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

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1 This is suitable for sloping paths that are likely to become slippery in winter .
2 Christian Aid staff have been sceptical whether this is appropriate for Christian Aid , with some ( including the LA/C Group ) strongly opposed .
3 This is crucial for large-scale societies such as nation-states which , by virtue of their size , demand some concretized form such as a monument which can serve as a focus for the populace 's identification with the state .
4 This is understandable for actual evidence can be only archaeological , and that means that such evidence would have to be of a concrete nature .
5 This is important for extensive data sets that are to be accessed often .
6 The number of repetitions should not exceed 6 ; even this is high for true strength training .
7 This is excellent for toning and shaping inner thighs .
8 This is satisfactory for small , simple document structures but otherwise there are a number of problems :
9 While this is fine for short items it misses out the real benefits of stylesheets .
10 This is adequate for left shift , at least as long as the bits shifted out are the same as the sign bit .
11 Although this is convenient for busy human owners , it is too much for the cat to eat at once , unless it is starving — which is rarely the case with well-loved family pets .
12 This is ideal for weathered stone and patchy plaster .
13 This is ideal for weathered stone and patchy plaster .
14 This is ideal for thick yarns and pile knitting , but not for ordinary work .
15 This is ideal for US-style magazines where everything is ‘ Continued on … ’ !
16 This is hard for proud people .
17 This is true for simple problems but , as I have said many times before , as soon as the problems become more complicated our mathematical knowledge turns out to be greatly deficient .
18 Not only is this true for historians ( Zweig 1993 ; Morris 1993 ; Schürer 1993 ) , but in organisations that have record retention strategies and think information has corporate value this is true for current information ( Simpson 1993 : 34 ) .
19 This is true for disabled people as well as non-Disabled people .
20 It must also be borne in mind that when breeding takes place in an ‘ unsuitable ’ pH than the sex ratio of the fry may be affected — in A.cacatuoides it appears that the more alkaline the water the more males are produced , though I do not know if this is true for other species .
21 This is true for whole nations as well as for individuals , as Israel 's his tory proved .
22 This is true for abstract modern theatre , painting , avant-garde music , literature and so forth .
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