Example sentences of "was [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ample for a small family of four of modest intent , yet large enough for a maid and a nurse to be employed . |
| 2 | His best friend was due for a bad let-down , and it was he who would have to spell it out for him . |
| 3 | With a new Prime Minister at the helm , the time was opportune for a further review of strategy to take account of these recent advances in weapon systems . |
| 4 | Er they probably would go back to , to work then , but it was usual for a married mother to stop at home . |
| 5 | By October 1989 , therefore , the time was right for a concerted diplomatic initiative against drift-net fishing . |
| 6 | It was possible for a middle-class reader to sympathise with a girl , even if she were a countess , when she entered upon the search for an ancient royal treasure in a thoroughly youthful way , or with a boy who , even if he were a king or at the least a count in eclipse , faced danger and responsibility with the doubts and the dutiful idealism of a public-school upbringing . |
| 7 | With the goal of curriculum enhancement it was possible for a junior member of staff with specific subject expertise to support a senior colleague without such expertise ; but when the goal was professional development it required a clear status differential between senior partner as trainer or consultant and junior partner as trainee or client . |
| 8 | The verdict was that Horsley had about as clean a bill of health as it was possible for a real , live capitalist to have . |
| 9 | It was possible for a poor girl with talent to rise through the Tiller hierarchy . |
| 10 | This talk , too , was very much influenced by French fashions and preoccupations ; and from it Zeinab acquired the notion that it was possible for a single woman to set up house on her own . |
| 11 | Some analysis was carried out using the ORACLE databases prior to 1988 , and a limited amount was possible for a short period thereafter . |
| 12 | You would n't think it was possible for a middle-aged department store manager to simply crumple before the withering scowls of his wife . |
| 13 | In Newton 's time it was possible for an educated person to have a grasp of the whole of human knowledge , at least in outline . |
| 14 | The question is whether it was possible for an ancient Athenian to possess a social representation in this sense , or whether we have to wait until the modern age for social representations to appear . |
| 15 | Each of us in our judgments complained that the case was unsuitable for a two-judge court and expressed the difficulties which we had experienced in arriving at our conclusions : see per Oliver L.J. , at p. 1202E , and myself , at p. 1211G . |
| 16 | He pivoted the hammer in a wooden Kapsel on the key , which was normal for a German action , and added the escapement , not on the key , but hinged to the keyframe . |
| 17 | You could n't deny that the house was as sense-assaultingly beautiful as it was conceivable for an Umbrian villa to be . |
| 18 | In 1986 it was different for a whole host of reasons , the main one being the boycott , because of New Zealand 's sporting links with South Africa , by thirty-two countries . |
| 19 | Thus the issue in Shanghai Banking Corporation/Royal Bank of Scotland ( 1982 ) was whether it was acceptable for a major UK clearing bank to be controlled from outside the UK , and the likely consequences for the conduct of UK monetary policy . |
| 20 | After it died , the silence was absolute for a few moments . |
| 21 | Hair technician Kerry decided Clare 's fine thick hair was ideal for a spiral perm . |
| 22 | It was hard for an English girl to get a secretarial job in New York these days — she had been lucky in getting her work permit before the restrictions were so stringent — but maybe one day the conditions would change and there would be more work permits available . |
| 23 | He was ill for a long time . |
| 24 | It was tense for a few minutes … but it was the first home game … and the first win at stake . |
| 25 | This was unprecedented for a daily paper : most were selling in the range 90 — 250,000 . |
| 26 | Gorbad , still weak from the wound suffered at Grunberg , was unprepared for a frontal assault . |
| 27 | I was unprepared for a full spread on the back page , where normally soccer was king — even in the middle of summer . |
| 28 | The pool was large for a private one , lying at the bottom of a vast expanse of immaculate lawn and surrounded by a high yew hedge which effectively hid it from all directions ( unless you were on a horse or a double-decker bus ) . |
| 29 | It was unusual for a chief super to have to give evidence of the discovery of a body . |
| 30 | She fell on her head and was unconscious for a long time . |