Example sentences of "it is [adj] [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all very well for doctors . ’ |
| 2 | It is all very well for me to say cheerfully , ‘ Life begins at sixty . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps you are thinking it is all very well for them , they are young . |
| 4 | It is all very well for the hon. Gentleman to make such comments . |
| 5 | It is all very well for the Government to pretend to mount a campaign against drugs and drug imports , but at the same time they have allowed another Department , the Treasury — Conservative Members do not want to hear — to cut 400 customs officer jobs . |
| 6 | It is all very well for the hon. Gentleman to say that . |
| 7 | It is all very well for him to pepper a debate with the emotive terms to which he is addicted , such as ’ crisis ’ and ’ collapse ’ , and to describe the board as having ’ a pistol to its head ’ . |
| 8 | It is all very well for us to say that we must ensure that prisoners are properly employed , but when the unemployment figures increase every month in the east midlands , there is resentment and resistance to prison inmates engaging in meaningful work as such work would probably take away jobs outside the prison . |
| 9 | It is all very well for the Labour party to say that it will increase pensions in line with earnings , but that presupposes that earnings will rise faster than prices . |
| 10 | It is all very well for the hon. Gentleman to say that the Government have given an undertaking not to turn away volunteers , but 102 Royal Artillery in Northern Ireland is at a strength of 103 per cent . |
| 11 | It is all very well for Opposition Members to say ’ Oh ! ’ but all of them were happy to fight the 1983 election on exactly that manifesto . |
| 12 | It is all very well for modern econometric historians to argue retrospectively that slave or serf agriculture was actually more profitable or even more efficient than agriculture manned by free labour . |
| 13 | It is all very well for companies like Rentokil , or Guinness , which said it could not act this time round but was considering similar action at a later date , to compensate their shareholders . |
| 14 | It is all very well for us to sit here and tell teachers to go on extra courses , but they 're finding that there are n't any left , so the next thing that they can turn to the next person they can turn to is the educational psychologist . |
| 15 | Youngsters do wheelies in bikes and cars and it is all very frightening for people in the area . ’ |
| 16 | Now though it is all very secure for me so I will not be going back , ’ she said . |