Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been such a shock for him when Maria Luisa had told him she was going to marry Steve . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away . |
| 3 | She puts her intellect to work on why she 's been such a pain for the last 50 years , and ends up a little less smug and a lot less married . |
| 4 | It is fortunate that bearer shares are such a rarity for if they became common it would play havoc with many provisions of the Act . |
| 5 | LLNL is working with the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to try out the process on polychlorinated biphenyls , which are such a problem for conventional incineration . |
| 6 | Although fixed gill-nets may drown more tucuxi , they generally avoid shallow inshore areas , and are therefore rarely caught in the beach seines which are such a hazard for the boto . |
| 7 | The Tans were international traders , in partnership with family members based in Dobu in the Aru Islands , of mother-of-pearl shell and " tripang " — the highly priced sea-slugs which are such a delicacy for the Chinese . |
| 8 | They 're all a delight for David Nicholson … |
| 9 | Tell her there will be half a pie for her tea otherwise she do n't get none . |
| 10 | At that stage any pressure may be such a test for faith that the believer is faced with a choice : Give up or go back to square one . |
| 11 | In the East , ‘ there could be such a lust for reunification for economic reasons , to get access to the prosperity of West Germany , that it will pressurise all the existing political parties into embracing reunification . ’ |
| 12 | There 'll be such a movement for the re-opening of the yard , we 'll all be inspired . ’ |
| 13 | Apart from the thousands of common criminals who proved to be such a bane for Siberian society , the nineteenth century also witnessed a steady increase in the number of people who , either by judicial or administrative process , were banished to Siberia for political crimes — committed or suspected — against the state . |
| 14 | CLYDAL Pal will be all the rage for Dunmore 's Ulster Derby final next Saturday night after an impressive semi final victory . |
| 15 | Blackpatch Hill will be all the rage for the Bessborough Handicap whatever his price . |
| 16 | Blackpatch Hill will be all the rage for the Bessborough Handicap . |
| 17 | I 'm sure the advice for the wealthy to hire a personal bodyguard is useful but I 'm not quite sure if I agree with the investment possibilities of ‘ Aeronautics engineer Paul Moller 's flying car , the M200X , which could allow four people to cruise at 322 miles an hour ’ , thus allaying any fears about the collapse of the transport infrastructure . |
| 18 | I 'm sure the demand for the venue will have greatly increased by the time we return . |
| 19 | At one time plastic boots were all the rage for summer climbing in the Alps and winter mountain walking in Scotland . |
| 20 | Hans Weber , a frail , piercingly blue-eyed Swiss , had been a sea-captain here in the early 1900s specializing in smuggling Bird of Paradise feathers back to Europe when they were all the rage for ladies ' hats . |
| 21 | the next meeting in March , with very good reason , it clashes with a conference that needs to attend so we 're proposing , with your agreement , that we put it forward a week to the seventeenth of March , is that a problem for anybody ? |
| 22 | Is that a record for you ? ’ |
| 23 | Is that the suitcase for Vancouver ? |
| 24 | ‘ Is that the way for a policeman to behave ? ’ |
| 25 | Is that the reason for the antipathy towards me ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Is that the soup for — ’ she had more difficulty than she 'd expected in saying the name — ‘ for Marion Maclean ? |
| 27 | When the Cornmill shopping development opens in August it is possible the demand for spaces within easy walking distance of the new shops will increase . |
| 28 | And , under the hedge , a dunnock : ‘ The tame hedge-sparrow in its russet dress/ is half a robin for its gentle ways . ’ |
| 29 | This is half the estimate for 1901 . |
| 30 | The drinking-up time is half an hour for people taking meals if the liquor was supplied ancillary to meals . |