Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [subord] for the " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , avoidance is unnecessary as for the most part it 's enjoyable .
2 The term y must be positive , and so the no-arbitrage price for futures on a geometric index is lower than for the corresponding arithmetic index .
3 Even though exactly the same letter form is used , same type form is used as for the f Good .
4 Although both the OALD and the re-indexed CED produce 70% correct choices , the z-score for the OALD is 2.15 whereas for the CED it is 0.98 .
5 The driver 's duty to accord precedence is absolute except for the circumstances mentioned in Burns v Bidder [ 1966 ] 3 All ER 29 .
6 Rear passengers perch high , which is fine except for the long-bodied , who have to duck the head to make the best of the view .
7 This implies that unc is diagonal except for the leading ( 2 × 2 ) submatrix .
8 All this is conventional except for the projection forward of present-day mechanisms and gadgetry .
9 If we divide each row through by its diagonal element , ( 1 ) becomes unc The leading matrix here is of the form I + C , where C is null except for the elements above the diagonal .
10 The transition to deceleration is slower than for the excitation jump method , because the motor torque only changes sign in response to a rotor movement , rather than an excitation change ; but the complication of decrementing tile step count is avoided .
11 As Table 6.1 below shows , the proportion of temporary hotel and catering staff who can be described as working on that basis " involuntarily " is lower , and the proportion who can be classified as working on that basis " voluntarily " is higher than for the generality of the temporary labour force .
12 Residential work declined for the third successive month , although it has to be said that the average monthly value since the start of the year is higher than for the last five months of 1992 .
13 United States unemployment is higher than for the past five years .
14 Unfortunately these are often difficult to calculate accurately , although it has been shown by Tung that the error introduced by broadening is negligible if for the sample .
15 Thus a large , lofty volume is enclosed by the roof and is useless except for the purpose of admitting daylight to the ‘ spinal ’ space of the building via high-level clerestory windows .
16 ‘ Everything in the house is new except for the fireplaces , ’ he says .
17 It is 2215 hours , and the team room in a Detachment of 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company is quiet except for the steady drone of the television in the corner and the occasional outburst from the Province Incident Radio Net ( PIN ) .
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