Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are most grateful for a pump within yards of their homes , instead of having to walk a long way to a dirty water-hole . |
| 2 | Not too long ago your company was most pleasant for a while . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Look , Adam , ’ she said at last , ‘ I admit I felt a little peculiar for a while , but whatever it was has passed and I 'm absolutely fine now . |
| 4 | Others follow , the most interesting for a novice explorer being Long Kin East Cave which can be entered safely by either of two entrances , a wet and a dry , and with the help of a torch it can be penetrated by easy walking along a roomy stream passage for 200 yards . |
| 5 | It is obviously devastating for a parent to watch a child go through misery , but Dorothy Einon points out that children learn how to give and take from such experiences . |
| 6 | From this point onwards it was entirely unnecessary for a testator to go to the trouble of writing a general damnatio in his will . |
| 7 | It was not until after the 1914 war and nearly five years with the French army — although domiciled in England for some thirty years he never at any time entertained the idea of becoming a naturalized British subject , considering it highly improper for a Frenchman to renounce his country — and following the failure of his London decorating business , which before the war had been successful , that Boulestin turned to cookery writing . |
| 8 | These experiments are difficult , but the interest in the outcome is sufficiently high for a number of careful experimental groups to have been encouraged to make the attempt . |
| 9 | Men were different — thirty-six was only old for a woman . |
| 10 | ‘ At St Oswald 's , ’ said his mum , who was sitting next to him , prim and nervous in her best hat and coat which was only proper for a visit to Woolton . |
| 11 | ‘ It was extremely painful for a while but the doctor says there is little risk of permanent damage . ’ |
| 12 | Does the Prime Minister agree with the proposition that it is entirely sensible for a Government to borrow prudently in order to fund capital investment to build economic recovery but that it is sheer folly for a Government to borrow in order to buy votes for an election ? |
| 13 | That government is legitimate which is viewed as morally proper for a society . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've never seen the church so crowded for a funeral , ’ said William 's nan proudly , though there was a hint of suspicion in the eyes that gazed around the congregation . |
| 15 | She briefly envied Dr Neil and Papa — so easy for a man to do useful and purposeful work . |
| 16 | There is no experience so uncomfortable for a nation as to run headon unawares into an axiom . |
| 17 | The Gorbals re-development was not to be announced until 1955 , but in the land of the prefab , the outside toilet , and the lobby-dosser , the world was long overdue for a change . |
| 18 | He was long overdue for a shave , and the combination of the dark stubble , the tousled hair from the theatre cap and the warm smell of leather was a potent combination . |
| 19 | He observed people closely , as was only natural for a painter , and he was already watching Mauve , the friendly mentor who might at any moment turn into an enemy . |
| 20 | The issue of whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned is also a question of judgement , and it would be somewhat unusual for a court erm perhaps erm months later to go against the policeman 's view , a view formed in the heat of the moment , where he had a firsthand erm taste of what was going on . |
| 21 | Although it was embellished in 1750 by John Browne , Forston Manor was already extremely sophisticated for a house of its size at the time , for it has some details that are ‘ Baroque ’ , a style that often moved rectangles into curves . |
| 22 | Freedom of contract has made it less likely for a player to stay with a club long enough . |
| 23 | What is perhaps unusual for a family business was that we had members of the family at very different levels in the company . |
| 24 | The achievements are especially gratifying for a sector at first regarded as British Rail 's provincial Cinderella , obscure and ill-equipped . |
| 25 | Total per capita consumption of alcoholic drinks has been more or less constant for a decade . |
| 26 | By December of the same year they had two similar groups and by March 1988 , three and at this stage they began to meet all together monthly for a celebration . |
| 27 | Then indeed man was , as Hardy depicted him , the mere plaything of fate ; life was a black comedy ; perhaps Oscar Wilde was right to regard the aspirations of Little Nell as only good for a laugh . |
| 28 | We stopped in Thimi , a village obscurely famous for a type of papier mache mask . |
| 29 | Incidentally , this cream cheese mixture , spread on little fingers of bread and cooked in just the same way , is extremely good for a cocktail party as a change from those eternal sausages . |
| 30 | Hobbs did better than his soccer counterpart , Dixie Dean , whose goal-scoring achievements were so famous for a decade from 1927 . |