Example sentences of "[adj] for [noun] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes sense to the degree that one of the legal authorities whom Coke most often cites is Bracton ( Henry de Bracton , De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae ) , who dies in 1268 , having flourished under Henry III of England and during the minority of Henry 's son , the future Edward I. Moreover Edward and Eleanor spent the winter of 1270–71 in Sicily , en route to the Holy Land , and returned there in 1272 for Edward to learn that , his father having died , he was king of England . |
| 2 | The problem with such an approach is of course that if one 's starting-point is ‘ what are the scriptures fundamentally about ? ’ ( and not ‘ what is a priori right ? ’ — which would be an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position ) it is perfectly possible for others to contend that they consider some quite other theme to be ‘ fundamental ’ to the scriptures . |
| 3 | In the eighteenth century it had still been possible for Turks to feel that the empire , inherently superior to the infidel states which threatened it , had no need to stoop to such devices ; but such an attitude was now no longer practicable . |
| 4 | They and the school together planned ahead in order to make it possible for pupils to feel that they , too , knew themselves better . |
| 5 | It is not possible for example to predict that Mr Smith will have a heart attack or that Mrs Williams will fall over in the snow and break her leg . |
| 6 | It is slightly absurd for people to pretend that the ’ three wise men ’ report is anything other than a valuable contribution to the raising of standards in our schools . |
| 7 | He was logical and courteous , so that it was unnecessary for Dorrainge to say that he supposed a Longhand had nearly always featured in Ireland 's greatest defeats , and Lugh was only following tradition . |
| 8 | The Legislature can not , according to our constitution , bind itself as to the form of subsequent legislation , and it is impossible for Parliament to enact that in a subsequent statute dealing with the same subject-matter there can be no implied repeal . |
| 9 | Since in general ‘ politics ’ should not be discussed in school , it is easy for teachers to claim that they have no strong opinions about subjects like , say , the National Front . |
| 10 | As a result it was easy for protagonists to claim that opinions on test-tube fusion , particularly its validity or otherwise , were n't always made on purely scientific grounds , but that self interests were the driving forces . |
| 11 | Ultimately , however , it is easy for readers to charge that the mask was not penetrated , and therefore that we have only scratched at the surface . |
| 12 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 13 | These criticisms are , in many respects , justified although it would seem a bit far-fetched for historians to believe that the Labour Party , even in alliance with the Communist Party , could have forced a National government with an overwhelming parliamentary majority , to have capitulated to external pressure . |
| 14 | They were both so caught up in developments at Crystal Springs that it was sometimes hard for Christina to recall that Stephen still had a stake in a totally separate business empire in England — one that Robert seemed to be finding increasingly hard to administer in his partner 's prolonged absence , though Stephen still kept a very firm grip on English events from Barbados . |
| 15 | So it is not implausible for critics to say that the solid-state detectors are unreliable and somehow bring about a sharp distortion in the spectra . |
| 16 | Eleanor Darcy made coffee , using a frugal quantity of powder and low-fat milk , too late for Valerie to murmur that she took hers black . |
| 17 | It was not uncommon for interviewees to report that at least one set of parents had been unhappy initially about their plans to marry and this was often connected in some way with disappointment or disapproval over the choice of spouse . |
| 18 | We also use those homes as centres for day care , and the financial effects of that are estimated and taken out of these calculations , but I think it 's important for members to remember that your residential homes are n't purely and simply providing only residential care , they are also centres for day care in that particular area . |
| 19 | We 've attempted , Chairer , to assess this proposal and then to set a criteria I think it 's important for members to understand that currently there is a consortium that er , is in operation , fully operational that is carrying out the tasks erm , that are identified in the consultation document mainly erm the consultation document itself does erm show exactly what the health authority is doing erm , the proposal now before you is to extend that erm to one merged unit of health authority with one executive board erm based with three local health clinics erm , to provide the service . |
| 20 | It is important for history to show that despite what happened the board was responsible in its conduct and its financial affairs ’ . |
| 21 | Falling interest rates make it even more important for investors to check that they are getting a reasonable return from their funds . |
| 22 | But it is important for people to understand that this is a job they are doing , and for both they and the professionals involved to realise its significance . |
| 23 | So it 's an attempt on , on , on the second level to minutely reconstructing historical , the lost , the truest but what really happened and in that on that level , it 's important for Freud to establish that Moses was not Jewish but Egyptian , because this gives him the link with Egyptian monarchism and the events of the exodus and explains it as well . |
| 24 | Currently available for building interfaces that are portable across Motif , Open Look , Apple Mac , Presentation Manager and Windows , a Windows NT version will be shown at Comdex later this month . |
| 25 | The fact that lands were available for purchase presupposes that there were sellers as well as buyers , and much less is known about who these were , and why they were selling , than is known about the purchasers . |
| 26 | Funds on particularly favourable terms are available for investment projects that serve environmental protection in the Federal Republic of Germany and in regions bordering on the Federal Republic . |
| 27 | However , many of the examples of literate societies that are available for study suggest that this is not the case : in fact these societies continue to practice what Goody has defined as ‘ oral ’ modes of communication , with all its limitations . |
| 28 | The Attorney General for England states that cases are often brought to trial which , from being imperfectly got up , break down , and thus cause the acquittal of guilty parties . |
| 29 | Namibia lies between South Africa and the Penguins but it was essential for recognition to know that Namibia had no claim on the islands . |
| 30 | But it is disingenuous for academics to pretend that they can participate in such discussion on terms of complete equality with their students , for there are questions of power and authority involved ; at the end of the day , grades and marks , assessing and examining , come into the picture . |