Example sentences of "it is [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antiquarian booksellers , like myself , and ardent collectors , feel it is all-important for a book to be a first edition and will sometimes pay the earth to buy such a treasure . |
| 2 | If it is appropriate for a case to go direct to the House of Lords it seems wrong that a litigant should be able to frustrate what appears to be a proper course . |
| 3 | As I have already indicated , it is undoubtedly the case that there may be circumstances in which it is appropriate for a court to make an order for costs in a case relating to children . |
| 4 | It is good for a child to broaden his outlook and mix with children who do n't share his advantages . ’ |
| 5 | I feel that it is essential for a horse to go through water . |
| 6 | It is essential for a horse to go through water . |
| 7 | Also , he does not adequately discuss how to relate those critical success factors in a logically connected way through a model for improving competitive strength in a specific situation , and fails to recognize that it is essential for a strategic analysis to indicate who is responsible for which central success factor . |
| 8 | Firstly , enlarging the consultative processes ; it is essential for a government to appeal to the public and to allow citizens to express their opinions and needs . |
| 9 | For the investor to benefit from any increase in the value of a company it is essential for a market to exist for the shares . |
| 10 | In ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ it is essential for a suitor to request permission for the hand in marriage of the women he has chosen . |
| 11 | Section 2 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1986 amends s. 6(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 so as to provide that it is unlawful for a person to discriminate against a woman : |
| 12 | Take food hygiene : it is cheaper for a large council to set up a laboratory to service several districts than for each of the districts to have its own . |
| 13 | C it is shown that the demand for futures can be split into speculative and hedging components , and that it is rational for a risk-averse trader to speculate and hedge simultaneously in the same future . |
| 14 | The evidence is slender — nothing more than a feline jaw-bone — but it is convincing for a special reason . |
| 15 | However , if a church member asks whether or not it is right for a Christian to be hypnotised , I have to give a negative answer . |
| 16 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 17 | In Norway , for instance , it is illegal for a barman to serve you a fresh drink until after you have finished the previous one . |
| 18 | However , it will certainly be true that it is optimal for a risk-neutral party to take all risk from a risk-averse party ( try A or B bargaining with C ) and it would seem sensible that a more risk-averse party should optimally take on less of the risk than a less risk-averse one . |
| 19 | Turning to movements within the income distribution , mean-variance analysis has been used to illustrate that progressive income taxation will tend to lower the amount of risk-taking it is optimal for a utility-maximizing individual to undertake . |
| 20 | Possibly this is why the argument as to whether it is better for a woman with young children to stay at home or go out to work goes round and round in circles . |
| 21 | While some workers believe that the best place for a child is within a family , and that it is better for a child to be placed transracially than to have no family , anxiety is increasing about the outcome of transracial placements . |
| 22 | Choice of equipment is vital and it is better for a beginner not to buy his clubs before going to a professional for his lessons . |
| 23 | It is small wonder that Dr Underwood finds it a ‘ little disconcerting ’ as the inference of the inquiry , as far as it has gone at present , would appear to be that it is better for a child to stay in East London sleeping irregular hours in ill ventilated shelters and eating fish and chips than to have fresh air conditions in one of our Camps with regular hours of sleep and plenty of well prepared wholesome food ( in which vegetables fresh from the garden play a large part ) forming a diet balanced in accordance with the best advice obtainable from the Board of Education and others … |
| 24 | As it is necessary for a Marxist to make a science of society , so too must he make a science of violence . |
| 25 | The power of the minister arises under the National Health Service Act 1977 if he considers that by reason of an emergency it is necessary for a specified period to transfer functions from one body to another . |
| 26 | Where it is necessary for a company , for example , to pass a resolution to promote legislation , it is useful to include an authority for one or two persons to settle drafting points , and this is especially necessary at the committee stage before commissioners , when decisions sometimes have to be made on the spur of the moment . |
| 27 | Furthermore , it is necessary for a merger to have been completed and a dominant position created before Article 86 can be invoked . |
| 28 | It is usual for a class to consist of between 12 and 16 students divided approximately equally between male and female , and this size of class is likely to be maintained throughout the training course until the finals period in the last two terms . |
| 29 | It is usual for a crust to form on the surface of the storage tank , the sludge settling to the bottom with the liquid in the middle . |
| 30 | Feeding stimulates the intestinal tract , and it is usual for a puppy to want to defecate soon after a meal . |