Example sentences of "it be [adj] for someone [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the bags are full of rotting food , or there is a smell or filth around the place , then more action may need to be taken , but the first priority is establishing what the person concerned feels , before asking ‘ Would it be helpful for someone to come in and give a hand with tidying up ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . |
| 4 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It is impossible for someone to marry into the Royal Family and have separate but equal status . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 10 | If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in . |
| 11 | In Newham there were better domiciliary services in 1984 than in Ipswich ( for example it was possible for someone to have seven-day-a-week home help and meals-on-wheels cover ; there were day centres and day hospitals , and a good deal of voluntary organisation provision ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Five years ago , it was rare for someone to ask for help , ’ a debt expert said last night . |