Example sentences of "is not [adj] for [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if we are able to show that it is not possible for there to be people who feel as we do but have no disposition to behave as we do , or vice versa , the behaviourist way of doing this seems too extreme . |
| 2 | But other women do help a lot , in fact they have such strong relationships with the child that it is not uncommon for them to be called Big Mother or Small Mother . |
| 3 | For the treatment of such water , it is not uncommon for it to be subjected to flocculation with alum or alum-sodium aluminate , followed by pressure filtration , or for a filter aid to be added and the water then passed through a filter with fine clearances , such as a meta-filter . |
| 4 | During that process the proposals are amended — it is not impossible for them to be amended , although to hear Opposition Members speak one would think that the proposals went straight from Commission draft into law without an intermediate stage . |
| 5 | WHEN a man applies to come to the United Kingdom to marry a woman settled here , it is not necessary for him to be able to state specifically whether he intends to settle in this country forever or whether he wishes to marry and return to his own country . |
| 6 | Mori Bokharas may also be referred to by a number of alternative names ( including Jaldar , Kafkazi — pl. 28 — and Serapi ) , and it is not unknown for them to be marketed under the name of the gul most prominent in their design . |
| 7 | Where vaned cowls are to be replaced , it is not advisable for them to be fixed in place , not only for the sake of authenticity , but also to simplify maintenance . |
| 8 | Whilst an object within LIFESPAN will always be of a specific class and therefore will follow the associated process model , it is not mandatory for it to be specified to be of a certain subtype . |
| 9 | But it is n't good for him to be so alone . |
| 10 | ‘ It is n't convenient for me to be the subject of a whole lot of unpleasant rumours ! |