Example sentences of "[adv] that it was [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote : ‘ The gods seem to have possessed my soul and turned it inside out … so that it was impossible for me to stay idle at home . ’ |
| 2 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 3 | He was logical and courteous , so that it was unnecessary for Dorrainge to say that he supposed a Longhand had nearly always featured in Ireland 's greatest defeats , and Lugh was only following tradition . |
| 4 | Anyone who had had that knew a bit about the Treasury and knew a little bit about fighting back and working round them and all the rest of it and of giving orders direct to the Chancellor and saying , ‘ Look , this is what we must have ’ , and then getting the Cabinet to back it , so that it was harder for the Treasury to say ‘ No . ’ |
| 5 | In re An Inquiry under the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 [ 1988 ] A.C. 660 was dealing with a different statute in an entirely different situation , where the journalist had a statutory right , subject to exceptions , to protect his sources of information , so that it was natural for the court , in evaluating a reasonable excuse under the Financial Services Act 1986 , to focus on that statutory right and its exceptions . |
| 6 | Wagner began to assume in his mind a heroic , aesthetic , Schopenhauerian status , so that it was natural for him to couple the two even before he had any reason to suppose that Wagner was at all interested in the philosopher . |
| 7 | She was very afraid of taking weight through her left leg , and could only feel deep sensations on her left side , so that it was difficult for her to know where her arm and leg were in space . |
| 8 | The day was a continuous series of interruptions so that it was difficult for clients to have any real period of rest and quiet . |
| 9 | Should I express a taste for wine he would order half a bottle , or sometimes say outright that it was bad for me and I should drink lemonade . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not that it was bad for image , ’ she says . |
| 11 | John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , said yesterday that it was misleading for the union to say the Government had made a mistake . |
| 12 | You told me once that it was important for a dancer to eat plenty of protein . ’ |
| 13 | The Court of Appeal rejected the view that had previously held sway , namely that it was possible for any employee to work both ordinarily in Great Britain and outside it . |
| 14 | It has already been pointed out that it was difficult for many part-time farmers to get time away from their jobs so adult training normally took place in the evenings and at weekends . |
| 15 | When Della saw this gold chain , she knew immediately that it was right for Jim . |