Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] for someone " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medically , it 's impossible for someone who has lost their sight due to glaucoma to get it back . ’ |
| 2 | Because it takes so long for blood alcohol levels to fall , it 's easy for someone who drinks ‘ modestly ’ at lunch time and after work to go over the limit , even though he may take only four units on each occasion . |
| 3 | It 's wrong for us to steal from someone who seems to be richer than we are just as it 's wrong for someone to steal from us if they think their need is greater than ours . |
| 4 | Although the latter cases are probably a diminishing minority , especially now that budgetary delegation under LMS has made it essential that heads in their turn delegate a greater proportion of their managerial functions to senior staff , our studies indicate a more general need for primary schools to continue to review the role of deputy headship , to define more exactly the range of tasks it is appropriate for someone at that level of seniority to undertake , and to ensure that all deputy heads have appropriate job specifications . |
| 5 | PC SASPAC is therefore not useful to someone who will want to study low-level data for a large number of counties , though it is suitable for someone who is only interested in one or two and not fond of computers ! |
| 6 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . |
| 7 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . ’ |
| 8 | At some point it is necessary for someone to provide clear guidelines regarding how others should interact with that child in order to promote learning and developmental changes most effectively . |
| 9 | ‘ It is impossible for someone to marry into the Royal Family and have separate but equal status . |
| 10 | Is all this easy , and does the book explain that it is easy for someone who is not Elizabeth Taylor to achieve this ? |
| 11 | They argue that it is easy for someone to appear to be above the age of 17 and say laws should be introduced that place less onus on the newsagent , who may be an innocent victim . |
| 12 | What emerges from this example is that there can be situations of moral dilemma which impose limits on what it is possible for someone to do . |
| 13 | Gettier argued that they show the tripartite account to be insufficient ; it is possible for someone not to know even when all the three clauses are satisfied . |
| 14 | Under section 23 , however , it is possible for someone who is not a trader to be convicted . |
| 15 | We both believe that , out of sheer natural justice , it is illogical for someone on £24,000 to be paying less tax on the marginal rate than somebody on £19,000 . |