Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun sg] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 2 | Since I have been in the Chair , the Chief Secretary has been interrupted so often that there has not been much opportunity for him to do that . |
| 3 | There would therefore be ample time for them to deploy their mobile radiation monitoring teams , for the police to tour the area , knocking on doors and warning people living nearby , for the protective potassium iodate pills to be issued and for a decision to be made on whether the public should stay indoors until the cloud had passed — or evacuate to a safer place . |
| 4 | It would be weak sentimentality for me to allow him such grace . |
| 5 | ‘ And now , if you 'll excuse me , I 'm sure there must be some work for me to do . |
| 6 | Right there 'll be some work for you to do . |
| 7 | That 'll be another scam for her to get money ! |
| 8 | But if the police or the security services are perpetrating the illegal acts there may be little incentive for them to deal with such complaints seriously . |
| 9 | If you wish to become pregnant , or are in the early stages of pregnancy , there may be considerable pressure for you to have an HIV antibody test . |
| 10 | In the case of regression to earlier times in your present life , there will be enough evidence for you to check on at a later date , even if you are not actually aware of specific people or events . |
| 11 | ‘ But of course if you tell Gran about my broken shoe on Sunday there really wo n't be any need for her to know . ’ |
| 12 | Whilst social provision allows retired people to exist , there is little scope for them to grow or make full use of their later years . |
| 13 | But there is little leeway for anything to go wrong . |
| 14 | A spokesman for the SAC said : ‘ It is normal practice for us to monitor our revenue clients on a regular basis and in particular to study their proposals under their four-year plan . |
| 15 | On the 18th Braid hit his 2nd shot into the road and he ‘ might have damaged the steam roller ’ so it is some comfort for us to know that the course 's own architect was penalised by his own design . |
| 16 | So that 's another way for you to decide which bit of the problem you 're going to actually start on . |
| 17 | There 's another reason for him to seem dated . |
| 18 | This is another reason for you to maintain your own social life , or to build up a new network of friends , if necessary . |
| 19 | James Burns , chairman of the region 's child care subcommittee , said yesterday : ‘ Many young men , women and children with learning difficulties want to use our shared care scheme and there is tremendous potential for it to expand . |
| 20 | This is because it is second nature for them to pose their questions at the level of the individual organism . |
| 21 | ‘ There is great potential for us to build on this foundation , a process we are just beginning . ’ |
| 22 | Fundamentally , the reason why it is good policy for us to try to explain biological phenomena in terms of gene advantage is that genes are replicators . |
| 23 | Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards . |
| 24 | Shares were also affected by the growing understanding that the Chancellor 's decision to defer the bulk of his tax increases until next year means there is less scope for him to reduce interest rates . |
| 25 | In the meantime several companies , including Psion , have launched similar products with Qwerty keyboards so there is less incentive for anyone to learn completely new fingering . |
| 26 | Established in 1978 , this group has grown rapidly , and there is considerable opportunity for you to gain management experience . |
| 27 | There 's less work for you to do here . |
| 28 | We do not want every child to become an artist — heaven forbid , but we do want every child to grow and be enriched by his imaginative experiences , and the study and observation and attempts at expressing these , in colour and form , is one way for him to do this . |
| 29 | But it is one thing for us to know that a person needs God 's conviction and another thing to say so to him . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think there is any rush for me to get to America and make films . |