Example sentences of "in [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enumeration districts with sufficient non-whites in them for reliable rates were those with 10 per cent . |
| 2 | He walked slowly now towards the room , but as he passed his mother 's door he felt forced to stop and knock , not because he wanted to see her particularly , but because there was a great need in him for human company . |
| 3 | On having ideals , like as you grow older , I mean you 're quite an ancient person already , within the next ten years you 'll have to choose the sort of lifestyle you want and you really have to choose as well whether you 're going to involve other people in it for good or for |
| 4 | The acid fragrance upsets their delicate nasal passages and they avoid anything smeared in it for long periods of time . |
| 5 | Harry : ‘ I 'd have asked them , ‘ This opera , you 've been in it for long time — do you still like it then ? … |
| 6 | It was at the expense of last year 's Irish champion Mark Delaney that Kirk , from the Cairnlodge club rose to Ulster title status some months ago and if the Games team of '94 was picked tomorrow , this lanky shipyard apprentice would be in it for certain . |
| 7 | The space of desperation is a wide one , and if there is room in it for little stunted people , there is room too for figures that are a mile or an inch high . |