Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think that one could have a consensus with that regard , I mean people were split really on that issue erm as I have said , personally I was always against the whole thing , against the war in general between Iraq and Iran because it was devastating for both countries . |
| 2 | He conceded it was possible for such items , though manufactured in the Soviet Union , to fall into the hands of outsiders . |
| 3 | The proviso whereby it was possible for some individuals to enjoy an enhanced accrual scale to qualify for full pension benefits after 10 years of service was altered in the 1987 Budget — with a new period of 20 years ' service being required . |
| 4 | She was wondering if it was true , if he could somehow arrange her release ; doctors had ordered her internment , so surely it was possible for another doctor to end it . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal rejected the view that had previously held sway , namely that it was possible for any employee to work both ordinarily in Great Britain and outside it . |
| 6 | Although it had been common for surgeons to expect suppuration of the wound as an inevitable concomitant of amputation , Alanson demonstrated that by these methods it was possible for these wounds to heal ‘ by the first intention ’ , that is , without significant infection . |
| 7 | For the project to be successful it was essential for each stool of the tripod which supported it — the government , the livestock owners and the Bank — to have an equal commitment to its success and to perceive the project in roughly the same terms . |
| 8 | In a preface to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , published in this year , he described the landscape of his childhood and speculated about the boy who remained within the adult and successful figure of Mark Twain — the boy who was called " Huck " and whom Eliot saw as a symbol of freedom like the Mississippi itself ; it was impossible for that boy r that river " to have a beginning or end — a career " . |
| 9 | Aristotle might affirm that it was impossible for another cosmos like our own to exist . |
| 10 | Like its owner , it was short and stubby , not long like the young man 's , but thick , so thick that it was impossible for most women to put their hand round it . |
| 11 | It was impossible for any society to absorb without hardship a shock like that of the massive loss of trade to Gdynia . |
| 12 | Now , if it was impossible for any reason for the next of kin , the oldest brother to do it , then it would go down to the second or on down the line , whoever was the nearest to become the kinsman redeemer . |
| 13 | Money was allocated for coaches and teacher supervision ( now that there are so many educational cutbacks on outings ) , special allowances for printing and photographic paper were made , as it was impossible for some schools to provide such basics . |
| 14 | It also requires showing that it was necessary for such behaviour and beliefs to have been formerly defined as crimes . |
| 15 | Nourse LJ thought it worth mentioning Lord Blackburn 's comment , based on Blackstone , that ‘ the sheriff also was bound to raise the hue and cry , and call out the posse comitatus of the county whenever it was necessary for any police purposes ; in so doing he was acting for the Crown ’ . |
| 16 | If it was necessary for some purpose proper to the existence of the people , then there were engineers whose task it was to build and operate it . |
| 17 | I did n't write that sentence but I was asked if , er , that was a reasonable , er if it was reasonable for that statement to be made , and I agreed it was |
| 18 | But Dr Williams said it was a ‘ very rare ’ reaction and the drug would continue to be used because it was safe for most patients . |
| 19 | It was important for this connection that the model of biological evolution used should be one that saw change as the cumulative product of the actions of individual organisms over many generations . |
| 20 | It was hard for most people to understand the quality of Céline 's love . |
| 21 | I thought it was kingly for some time . |
| 22 | In particular it was almost universally agreed , at least until near the end of this period , that it was wrong for any group of politicians to unite to offer systematic and continuous opposition to the government . |
| 23 | Conservative in aim , it was natural for this legislation to emphasise an obsolescent , legalistic definition , and evade contemporary reality . |
| 24 | It was unprecedented for any woman to have that effect on Davidson , whose success in this field was legendary . |
| 25 | This polychrome type of design seems to have been invented at Knossos , where it was fashionable for some time before it was adopted generally in the east of Crete . |
| 26 | It was easier for this head to talk about methods of producing unity than about the ideals behind it . |
| 27 | Now it was ready for another meal and was keeping a hopeful eye on the battlefield in case some appetizing Englishman or sepoy should fall conveniently near … but most of all it would like to eat Fleury , such was the power of its love for this handsome , green-clad young man ; it uttered a groan of ecstasy at the thought and a needle of saliva , dripping from its jaws , sparkled in the Collector 's telescope . |
| 28 | That 's how it was with me and I know it was true for many others . |
| 29 | It was true for some people , because if you act soft when you go in , they do pick on you , but when I got there I knew how to act from being in Bullwood Hall and other places . |
| 30 | The President announced that with the exception of these two Committees , it was customary for all Offices to be voted for en-bloc by a show of hands . |