Example sentences of "it be [adv] [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? |
| 2 | In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Would n't it be less risky for him to employ others to do his dirty work ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why should it be so strange for me to find work with IMP ? |
| 5 | Would n't it be more appropriate for you to concentrate on the spiritual welfare of your people ? ’ |
| 6 | He sounded surprised , as if it were perfectly acceptable for him to be questioning her , but not the other way round . |
| 7 | Twenty years of police service had convinced him that Murphy 's law applied especially to police operations — no matter how meticulously they were planned , if it were remotely possible for something to fuck up , then it would ! |
| 8 | I 'm glad to say it got a thorough sort of leathering in the Lords , and so I think it 's rather premature for him to say that by fixing a budget we have belighted the whole police service in Wiltshire , for the next er , eight or whatever number of years he said , I think that certainly is rather premature . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's rather difficult for me to show my face at Brigade H.Q at the moment , ’ I replied . |
| 10 | It 's just that I am so evil and perverted and encrusted with slime that it 's rather difficult for me to remember the fact . ’ |
| 11 | And that 's frustrating for you and it 's equally frustrating for me because I know there 's absolutely nothing I can do |
| 12 | Erm , but my Lord er I think the difficulty is that as far as my learned friend is concerned er he takes the view and it 's probably better for him to develop this your Lordship , that the matters can not properly be separated and he wishes your Lordship to deal with them in total so that er the whole picture can be seen at liability stage . |
| 13 | I think it 's probably better for us to stay away from all the f—ing scenes in Sydney because it gives us original ideas on life . ’ |
| 14 | And what do you say , do you say , ‘ I do n't agree with what that man says , it 's a bad book , I do n't like it or I wo n't read it ’ , or do you say , ‘ it 's probably useful for me to try to make the imaginative judgment to see things the way he sees them , to see the way the world looks like from his point of view , and I may reject that , but at least one ought to have some tolerance and some understanding ’ , and it seems that that 's where the study of literature meets life . |
| 15 | ‘ My dear , it 's probably hard for you to understand , but your mother is very young . |
| 16 | It 's probably easier for me than the other three , but then they are such good players . ’ |
| 17 | And I honestly think that if you are going to give me that much , it 's probably easier for you to do it once a month . ’ |
| 18 | Of course I understand it 's most difficult for you , you 're struggling with your Scottish Protestant conscience . |
| 19 | He accuses the Americans of being xenophobic : ‘ It 's very difficult for the Americans because it 's most unusual for them to adopt a standard not written by the American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) . |
| 20 | It 's pretty easy for me that |
| 21 | I have a friend who is Everton fan and we have a bet so it 's pretty important for me . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's just play-fighting for me , ’ said Ray , as he landed with a bone-crunching thud . |
| 23 | Well , she does buy vegetables , but she 'd rather buy frozen veg , 'cos it 's just easy for her , dead easy for her . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ It 's just right for me , but mummies and daddies ca n't go on it , can they ? ’ |
| 25 | Oh it 's just right for me . |
| 26 | No we 'd only had it three or four years when we went to Malton and Pam said then ooh if ever you get rid of this just let me know , it 's just right for me cos she 's only short is n't she ? |
| 27 | It 's just right for us , of course . |
| 28 | Hypo-allergenic , non-greasy and easily absorbed : it 's just right for your baby 's skin . |
| 29 | It 's just necessary for me to express how very precious she was to me . |
| 30 | It 's terrible if you take a lot of it because it 's just bad for your personality — not for your health , except for the fact that you get thin . |