Example sentences of "[pron] is [adj] for they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Italy young women live with their families ; it is unheard-of for them to leave home . ’ |
| 2 | There is no shortage of advice available to local authorities to enable them to decide whether , in uncertain circumstances , it is politic for them to seek to start proceedings , whether criminal or civil . |
| 3 | It is cheaper for them to get a garden fork and go out digging for their own . ’ |
| 4 | Clearly , it is cheaper for them to operate like this because they do not have regular wage bills to pay . |
| 5 | Surely it is better for them to strive to be literate than to engage themselves in the fruitless task of emulating the speech of the hearing . |
| 6 | So money can be found when the Government feel that it is necessary for them to sustain their vote throughout the country . |
| 7 | It is usual for them to come in two equal length pieces to fit a central ferrule . |
| 8 | Bankers retaliate by pointing out that accountants ' advice is invariably based on historic record rather than future possibility , and that it is impossible for them to give impartial advice if they have been auditing their clients ' books over the past years . |
| 9 | Reforms aimed at refashioning the welfare state , so that it acts as a floor on which the underclass can build by their own efforts , rather than a ceiling through which it is impossible for them to pass , are considered in Part IV . |
| 10 | They need those decision structures because it is impossible for them to know enough to control activities directly . |
| 11 | If the mud flats freeze over , it is impossible for them to find sufficient food . |
| 12 | mainly in those areas which concern women ; it is impossible for them to disappear from one day to the next . |
| 13 | It is customary to offer a drink or a snack to guests and , in some circumstances , it is impolite for them to refuse . |
| 14 | It is helpful for them to recognize that if they intend to carry through what they say , they may need to reduce the number of demands that they make on the child . |
| 15 | If no appropriate child restraint is available for children aged 1 to 4 years old , it is safer for them to wear an adult belt alone , rather than no restraint at all . |
| 16 | Young people with no job lose confidence and it is easy for them to slide into living in reversal of night and day . |
| 17 | Because they are experts and you are not it is easy for them to take the initiative . |
| 18 | It is easy for them to play football , it 's like other sports but I mean , people say that sports is nay for women ! |
| 19 | Low-rise houses , on the contrary , can be improved and extended by their occupants as and when it is possible for them to do so . |
| 20 | I hesitate to use adjectives as to what they would be like if they did n't spend at that level , but we believe it is possible for them to do so and there is something wrong with their spending levels if they do n't do it . |
| 21 | Members of congress , by contrast , enjoy great power without responsibility ; it is possible for them to wallow in carping criticism and to engage in other negative tactics free from the anxiety of ever having to shoulder the responsibility for government — a burden that the president can not escape . |
| 22 | When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil . |
| 23 | They often think that if their flying is good enough , it is safe for them to press on in any weather conditions . |
| 24 | He needs to persuade foreigners that it is safe for them to lend the best part of £1000 million a week to the Treasury ; and he needs to persuade Britons that it is safe for them to start spending their money again . |
| 25 | He needs to persuade foreigners that it is safe for them to lend the best part of £1000 million a week to the Treasury ; and he needs to persuade Britons that it is safe for them to start spending their money again . |
| 26 | For other purposes it is convenient for them to focus their attention at the level of the replicator . |
| 27 | Private Acts of Parliament are often needed for major development projects , and it is convenient for them to contain all the provisions relating to the project including consent under the appropriate Planning Act . |
| 28 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 29 | It is common for them to drown in heavy rain because they stand gazing skyward with their beaks open to see where the rain is coming from . |
| 30 | Some water shrews feed on relatively large fish or newts , so it is important for them to immobilise their prey rapidly . |