Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] for they " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some , e.g. , the United Kingdom and France , judges are permitted to attend ( pursuant either to a declaration under the Convention or other procedures ) but it has been rare for them to do so and they could normally only ask questions with the leave of the court . |
| 2 | Well presumably with , what we 're trying to do is create some sort of alternative family units , we do n't want , although , er , laudable what the youth service does , is , we would n't want , if they do n't want to plugged , clubbable together , if , if , if , if the , the unit could provide that , or provide alternatives to pick up the , the correlation between that and , and ordinary normal family unit , I would hope that that would have been the best way forward , erm , er , because often some youngsters are in this situation because they , they have n't found the , that sort of provision has been helpful for them . |
| 3 | In the past it has been difficult for them to have long runs in the team . ’ |
| 4 | I regard the applicants as eminently respectable and responsible and their interest in the issues raised is sufficient for them to be granted locus standi . " |
| 5 | ‘ It ca n't have been easy for them either over the past week , not knowing who they 'd be playing . ’ |
| 6 | Obviously a transfer of allegiance in the feudal way was much less of a strain than the submergence of a national spirit , and there was a great difference between the national spirit of Englishmen and the allegiance to the King of France or to the Great Moghul felt by the inhabitants of New France and of Bengal ; if the inhabitants of Bengal had felt that they were citizens of the nation of Bengal it would hardly have been possible for them to change to feeling they were Englishmen , but for them to feel that they used to owe allegiance to the Nawab of Bengal and now owed it to the British businessmen who had conquered the Nawab was not such a difficult transition . |
| 7 | You would have thought it would have been good for them . |
| 8 | A baby then would have been impossible for them both . |
| 9 | This must have been irksome for them , but Mrs Webster accepted it as her war work with good grace . |
| 10 | When they get together and they need money , the old school tie , the old party tie comes into play and money can be found for things that they think are profitable for them and their consultancies , and their companies , and their interests . |
| 11 | It turns out that the public has a right to know only what those who control the media think is good for them . |
| 12 | But we were told recently by a delegation from the french Senate , studying British methods of scrutiny of Community legislation , that they had great difficulty in obtaining copies of Commission legislative proposals and that it had been necessary for them to establish an office in Brussels to ensure a reliable supply . |
| 13 | But in some parishes it er had been useful for them to stand out because the parish council was made up of people who had grown old with parish priests and er it was a chance to make a new start . |
| 14 | Their closeness was less due to their nearness in age — though with only eighteen months between them it had been easy for them to grow up with similar interests and shared confidences — than to the fact that neither of their parents had ever made much of them . |
| 15 | A lump sum , we wo n't ask for it back , and maybe it 's been useful for them to adapt their lives in the meantime . |