Example sentences of "be [det] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curiously , there are few parallels for this , a natural enough way of making an opera , when the librettist and composer are dealing with a narrative not already shaped into theatrical scenes . |
| 2 | Surely it should have more potential than the Booker : the romantic novel has a wider mass readership , and there are few prizes for this end of the market . |
| 3 | Teaching is still an important option for less privileged groups : for example , for school graduates in rural areas where there are few opportunities for professional employment and for both urban and rural women , whose range of job opportunities is still far more limited than men 's . |
| 4 | Here are some recipes for such dishes . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , we have made a lot of progress in recent years , and as I shall describe , there are some grounds for cautious optimism that we may see a complete theory within the lifetime of some of those reading these pages . |
| 6 | Here are some guidelines for in-studio behaviour and some tips on handling potentially difficult interviews . |
| 7 | But there have been some increases for those living in the larger cities , which have been worst hit by the crime wave . |
| 8 | Are these guys for real ? |
| 9 | Ladies and Gentlemen Kevin says would you please move cos these are all teams for this afternoon . |
| 10 | There are many reasons for these laws ; some are obvious , but some are very deep and one level of understanding is that menstruation represents a loss of potential life ; the same applied to a man who had a nocturnal emission , or wet dream , or someone who had helped to prepare a body for burial . |
| 11 | From mutual protection to personal hygiene , there are many reasons for independent relationships on the reefs . |
| 12 | There are many reasons for this . |
| 13 | There are many reasons for this . |
| 14 | There are many reasons for this popularity . |
| 15 | There are many reasons for this ; not only are leather corals very attractive , but they are also relatively hardy , much more so than most other coral types , such as stony corals , gorgonians or such beautiful soft corals as cauliflower corals ( Dendronephtya spp ) . |
| 16 | There are many reasons for this , outlined here , but given in greater detail elsewhere ( Illich , 1977 ; Thunhurst , 1982 ; Doyle , 1983 ) . |
| 17 | There are many reasons for this . |
| 18 | There are many reasons for this . |
| 19 | There are many reasons for this , which Romaine discusses at some length . |
| 20 | There are many reasons for this , but it is mainly because the infilled ditch contains more moisture than the surrounding dry soil . |
| 21 | There are many reasons for this , two important ones being the generally greater degree of government intervention in society and the increased predominance of foreign and military affairs in a century that has seen two world wars and the development of nuclear weapons . |
| 22 | There are many reasons for this increase . |
| 23 | Scooters , tricycles , bicycles and pedal cars can all be used safely on a flat hard surface and there are many chances for one-to-one correspondence . |
| 24 | There are many opportunities for disabled people to join in team or individual sports , and within some sports people with handicaps can participate with able-bodied people . |
| 25 | There are many opportunities for successive ‘ generations ’ to become progressively ‘ better ’ at getting passed to subsequent generations . |
| 26 | In other words , there are many opportunities for rudimentary cumulative selection to get going . |
| 27 | Of course , there are many precedents for women-only societies . |
| 28 | There are many uses for this turn , particularly when dancers are conversing in ports de bras . |
| 29 | Size might mean that there are more opportunities for internal transfers to cope with temporary absences or peaks . |
| 30 | There are more opportunities for quick thinking and it should make things very interesting with the need for players to be constantly on the alert . |