Example sentences of "be [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier induction of labour would obviously be preferable for a 40 year old primigravid woman with a long history of infertility , even after an uncomplicated pregnancy , whereas it may be inappropriate for a 25 year old multiparous woman . |
| 2 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can report on this to the next meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July . |
| 3 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can present it to the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August . |
| 4 | In going through this document , look at it from the viewpoint of the buyer as well as your own client , and if the buyer 's conveyancer has made any slip or omission , put it right ; you may yourself one day be grateful for a similar courtesy . |
| 5 | What can be said for them is that if the High Priest is acting in the fullest awareness at present attainable by his people , it is right for him to perform the sacrifice , just as it would be right for a Western onlooker to try to dissuade him ; he is not like a Nazi who has voluntarily shut himself off from the knowledge of biology and history and the personal sensitivity attained by the culture of the Weimar Republic . |
| 6 | Surely it can not be right for a foreign company , faced with recession and a lack of profitability at home , in Sweden , to cut its overseas operations and , in doing so , close down the United Kingdom 's strategic bus manufacturing plant . |
| 7 | In even a marginally warmer climate than Champagne 's , the sugar-acid ratio would be unsuitable for a fine sparkling wine . |
| 8 | It would certainly be possible for a cooling-off period to be introduced in Britain . |
| 9 | After the 1906 printing the plates were inked up and varnished over but not cancelled in any way : theoretically , therefore , it would be possible for a new purchaser to print from them . |
| 10 | It would therefore be possible for a young school-leaver to begin acquiring qualifications that could lead in the end to gaining a technical degree qualification . |
| 11 | It would of course be possible for a British Telecom engineer to disclose such information to the targets of the tapping . |
| 12 | These are only two examples of cases where it should be possible for a non-trading corporation , which asserts that its reputation is capable of being damaged by the defamatory statement , to sue for libel . |
| 13 | Its use is most appropriate for " open-ended " problems where an infinity of solutions may be possible for a given set of design parameters . |
| 14 | For the examples to work , it must be possible for a false belief still to be justified ; and a justified belief must justify any belief which it implies ( or is justifiably believed to imply ) . |
| 15 | David Stirling felt that this was a waste of time and resources and that it should be possible for a large group to maintain itself in the desert for a period of several weeks . |
| 16 | These claims should be investigated very closely as it may be possible for a local glazing firm to carry out a satisfactory replacement of the glass or glazing unit without replacing the window frame or door . |
| 17 | I am sure it must be possible for an adolescent girl to reconcile the male and the female sets of anxieties . |
| 18 | The lowest , most general , and most unambiguously useful level consists in the employment of a computer to perform a humdrum task in less time than would be possible for an unaided human : the search through a text for a quotation , the determination of a word frequency , the construction and analysis of a contingency table , the classification of iconic data . |
| 19 | Fully-laden take-offs and five-minute controlled climbs may be OK for a formal C of A air test , but you ca n't ( or should n't ) chuck an aeroplane around in that state . |
| 20 | Prost was every bit as good at intra-team politics as Niki ; he was his equal in testing and perhaps slightly his superior ( as would be proper for a younger driver ) in combative driving . |
| 21 | It would , however , be proper for a circular letter to indicate that in the absence of any contrary indication within a specified period the client 's affairs would be acted upon in accordance with instructions previously given to the acquired firm . |
| 22 | Even so , he wrote , what might , à la rigueur , be acceptable for a Russian Grandmaster seems merely perverse in a retired artist . |
| 23 | Frequently , all that they will have to guide them through the recommendations of officials will be their own political common sense ; this may well be adequate for a strong minister , but others may find it hard to change the bureaucracy 's course . |
| 24 | Hurworth and Neasham parish councils have objected to the plans and Darlington Environmental Watch feels the development would be wrong for a rural area . |
| 25 | You are unlikely to escape some emotional turmoil , but after the 14th the way should be clear for a new chapter to begin . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , it wo n't be dark for a long time yet . |
| 27 | But I 'll leave the door open , and it wo n't be dark for a long time . |
| 28 | This sets out the objective in each area and at each stage and so may be appropriate for a long or complex assignment . |
| 29 | At the £500 certain income level , they are constructed to have the same slope ( and the same slope as has the curve labelled C , which would be appropriate for a risk-neutral person ) . |
| 30 | But every site is different in soil type , degree and nature of the contamination — a solution suitable for a disused gasworks may not be appropriate for a leaking landfill . |