Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] is [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is believed to be honest and is known for his involvement in the army-backed project for ‘ Green Esarn ’ . |
| 2 | Ingredient Y's price has been very stable and is used for other products currently manufactured and sold by the company . |
| 3 | Lace patterns : This is self descriptive and is used for lace patterns of all types , whether involving the transfer of garter/lace carriage , or lace created by releasing stitches from the back bed after every two rows . |
| 4 | Olivetti has configured the Active Badge to be MS-DOS- and Windows-compliant and is looking for software developers interested in developing applications for it . |
| 5 | And I think there is this dividing line that there is the pure craft where the object is functional and is made for a specific purpose , but is beautifully made , but there is also the craftsman who crosses the barrier between art and craft , who makes beautiful objects that are perhaps non functional , and then of course you 're in the controversial field . |
| 6 | Guy Bell of Beeson Gregory , a new name dealing in USM shares , says the company is under rated and is set for medium-term expansion . |
| 7 | Mechanical woodpulp is acidic and is used for the cheapest types of paper like newsprint or certain types of cartridge paper . |
| 8 | The basis of the traditional antipathy of churches to gambling is that it can encourage greed , become addictive and is looking for a reward that has not been earned either by virtue or by effort . |
| 9 | In the case of the first question the verb is thematicized ; in the second it is rhematic and is substituted for by a categorical verb , i.e. to do . |
| 10 | While there will be a real residual value , after five years of high utilisation this will not be great and is ignored for the purpose of this comparison as being common to both instances . |
| 11 | These principles are expressed as follows : ( 13 ) The co-operative principle make your contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged ( 14 ) The maxim of Quality try to make your contribution one that is true , specifically : ( i ) do not say what you believe to be false ( ii ) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence ( 15 ) The maxim of Quantity ( i ) make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange ( ii ) do not make your contribution more informative than is required ( 16 ) The maxim of Relevance make your contributions relevant ( 17 ) The maxim of Manner be perspicuous , and specifically : ( i ) avoid obscurity ( ii ) avoid ambiguity ( iii ) be brief ( iv ) be orderly In short , these maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient , rational , co-operative way : they should speak sincerely , relevantly and clearly , while providing sufficient information . |
| 12 | If the material is not topical and is delayed for some time before being sent out the date should be changed . |
| 13 | Poor Pat already thinks he 's been raised from the dead and is destined for some great thing , to help Marcus to save the world ! ’ |
| 14 | This is self-explanatory and is needed for comparison purposes both between organizations and between the needs of present and future generations . |