Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if your customers are well spread and the write-off of a couple of the larger ones would n't cause too much trouble then credit insurance may not be commercially viable for you . |
| 2 | It was generally agreed that the costs of cutting emissions would be economically impossible for them . |
| 3 | ‘ Would n't a corpse be rather embarrassing for you ? ’ |
| 4 | The member stiffened , then edged away in a fading mum-ble : ‘ Well , I suppose things must be rather trying for you , what with … ’ |
| 5 | Would n't that be rather dangerous for you ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That must be rather frustrating for you , ’ said Melissa politely . |
| 7 | It would be professionally improper for them to interest themselves in the social or leisure activities of their pupils ; and it would be unsuitable to their professionalism if they were involved in purely supervisory or ancillary duties , which are carried out , where necessary , by unqualified assistants . |
| 8 | To talk about when th when worship would be most helpful for them to be hol to be held . |
| 9 | As the hon. Gentleman has said , Mrs. X has indicated that she may be taking proceedings further , so it would be most improper for me to go into too much detail on this case . |
| 10 | De Castelnau paused at Avize to quell the pessimism at de Langle 's HQ and to telephone ahead a warning to poor Herr not to yield any more ground , or ‘ the consequences would be most grave for him [ Herr ] ’ . |
| 11 | For example , a receptionist at a solicitor 's office will no doubt meet clients but it would be most unusual for her to be in a position to take advantage of that connection to the detriment of her employer once she has left his employment . |
| 12 | I 'd never be so desperate for you , Travis McKenna , that I 'd stoop so low ! ’ she cried and pushed herself to her feet , wanting only to get out of there . |
| 13 | ‘ But Ivy has turned out to be so good for me I must have done the right thing . |
| 14 | It ca n't be so easy for you to run your business from here . ’ |
| 15 | If we did n't know that terrible things like war had happened , or why they had happened , it would be so easy for us as a country to continue with the same policies that had led to these mistakes in the past . |
| 16 | ‘ Why should it be so strange for me to find work with IMP ? |
| 17 | ‘ So the character part wo n't be so difficult for you . |
| 18 | When she touches me , I shall be hers for all time , and when she touches me , I shall be so hungry for her , that I may hurt her . |
| 19 | It could n't be so important for her . |
| 20 | Yet — strangely — it did seem to be her concern , and — equally strangely — she could not decide why it should be so important for her to understand the true state of his feelings towards Doreen . |
| 21 | He may be — indeed is , as I am sure you have gathered — a gentleman , but his being a painter makes him a little — unconventional , shall we say , and it would be entirely improper for you to go to Trelorne alone — ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If we do receive information on victims among people we will of course be extremely sorry for them , ’ said the Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman , Mr Vadim Perfiliev . |
| 23 | ‘ It turned out to be extremely good for me because within twenty-four hours of leaving I was asked to go to Hollywood and prepare Scrooge for Paramount Pictures . |
| 24 | It would be extremely useful for you to return to the whole chapter and apply the Strategy . |
| 25 | ‘ You know , a hung Parliament and a coalition government would be extremely tough for me , very tough internally . |
| 26 | I 'm not prepared to accept that any more than I am prepared to accept the hogwash that we heard from Bob Morgan and his Liberal Democrats , because of course it may be extremely comfortable for him to be acting like a beached dolphin on the shores of Abu Dhabi , but the fact of the matter is , of course , that the Liberal Democrats , with or without the backs of their envelopes and cigarettes packets , are extremely unlikely to be making any national legislation , so they are quite comfortable in being able to observe how others might or might not do it . |
| 27 | ‘ I want you to remember that every sound , every bright light , every touch will be extremely painful for her . |
| 28 | Non-monogamy may be less possible for us , and we may stay in relationships longer than we should because we are scared of not being able to find a replacement . |
| 29 | No one wanted the children to be more traumatised than they already were , she said , and it would certainly be less travelling for them to go to Inverness than to return to Kirkwall . |
| 30 | Sir John , his niece , and some other ladies staying there , Lady F. thought it would be less lonely for me being in lodgings solitary … ’ |