Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I guess this one 's easier for him to do than the others . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's impossible for me to give you a definite answer . ’ |
| 3 | A.I 'm afraid it is impossible for me to guess what was wrong with your Ram . |
| 4 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 5 | " I 'm glad I 'm good for you . " |
| 6 | This shaping depends on political and ideological formations and it is these which are responsible for its ‘ consequences ’ too . |
| 7 | As director of the Institute of Child Health from 1946 he was responsible for its rapid development and for the innovative departments of growth and development , and tropical medicine . |
| 8 | Because the eggs are so small and so widespread it is easy for them to be swallowed . |
| 9 | By June 1980 we were ready for our first serious collecting trip . |
| 10 | I 'm sure there are many for whom information technology is a way of life who despise the imperfections and impurity of the English language . |
| 11 | I 'm sure it 's difficult for you to imagine what my life is like out here but one thing is certain and that is that there are very few people I can talk to . |
| 12 | You 've got to get your casualty from the cause , but make sure it 's safe for you , now if it is a , a place where you 've got to get your casualty out and you have n't got a lifeline and I must express this really that there must be two of you and if you are going in you only go in if you think it is safe to go in and you must have a line attached to you and there 's somebody outside , so that if you do get erm overcome by fumes or whatever , they can pull you out , you are safe , they 'll see to you , if there is no hope , you do n't try to be the hero , what you do is go and make a phone call and get the professionals in , because they do n't want to come along and have to deal with two casualties , when there 's only one . |
| 13 | She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’ |
| 14 | Salience , of course , means salience for the hearer , and is therefore a relative term : those features of New York English which are salient for a Londoner may not be those which are salient for someone from Toronto . |
| 15 | I wish that it were possible to bring more of those who are responsible for them to justice , but , as my hon. Friend knows , because he makes a close study of such matters , it is often impossible for the police to identify those who are responsible . |
| 16 | During World War I she was conspicuous for her public relief work on the home front . |
| 17 | My mother was the only one was keen for me to have some sort of education . |
| 18 | The Wedding Present had managed themselves with a satisfying degree of success until Hallin 's arrival and it would appear that at first there was little for him to actually do . |
| 19 | There are advantages to customers in that it is easier for them to ask questions in a more realistic way in order to ascertain the product 's utility more clearly and quickly . |
| 20 | The fenoderee possess phenomenal strength and are favoured by farmers for helping with heavy agricultural tasks , in particular they are famous for their skill and thoroughness in harvesting crops , and have been known to thresh a barnful of corn in one night . |
| 21 | Six years ago Ireland was n't ready for this ; it is not certain it is ready for it today . |
| 22 | As a reporter on Teesside during the Sixties he was well-known for his Bentley car . |
| 23 | I got up at seven which is late for me |
| 24 | At last it was possible for them to achieve absolute precision . |