Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Sponsorship is not a prerequisite for any of our courses but we are happy for students to arrange sponsorship if they wish to do so .
2 Here cycle tracks may be taken from road space , but as they are delimited only by markings they are available for cars to pull into when they need to pass oncoming traffic .
3 As has already been mentioned , young children are particularly at risk , and they are dependent on adults to protect them from the potential dangers in their home environment .
4 In the present context they are important for attempts to relate transition to turbulence to transition to chaos , a matter we shall be considering in Section 24.7 .
5 According to the Council Regulations agreed by transport ministers on 22 June 1992 , total free trade in air services between and within countries must wait until 1997 ; only then will it be possible for airlines to operate freely within particular countries , the so-called ‘ cabotage ’ rights .
6 ‘ Would it be lawful for workers to refuse to handle imports from South Africa ? ’
7 It 's immoral for lawyers to take advantage of people 's grief this way .
8 40 windsurfers share with 30 dinghy sailors and non-sailing friends , in this flexible resort where it 's possible for windsurfers to sail in Toppers or Lasers , and where the dinghy sailors can easily dabble in a little windsurfing .
9 You must get used to waiting in this sport as it 's so dependent on weather conditions — it 's unsafe for beginners to fly in wind speeds over 15mph .
10 A study 's to be carried out to see whether it 's feasible for trains to travel along the Great Western line at a hundred and fifty miles an hour .
11 And it 's crucial for children to get help as early as possible .
12 We do n't think that it 's unreasonable for players to enjoy a drink not necessarily an alcoholic one . ’
13 They say it 's good for children to grow up with pets around them .
14 With the housing market still struggling to recover , the Bonners may not be moving in the very near future — but it 's rare for follies to come on the market , especially ones you can live in — so it may not be long before a buyer comes along keen to take up residence in Enoch 's Tower .
15 The point is , we 've cleared up the area and it 's safe for children to play and people to go about their business .
16 it 's not easy to recognise solvent misusers and it 's hard for shopkeepers to know whether a young person will use a product for sniffing rather than for its legitimate purpose .
17 It 's okay for Australians to bang on about the risks they get a summer .
18 You certainly were n't faithful to her today — unless you believe it 's OK for men to have double standards ?
19 David Jenkins , spokesman for RoSPA , said : ‘ It 's unfair for stores to blame the users for accidents .
20 We also use those homes as centres for day care , and the financial effects of that are estimated and taken out of these calculations , but I think it 's important for members to remember that your residential homes are n't purely and simply providing only residential care , they are also centres for day care in that particular area .
21 We 've attempted , Chairer , to assess this proposal and then to set a criteria I think it 's important for members to understand that currently there is a consortium that er , is in operation , fully operational that is carrying out the tasks erm , that are identified in the consultation document mainly erm the consultation document itself does erm show exactly what the health authority is doing erm , the proposal now before you is to extend that erm to one merged unit of health authority with one executive board erm based with three local health clinics erm , to provide the service .
22 The council initiating the scheme says it 's important for residents to have someone who is n't official to talk to .
23 The Science and Technology Directorate ‘ will badger governments into giving more money to [ educational ] institutions … it is futile for governments to spend money to increase industry 's competitiveness ’ it is better spent on projects in educational institutions .
24 One is a problem of content : it is appropriate for feminists to celebrate their diverse sexual choices ( lesbianism or spinsterhood , for instance ) but not , perhaps , to reduce ourselves to body parts ( I would have problems referring to myself approvingly as a cunt , or even as a slut , since I would rather challenge the necessity for a linguistic category of ‘ unchaste ’ women than embrace it with joy ) .
25 It is appropriate for spectators to applaud successful strokes in proportion to difficulty but excessive demonstrations by a player or his partisans are not proper because of the possible effect upon other competitors .
26 ‘ I believe it is good for artists to teach students .
27 It is good for children to respond to good contemporary works , written both for children and for adults .
28 It is prudent for negotiators to set objectives during the preparation stage .
29 Given this pattern of repeat business , and of agents who have a collection round which week after week includes the same customers , it is typical for customers to start another check when they have paid off the one before .
30 This appears , sadly , to be the situation in many countries , and suggestions like the one from the WHO document Social and health aspects of sexually transmitted disease ( 1977 ) that ‘ it is essential for clinics to have the basic equipment required for making rapid diagnosis : the darkfield examination , a quick micro-flocculation test for syphilis , and smear and culture of specimens for gonorrhoea ’ are not much use to a health worker in a village in India , who , far from considering buying a microscope , can not obtain the antibiotics needed to cure gonorrhoea had he the facilities for diagnosing it .
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