Example sentences of "it be [adv] [adj] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | I soon discovered that it 's almost impossible for anyone like myself , with normal sight and hearing , to imagine life without either sense — or to accept that , in many ways , 28-year-old Julia enjoys a nearly normal life . |
| 3 | It 's always easier for someone else to see where you 've missed the point . |
| 4 | O'Neill said : ‘ It 's bloody awful for everyone associated with the horse and it has n't really sunk in yet . |
| 5 | Very good , I do n't see why we could n't be really , it 's so horrible for everybody else . |
| 6 | He says he was very nervous and had to pluck up courage because it 's so unusual for someone like him to register . |
| 7 | It 's too fast for anybody in some circumstances . |
| 8 | But as the development officer said , ‘ there are also a lot of people in need , so it 's very easy for someone to fall through the net ’ . |
| 9 | It 's fairly easy for someone to call you that , but it 's fairly difficult to convince yourself that you are . |
| 10 | It is rather odd for someone who tends to denigrate official footpaths to be promoting a link between the Pennine and West Highland Ways . |
| 11 | It is wholly unreal for anyone to imagine that such an issue , which he merely describes as ‘ adjusting the democratic framework to suit new circumstances ’ can be so lightly put to one side . |
| 12 | Lola 's IndyCar designer Bruce Ashmore , pictured right with the new car , said : ‘ It is completely wrong for anyone to think of IndyCars as death traps . |
| 13 | It is most unusual for anyone to do it in the kitchen , the hall , the bathroom or the dining room , although naps may be taken in the living room . |
| 14 | It is clearly inconsistent for one who calls Jesus " Lord " to think lightly of those scriptures which were to him the supreme revelation of God . |
| 15 | Many young people in Gateshead have grown up in families in which it is very rare for someone to have a full-time , decent and well-paid job . |
| 16 | The hearing is technically in public , though it is very rare for anyone other than those immediately involved to be present . |
| 17 | And it is very stupid for anyone in any position of power to think that what goes around does not come around . ’ |
| 18 | And on the Scottish understanding , it is very easy for somebody to come along and say well jo God just now declares that we are forgiven . |
| 19 | Windows is rapidly becoming the standard for personal computer interfaces so it is very easy for someone to move to using the pen version . |
| 20 | ‘ It is very difficult for somebody coming out of prison to get accommodation . |
| 21 | ‘ For love is something so positive , so strong , so real , ’ he wrote exultantly to Theo , ‘ that it is as impossible for one who loves to take back that feeling as it is to take his own life . ’ |
| 22 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 23 | It is really impossible for someone not technically qualified , or who was not at the time encouraged to understand more than a very limited aspect of its functions , to analyse the workings of the apparatus . |
| 24 | And even if my eight have sunk to the bottom , it is too late for anyone to interfere with this battle now . |
| 25 | The problem was that it was theoretically possible for someone to introduce poison gas into a remote and perhaps unguarded part of the system and for the noxious fumes to be carried through to the General-Secretary 's apartments or office . |
| 26 | It was pretty nerve-racking for everyone . |
| 27 | It was quite possible for someone to start from relatively humble beginnings and work one 's way up in society through trade guild or livery company affiliation to become a member of the town council . |
| 28 | A first-class engineer , McCafferty claimed he was allergic to diesel fumes and treated with a knowing disdain the frequently repeated observation that , because of the engine-room 's highly efficient extractor fans , it was virtually impossible for anyone to detect the smell of diesel . |
| 29 | It was usually necessary for someone to suffer when Harry was bored . |