Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I like the walrus best ’ , … ‘ because he was a little sorry for the poor oysters . ’ |
| 2 | I felt a little sorry for the old fellow . |
| 3 | She 'd feel a little sorry for the little girl if she blacked out in the race and fell under all those hooves . |
| 4 | Central Council is most grateful for the generous support that has led to this successful outcome . |
| 5 | Death must represent one of the strongest impingements of reality , and perhaps the most confusing for the confused self . |
| 6 | Alix has always felt rather sorry for the poor competitive disappointed Ugly Sisters . |
| 7 | KEF 's nomenclature can be a little confusing for the uninitiated . |
| 8 | If a planning authority wished to restrict its activities , it was held that it was only right for the extra costs to be reimbursed . |
| 9 | Thus she was constantly grateful for the unfailing vigilance and support of her Chief Wren . |
| 10 | This is less practicable for the smaller firm , but all firms should incorporate in their selection procedures a judgment on whether an applicant 's educational background appears to fit him or her as a candidate for the examinations . |
| 11 | All the Argentines adored him and nicknamed him Señor Gracias because he was so grateful for the smallest favour . |
| 12 | The trade was sufficiently profitable for the Portuguese to take over Sofala in the early sixteenth century , and their written accounts confirm that the export cargoes were brought to the coast by African representatives of the Shona king or monomutapa . |
| 13 | She felt poorly for about one month but then seemed to recover and felt somewhat stable for the next 6 weeks . |
| 14 | Re-entry into the labour force after child-rearing was less usual for the older group than for the younger ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) and therefore fewer would have had pensionable paid employment in the years before retirement . |
| 15 | Some authorities believe that a really delicate reaction is only possible for the domestic cat at up to 45,000 cycles per second . |
| 16 | Pauline , who always had back problems , felt so sorry for the little mare that she took her over from Jackie . |
| 17 | The average age at which people marry remained more or less stable for the preceding two centuries until the end of the Second World War , when it began to fall , but there were notable changes in the pattern of childbearing , especially between 1870 and 1930 . |
| 18 | Higher notes may be reached in ff by good symphony-orchestra players , and are often found in big scores , but they are extremely risky for the average player and cause physical discomfort both to him and his audience . |
| 19 | While there are also a number of texts that claim to be fabliaux but which are not now considered to belong to the genre , the common characteristics of the type ( described below ) are sufficiently clear for the same number of texts again to be identified with and added to the self-proclaimed fabliaux . |
| 20 | Although the control of PGE in sheep is based on the same principles as that described for O. ostertagi in cattle , its practice is somewhat different for the following reasons : |
| 21 | Hund 's Rules will usually give the ground term correctly , but they are less reliable for the higher energy states . |
| 22 | As the literature available was not entirely adequate for the new acceptance of the significance of human activity , the deficiency was remedied first by a series of collected readings ( Coates , 1972 , 1973 ) and Coates ( 1973 , p. 3 ) noted : |
| 23 | Works traditionally ascribed to the masters but considered by de Groot to be incorrect , have been omitted , for as the author stated : ‘ it is less unpleasant for the private collector to have his pictures passed over in silence than to have them mentioned and definitely described as false ’ . |
| 24 | Few could have been less suited for the military life than the historian Edward Gibbon who , as he admitted in his Autobiography , ‘ never handled a gun … seldom mounted a horse ’ but , living with his father , a country gentleman , at Buriton , near Petersfield , he felt obliged to apply for a commission as a captain in the South battalion of the Hampshire militia , 476 strong , of which his father became major and a local nobleman , ‘ after a prolix and passionate contest ’ with the Lord Lieutenant , lieut. -colonel . |
| 25 | However this seems only appropriate for the central figure , especially since his name is so strikingly left uncategorised . |
| 26 | Some of these new style funds are very suitable for ordinary savers while others are only appropriate for the sophisticated and professional investor . |
| 27 | So unlike for the basic rate taxpayer , the impact of the Budget tax credit changes is much less significant for the higher rate taxpayer — particularly as the capital gains tax exemption the PEP provides is likely to be of far more value to wealthier investors . |
| 28 | This was especially dangerous for the urban , professional paterfamilias , ‘ the hardworked , intellectual married man residing in London ’ , whose health was at risk from the cumulative strain of metropolitan life and frenetic mental labour . |
| 29 | It was prematurely dark for the early summer evening , and many vehicles already had their lights on . |
| 30 | Such a problem is less serious when 5-year age groups are considered ( since entries and exits form a smaller proportion of the denominator population ) and even less serious for the whole-life CDR ; but it is at its worst for children in their first year of life . |