ know best ’ what is right for the individual and the society he/she is being prepared or ( as some would have it ) fitted for . |
| 7 | ‘ We would decide whether the bid was right for the club and for the player . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't want to sell them , but if an offer came in that was right for the club and right for the player , then we would consider it , just as any club would in the lower divisions in the same position . |
| 9 | Are there ideas which were not right for the time but which could be revived and used , ow ? |
| 10 | With the expertise of a well respected manufacturer aware of the demands of modern catering , the hotel installed equipment which was right for the job and which culd be relied upon to help meet strict hygiene standards . |
| 11 | The supply chain project seeks to achieve this by focusing on future customer needs and driving them back through the activities of the business to make Guinness Brewing GB operate as effectively as possible for the company and its customers . |
| 12 | For routine meetings with fixed agenda , such as project review meetings , it is often possible for the agenda and the minutes to be the same standard form , one part of which records the information to be considered ( the agenda ) and the other the decisions taken ( the minutes ) . |
| 13 | This data helps the zoo provide the best environment possible for the animal and to accommodate all of its specific needs . |
| 14 | He made it possible for the duke and his eight-months pregnant duchess to rush back from Germany to Kensington Palace for the birth , putting up the royal cavalcade at his home in Shooter 's Hill on the way . |
| 15 | Because I am expecting there to be a conspiracy of silence on this matter and I intend to make it as difficult as possible for the Milettis and their friends . |
| 16 | This period will of course depend upon the nature of the works being carried out and while the landlord will expect quite a long overrun period , it should be possible for the landlord and the tenant to agree a suitable long stop date . |
| 17 | In this case it will not be possible for the parish or cathedral to pass the resolution referred to above . |
| 18 | The magistrates sentenced Graham to a total of 160 hours community service — 120 for the burglary and 40 for possession of cannabis . |
| 19 | An interference effect was indeed apparent at the start of the final stage ( Fig. 4.7 ) and did not differ in magnitude between subjects that had received their aversive training in the same context as that used for the test and subjects that had received aversive training in a different context . |
| 20 | The stationery cupboard had not provided paper similar to that used for the note and when Richard Beales left a systematic search was still going on of shelves and desks where some might have been overlooked . |
| 21 | Just as the importance of the Stanley anecdote was not whether it was true or not , in a sense it does not matter if the Renaissance cultural relations Greenblatt posits actually existed , because the truth of that cultural negotiation is exchangeable for the writing that more directly serves power , in this case the critical writing which establishes the critic as salaried shaman . |
| 22 | Since staff recruitment is perhaps the key task of a bureau 's management committee , it is normal for the chairman and perhaps one other member of the committee to participate in the interviewing process . |
| 23 | The Royal Commission ( 1949 , Chapter 15 ) while uncertain that the trend of ‘ national intelligence ’ really was downwards , felt that ‘ it is clearly undesirable for the welfare and cultural standards of the nation that our social arrangements should be such as to induce those in the higher income groups and the better educated and more intelligent within each income group to keep their families not only below replacement level but below the level of others ’ . |
| 24 | The private coffin , on the other hand , was an item indicative of status , a luxury unobtainable for the majority and , until the mid sixteenth century , its use in England was limited . |
| 25 | She said he was very sorry for the inconvenience that had been caused . |
| 26 | Sorry for the waffle and spelling/typo mistakes . |
| 27 | ‘ Sorry for the delay but there 's a preceding train in front , ’ called the driver through his intercom . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I feel sorry for the ref if he 's being hammered . |
| 29 | They should be standing here now as the party of high taxation , and saying sorry to the people of Wiltshire for supporting Kenneth Clarke and his team , for supporting John Major and his team , and they should be saying sorry for the part that we pa played in lying to the electorate at the last general election . |
| 30 | I felt so sorry for the horse while he was cutting his teeth that I pussyfooted around , falling into my old bad habit of asking Skipper if he 'd like to do something rather than telling him . |