Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adj] for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a person develops these attributes over time , it must be possible for them to develop with practice in later life or through training . |
| 2 | It must be important for her to have driven all the way up north and bluff her way into his house . |
| 3 | That must be complicated for you to accept — belonging nowhere , wanted nowhere . |
| 4 | It must be difficult for them to understand when the way that we use ‘ big ’ is so confusing . |
| 5 | and you sort of say , do you think it would be useful if we talked about reception because that 's something y you 're not doing quite as frequently but it 's obviously , it must be difficult for you to fit in to that because you 're not doing it all the time . |
| 6 | ‘ It must be frightening for them to see Ryan on the bench . |
| 7 | His reasoning seems to be that where there is smoke , there must be the old woman ( who carries their fire ) : therefore it must be safe for him to follow ( pp. 26 – 7 ) . |
| 8 | John loved beautiful things , she felt sure ; it must be painful for him to live in such surroundings , perhaps humiliating too for him to have her realise that this was all he could afford to live in . |
| 9 | But it must be tiresome for him to have you constantly tagging at his heels all the time . ’ |
| 10 | She considered approaching him and asking if it might be possible for them to spend more time together , but the difference of nine years in their age put her in awe of him still , and she decided it was not her place to make such suggestions . |
| 11 | However , it might be possible for me to detect and summon the ship if I was taken above the atmosphere . |
| 12 | He rang the bell and when he was greeted by a rather surly butler he enquired , very politely , if it might be possible for him to speak with the Signora Calvino on a matter of the utmost urgency . |
| 13 | I wonder if it might be possible for you to confirm your or NEC 's interest in the tape , and , if you intend to go ahead , the specifications you need . |
| 14 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
| 15 | Close to the date , some of our members were chatting to Llangollen Railway member Peter Cutler , and he suggested that it might be possible for us to see the work on the next extension , to Glyndyfrdwy . |
| 16 | In the future , it might be possible for us to reset our body clock to the new time zone quickly , by taking a pill containing melatonin at the appropriate time of day . |
| 17 | It might be helpful for you to pray together as a couple for God 's direction . |
| 18 | For Zoe 's sake it might be necessary for them to come back . |
| 19 | And in fact it might be useful for you to know , chair , that proposals for new settlements have been made on the A sixty four corridor within Leeds . |
| 20 | I feel sure he must already know , since it 's his ship , but it might be good for him to realise that persons of influence , like yourself , who might report him , also knew . |
| 21 | I think it might be wise for me to talk to the accountant before I , you know , put these plans into effect . |
| 22 | It seemed such an ineffectual reason for insisting on going with him but Steve was so wrapped up in himself and thoughts of seeing Maria Luisa again that he did n't even ask her if it might be painful for her facing Fernando again . |
| 23 | I just told her that it might be interesting for me to get to know something of France , after all I was still young for University Entrance and could probably arrange to do some of the work here . |
| 24 | Promising to pay more when he received cheques from his insurance company , he added : ‘ It might be sensible for us to have a meeting to give you an opportunity to justify and explain , item by item , the reason for the variation between the price agreed in April 1990 and the final bill . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 'll be OK for you to go on seeing me there . |
| 26 | Erm maybe someone says it could be useful for you to try it again , without any help from this page at all . |
| 27 | It could be helpful for you to know something about what happens to our bodies in old age , and the conditions and diseases which can be controlled or helped . |
| 28 | It would be a blessing is n't it it 'd be good for her to look like her |
| 29 | It 'd be natural for him to meet Maggie . ’ |
| 30 | Ah in which case it 'd be wrong for me to say that you 're not fit for work anyway . |