Example sentences of "'s [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only time counts , so it 's possible for the eventual winner to triumph in Paris without having won a stage . |
| 2 | Do you think that it 's possible for the big Italian museums to privatise their subsidiary functions without an advisory body of trustees , if only to assist museum administrators who have little experience of dealing with the commercial side ? |
| 3 | But I like Danny Bascombe , and I believe he 's right for the changing face of Barbados . |
| 4 | It 's painful for the poor woman . |
| 5 | The master of shock frock Fashion Editor tactics is Gianni Versace , whose bondage dresses have set supermodels like Cindy Crawford on fire — and are so distinctive that it 's easy for the High Street to copy , so that cage-style dresses are now everywhere . |
| 6 | At times , it 's hard for the romantic aspects of our job alone to sustain us . |
| 7 | I do n't believe that the method of selling cars with huge discounts that has been going on in the US for some time is good for the companies , and I also do n't think long term it 's good for the industrial base of the country and therefore ultimately for the customer . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's good for the American patrimony ’ , he says , explaining that when the tax advantage was removed , many important works that might have been donated were instead sold at auction to non-Americans whose countries have strict patrimony laws . |
| 9 | Now if that 's good for the local authority goose , why is n't it good for the banking gander when so much more money is involved . |
| 10 | ‘ Though , of course , he 's responsible for the financial arrangements — sorting out the island 's modest economics , including the allowance the New Zealand government pays Princess Tiare to support her honorary status as a princess . ’ |
| 11 | Another guy 's responsible for the true craftmanship . ’ |
| 12 | It 's important for the foreign traveller to accumulate lots of useless gadgetry and ephemera that they 'd never dream of buying normally , and which makes the whole process of travelling so much more cumbersome and awkward for others . |
| 13 | It 's important for the whole family to be treated even if symptoms are not present , as infection occurs very easily . |
| 14 | A torn hamstring in his final training session consigned him to a seat in the stand in the Olympic Stadium , but with Barcelona on the horizon he 's hungry for the big stage again . |
| 15 | At £49.95 , it 's affordable for the one-off job ( it could easily save you that in architect 's fees alone if you 're looking at an extension ) , and it does n't require a mega-PC to run it . |
| 16 | A ludicrous consequence of the inverted word-order is that the syntactic pattern noun + preposition ( " shades among " ) might seem to be repeated at the end of the following line ( " judgment o'er " ) , so that instead of understanding a participial construction , " the stern assize and equal judgment being over " ( Housman 's equivalent for the future perfect ) , a guileless reader might construe " When once you descend among the shades , over the stern assize and equal judgment " . |
| 17 | ‘ I think it 's nice for the young folks to get out , ’ said Fred . |
| 18 | It 's nice for the young I think . |
| 19 | It 's alright for the young ones . |
| 20 | I think it 's wise for the local government superannuation scheme . |