Example sentences of "is [verb] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The date is drawing nearer for the raffle draw , first prize is a Vauxhall Nova car but there are many other exciting prizes . |
| 2 | Despite calls for its closure on safety grounds , the Leaning Tower of Pisa is to remain open for the time being , the mayor said yesterday . |
| 3 | ‘ It may well be , and I have no doubt it is so , that the courts , when exercising the parental power of the Crown , have , at any rate in legal theory , an unrestricted jurisdiction to do whatever is considered necessary for the welfare of a ward . |
| 4 | To avoid such effects it is considered necessary for the EC to engage in co-ordinated macro-economic policy of a Keynesian type . |
| 5 | Cults of fashion ; cults of exclusive dress ; the rigours bounding what is considered acceptable for the ball , the disco , the dinner party . |
| 6 | Generally , a nod of the head or a slight bow is considered acceptable for the non-Japanese . |
| 7 | In our consideration of the interview for scientific enquiry we must always remind ourselves that the survey is merely a particular tool for collecting information which is deemed relevant for the testing of a hypothesis which stems from theory . |
| 8 | If this is supposed impossible for the Westerner ( assuming he is not too old ! ) it must be because , and only because , he does not have access to information allowed the Chinese as children . |
| 9 | Their business is to propound ideas in such a way that their claimed transfer value is made explicit for the consideration and possible operationalization by the teacher . |
| 10 | After the check up , Jeanette is made ready for the treatment . |
| 11 | After the check up , Jeanette is made ready for the treatment . |
| 12 | Joan is growing old for the time being . |
| 13 | ‘ You know , Comrade Andropov is getting ready for the Party Congress , so he can not receive you at the moment , but you can make a detailed written statement of everything , saying who it is you suspect , and so on and so forth ’ . |
| 14 | The right hon. Gentleman seems to be saying that , as we would expect of the British police , when a serious allegation is made , the chief constable of one force arranges for a senior officer of another to investigate the allegations , and everything about that investigation is laid bare for the public to see . |
| 15 | However , despite the run-making of the likes of Uel Graham and Neil Doak who is approaching 600 for the season , they wo n't find Downpatrick in any mood for generosity . |
| 16 | On all models other than the RL/RLD , the backrest is split 60/40 for the optimum level of versatility . |
| 17 | It is as inadequate to argue , for example , that the PCF was simply the institutional terrain in which Nizan pursued a carefully orchestrated campaign of political and literary self-advancement and careerism , as it is to argue that for the majority of the ten years that he spent in the PCF Nizan remained unaware of the imperfections of Stalinist Soviet communism . |
| 18 | So maybe what we need to do is to pay more for the timber , and be prepared to do that . |
| 19 | In some cases of ‘ disappearance ’ the whole family is held responsible for the ‘ crime ’ of one of its members . |
| 20 | In practice a contestant is held responsible for the behaviour of team-members and the coach , and he may face a severe penalty if they misbehave . |
| 21 | Reference is constantly made to the president 's budget and the chief executive is held responsible for the consequences of budgetary policy , especially by members of the opposition party in Congress . |