Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be possible for your to join us at Big Ben on Wednesday 7 June : I have included your name on the list and I do n't foresee any problems . |
| 2 | I think that is wrong ; it should be necessary for someone to have a licence in order to keep animals , including keeping animals on farms . |
| 3 | If a person develops these attributes over time , it must be possible for them to develop with practice in later life or through training . |
| 4 | It must be important for her to have driven all the way up north and bluff her way into his house . |
| 5 | That must be complicated for you to accept — belonging nowhere , wanted nowhere . |
| 6 | It must be difficult for them to understand when the way that we use ‘ big ’ is so confusing . |
| 7 | and you sort of say , do you think it would be useful if we talked about reception because that 's something y you 're not doing quite as frequently but it 's obviously , it must be difficult for you to fit in to that because you 're not doing it all the time . |
| 8 | ‘ It must be frightening for them to see Ryan on the bench . |
| 9 | His reasoning seems to be that where there is smoke , there must be the old woman ( who carries their fire ) : therefore it must be safe for him to follow ( pp. 26 – 7 ) . |
| 10 | I know it must be hard for anyone to accept a set of equations without going through the usual routine of presenting the relevant experimental justifications . |
| 11 | John loved beautiful things , she felt sure ; it must be painful for him to live in such surroundings , perhaps humiliating too for him to have her realise that this was all he could afford to live in . |
| 12 | But it must be tiresome for him to have you constantly tagging at his heels all the time . ’ |
| 13 | She considered approaching him and asking if it might be possible for them to spend more time together , but the difference of nine years in their age put her in awe of him still , and she decided it was not her place to make such suggestions . |
| 14 | However , it might be possible for me to detect and summon the ship if I was taken above the atmosphere . |
| 15 | He rang the bell and when he was greeted by a rather surly butler he enquired , very politely , if it might be possible for him to speak with the Signora Calvino on a matter of the utmost urgency . |
| 16 | I wonder if it might be possible for you to confirm your or NEC 's interest in the tape , and , if you intend to go ahead , the specifications you need . |
| 17 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
| 18 | Close to the date , some of our members were chatting to Llangollen Railway member Peter Cutler , and he suggested that it might be possible for us to see the work on the next extension , to Glyndyfrdwy . |
| 19 | In the future , it might be possible for us to reset our body clock to the new time zone quickly , by taking a pill containing melatonin at the appropriate time of day . |
| 20 | It might be helpful for you to pray together as a couple for God 's direction . |
| 21 | For Zoe 's sake it might be necessary for them to come back . |
| 22 | It might be better for them to prop up the Ottoman empire for a while longer , but at the same time to keep their options open by maintaining contact with the various factions amongst the Serbs . |
| 23 | and it might be better for me to do it , see you 've got a |
| 24 | And in fact it might be useful for you to know , chair , that proposals for new settlements have been made on the A sixty four corridor within Leeds . |
| 25 | I feel sure he must already know , since it 's his ship , but it might be good for him to realise that persons of influence , like yourself , who might report him , also knew . |
| 26 | I think it might be wise for me to talk to the accountant before I , you know , put these plans into effect . |
| 27 | I just told her that it might be interesting for me to get to know something of France , after all I was still young for University Entrance and could probably arrange to do some of the work here . |
| 28 | Promising to pay more when he received cheques from his insurance company , he added : ‘ It might be sensible for us to have a meeting to give you an opportunity to justify and explain , item by item , the reason for the variation between the price agreed in April 1990 and the final bill . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 'll be better for me to ride him first , as he 's always a bit frisky when he first starts out , ’ Angela told Cheryl when she returned . |
| 30 | ‘ It 'll be OK for you to go on seeing me there . |