Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , yes , the Wheel was ready for the ceremony except for the foliage ; we do that on the day of the event so that it is fresh ; laurel and yew . |
| 2 | Sociologists have absolutely no way of telling whether any supernatural ( or sub-natural ) Person or force was responsible for the conversion . |
| 3 | ‘ But automation was necessary for the economy . ’ |
| 4 | There was a finding that the contractors were at fault with regard to the old shafts , but it is not clear that they should have realised that their conduct would affect the plaintiff 's land and even if this had been the case there would have been a serious issue at that times whether the defendant was liable for the negligence of his contractor . |
| 5 | If the plaintiff died , the court would then have to determine whether the defendant was liable for the death . |
| 6 | Measuring applause does not reveal that the movie was memorable for the woman in the third row because the building on screen reminded her of where she went to school and all those childhood memories came flooding back intercut with the film while the auditorium gently shook as an underground train passed beneath and cigarette ash fluttered down from the balcony in the projector beam . |
| 7 | At the same time any talk of strong policies in Europe ran up against the belief that the continent was indefensible for the foreseeable future . |
| 8 | This one-man effort had its advantages , for it meant that one mind was responsible for the training , rather like the method which our Lord followed with his disciples , or the Buddha with his . |
| 9 | This department was responsible for the eventual establishment of school clinics throughout the country , but only slowly and after considerable controversy . |
| 10 | Economists said the fact the economy would not be burdened by higher taxes in the immediate future was positive for the recession-bound German economy and for Europe as a whole . |
| 11 | ‘ We would decide whether the bid was right for the club and for the player . |
| 12 | The President of the DAR chapter was old for the gangcult game , twenty-three or -four . |
| 13 | By June 1992 my car was ready for the ‘ Sound Off Championships ’ to be held on 5 and 6 September at Wembley in London . |
| 14 | This effect was symmetrical for the two visual fields , suggesting that there is no hemisphere difference in persistence of the icon . |
| 15 | The hosiery industry was notorious for the range of deductions employers made from wages . |
| 16 | Arguments raged then , and have done so ever since , whether or not the industry was responsible for the long-term destruction of much of the Weald 's best timber . |
| 17 | He suddenly remembered that the Budmouth coast was famous for the number of swimmers drowned there every year , and he began to be afraid that he would soon be one of them . |
| 18 | The Gold Coast was notable for the high mortality rate suffered by Europeans , and in 1891 he contracted black-water fever and was invalided home . |
| 19 | Certainly he believed his action was right for the opinion polls . |
| 20 | Guy pushed himself away from the hut and strode across the clearing to make sure his horse was secure for the night . |
| 21 | Obviously it affected me personally because my father 's condition was similar for the last fourteen years of his life . |
| 22 | In the preliminary statement of annual results issued two months before the A.G.M. , the longer term prospects for Sekers following the merger were considered excellent , and subject to the effects of the pound dollar rate , the outlook was optimistic for the current year . |
| 23 | The national security law was responsible for the fears of a police state . |
| 24 | This was seen by critics ( e.g. CEFE 1983 : 27–33 ; 1984 : 73 ) as a vestige of the Francoist past when the ‘ objective ’ protection of the law was important for the workforce in the absence of the ‘ subjective ’ protection afforded by strong trade unions and collective bargaining . |
| 25 | Marriage was essential for the young working-class girl , indeed an economic necessity , for she could scarcely have survived unmarried . |
| 26 | A strong belief exists in Ulster that British intelligence was responsible for the emergence of the secret Ulster Freedom Fighters in the late summer of 1973 . |
| 27 | Despite a scare with grazed knees during the week before the St Leger , Commanche Run was favourite for the race , and with much justification . |
| 28 | The Committee was conspicuous for the fact that Conservative Members made few contributions ; the majority came from the Opposition . |
| 29 | This followed from the fact that no compensation was payable for the loss of development value in cases where planning permission was refused . |
| 30 | He claimed that he had a reasonable excuse within s.178(2) in that s.10 of the contempt of Court Act 1981 conferred an immunity on journalists from disclosing a source of information unless the disclosure was necessary for the prevention of crime . |