Example sentences of "are [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most advances are supposed to be short-term but in practice many are outstanding for long periods . |
| 2 | Prone to blockage they are unsuitable for general use . |
| 3 | These squatter settlements have sprung up in great abundance , generally in undesirable and inaccessible areas , which are unsuitable for standard building . |
| 4 | The development of such ‘ industries ’ has also been facilitated by improved communications and transport as well as the need to generate income in areas that have been adversely affected by the economic recession of the early 1980s or which are unsuitable for other kinds of economic activity such as agriculture . |
| 5 | By the same token they are unsuitable for small rooms , and would be so even if their considerable bulk was n't so dominating in such surroundings . |
| 6 | There is a lack of provision focusing on creating a pathway for cumulative accreditation and the criteria often dissuade many who feel that the types of training on offer are unsuitable for mature students . |
| 7 | Publishers ' casings are unsuitable for heavy library use , and many public librarians take up various options for strengthened editions offered by the library suppliers . |
| 8 | Although at first sight , the great abundance of bogs and freshwater lochs on the Outer Hebrides suggests an abundance of suitable sites for palaeoecological studies , on closer examination several are unsuitable for detailed investigation . |
| 9 | Soundposts are an important feature of bowed instruments but are unsuitable for plucked instruments and will deaden the sound of a dulcimer . |
| 10 | Pamphlets are unsuitable for open shelf stock . |
| 11 | Items within each of these are pre-selected for massive reproduction , and though this may often still fail the general effect is of a relatively formed market , within which the buyer 's choice — the original rationale of the market — has been displaced to operate , in majority , within an already selected range . |
| 12 | Three antisera that are specific for particular regions of the gastrin molecules were used . |
| 13 | Scotland 's only new acquisitions during the decade were twenty-one Class 318s , three-car versions of the Class 317 , to service the newly electrified Glasgow-Ayr/Largs routes , although 1989 also witnessed the first withdrawals proper ( apart from accident victims or asbestos units ) of the original Pressed Steel 1959 ‘ Blue Train' Class 303s , whose unrefurbished examples are due for early replacement by 100mph Class 321-type Class 320s . |
| 14 | At a meeting on the estate Darlington council housing officers explained that 37 houses and flats in Eggleston , Dryburgh and Fountains View are due for large scale revitalisation work costing £350,000 . |
| 15 | Charity shops and jumble sales are grateful for spare clothing or household items , providing they are in reasonable condition . |
| 16 | We are grateful for imaginative erm ideas that come up anywhere in the Council and we do consider them , but on reflection this seemed not one that was worth pursuing in Oxford . |
| 17 | Salaries of £14,000 and £25 , 000 are usual for experienced executives . |
| 18 | Because brokers ' charges are high for small deals , you will need to invest at least £1000 in each . |
| 19 | challenging the claimed benefits of growth and showing how growth causes environmental impacts that degrade the quality of life for the indigenous population and are unsustainable for future generations ; |
| 20 | Which towns are popular for retired people ? |
| 21 | In view of the high population of Hong Kong ( c. 5.5 million ) and their proximity to urban areas , these sites are popular for informal leisure-time activities ; already there is evidence that serious degradation has occurred due to heavy use ( Jim 1987b ) . |
| 22 | Many other cases raise only hints , come from uncertain contexts , or are doubtful for other reasons . |
| 23 | The motherboard has seven 16-bit expansion slots , five of which are free for future expansion , an Intel 80486SX CPU ( Central Processing Unit ) with a clock speed of 25MHz and 2Mb DRAM ( Dynamic Random Access Memory ) upgradable to 32Mb . |
| 24 | Upgrades to InterBase 3.3 are free for existing customers on support contracts . |
| 25 | Although the United Kingdom has no written constitution , it is a constitutional convention of the highest importance that the legislature and the judicature are separate and independent of one another , subject to certain ultimate rights of Parliament over the judicature which are immaterial for present purposes . |
| 26 | It took time to translate the political terms and conditions being imposed on me by my colonialist sisters , heavily disguised as they were under a veneer of , ‘ Of course we know the issues are different for Irish women ’ . |
| 27 | However , this does not mean that the causes of poverty are different for lone mothers . |
| 28 | These authors have shown that while patterns are different for different predators , all predators produce some bone loss from the expected sample . |
| 29 | The various vibration bands for a given molecule have distinct band envelopes that depend on the symmetries of the vibrations concerned , because the rotational selection rules are different for different vibrational symmetries . |
| 30 | These are distinct for analytical purposes though in practice they overlap . |