Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | These viruses change their composition every time they load , making it impossible for conventional scanning software to find a known , fixed , virus signature . |
| 32 | If anything it will make their lives easier by making it impossible for American companies and citizens to keep anything confidential . ’ |
| 33 | Thus , for the Piaroa , ‘ hunting ’ includes all capabilities for acquiring animal meat and for making it edible for human consumption . |
| 34 | It can be pruned quite hard , making it controllable for small gardens . |
| 35 | A social worker could facilitate that kind of meeting , making it safe for painful things to be said , past help acknowledged . |
| 36 | As such , it is n't absorbed by the skin but stays on the surface where it 's needed most , making it ideal for young , sensitive skin . |
| 37 | It is a robust tree , tolerant of atmospheric pollution , making it ideal for urban areas , easily grown in all but shallow , chalky soils . |
| 38 | Their larger 237ml jars ( 63 colours ) offer the same excellence of covering power , flexibility , etc. , but the paint has a slightly more fluid consistency , making it ideal for large scale and mural painting . |
| 39 | The new building , which is at the junction of Cadogan Street and West Campbell Street , is light , airy and open plan , making it ideal for Direct Line 's telesales and teleclaims operations . |
| 40 | The car , code-named Project R931 , will have the added bonus of slotting into a low insurance group , making it ideal for younger drivers . |
| 41 | The institutions which had previously been set up to aid small farmers had their lending capacity cut considerably , making it difficult for many of the beneficiaries to find sufficient capital . |
| 42 | It then , in October , expressed its concern that a high proportion of courses in subjects other than business studies were being turned down , and it suggested that one of the reasons making it difficult for such courses to be approved might be that ‘ the Council 's present structure of honours and ordinary degrees was not so appropriate for courses in those fields ’ as in science and technology . |
| 43 | We seem to have a breed of unadventurous promoters who can only offer us the likes of Grooverider and Carl Cox , making it difficult for talented newcomers to get the break they deserve . |
| 44 | Ironically , their improvement , coupled with their highly superior resources , is making it difficult for smaller , less well funded schemes to survive . |
| 45 | In 1712 the Goldsmiths , finding themselves responsible for yearly payments not only to the charities which they supported or were still required to pay for but also to the many hundreds of the Company 's annuities over the years 1695–1709 , resolved to mortgage their properties . |
| 46 | At present , if you do the latter , you also run the risk of making yourself unavailable for paid work and therefore ineligible for welfare benefits . |
| 47 | Ideally , you should pick clean , dry and perfect specimens and then control your impatience by leaving them undisturbed for six weeks before you discover how well they are pressing . |
| 48 | Fifteen minutes and it was all over , leaving her hungry for more . |
| 49 | Hopkins took charge of production — it was seen as a part-time post , leaving him free for other work — but where was the cash to come from' ? |
| 50 | By the following weekend , Ned had begun to lose interest in his lover and within two weeks , much to her distress , he began leaving her alone for long periods of time while he chased after a very attractive Border Collie who had just moved into a neighbouring street . |
| 51 | The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank suspended aid to Zambia on Sept. 11 , declaring it ineligible for further credit because of a failure to clear an estimated US$20,800,000 in debt arrears . |