Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [noun sg] for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Whilst social provision allows retired people to exist , there is little scope for them to grow or make full use of their later years .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 So that 's another way for you to decide which bit of the problem you 're going to actually start on .
5 There 's another reason for him to seem dated .
6 This is another reason for you to maintain your own social life , or to build up a new network of friends , if necessary .
7 I I I sir that we we may be able to erm argue that here today it may be very difficult once it 's established , especially in the public mind that that that there is that there E two land I fear would be not only interpreted unless there 's some justification for me saying this because that 's what it says in the in the in the Harrogate Rural Areas Plan .
8 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 .
9 This is because it is second nature for them to pose their questions at the level of the individual organism .
10 ‘ There is great potential for us to build on this foundation , a process we are just beginning . ’
11 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 .
12 Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards .
13 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 .
14 Established in 1978 , this group has grown rapidly , and there is considerable opportunity for you to gain management experience .
15 There 's less work for you to do here .
16 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 .
17 But it is one thing for us to know that a person needs God 's conviction and another thing to say so to him .
18 ‘ I do n't think there is any rush for me to get to America and make films .
19 It does not seem to me that there is any need for me to answer his silly question on the subject .
20 I do n't think there 's any need for me to spell out any more at this point what that may mean but the responsibility in as churches to ensure that we care for the under eights .
21 We compare what we are seeing with what we know , to see if there is enough resemblance for us to treat the new thing in the same way as we would have treated the known thing .
22 As soon as the investigating officer believes that a prosecution should be brought and there is sufficient evidence for it to succeed , questioning should cease .
23 As soon as a police officer who is making inquiries of any person about an offence believes that a prosecution should be brought against him and that there is sufficient evidence for it to succeed , he should ask the person if he has anything further to say .
24 If he considers an authority 's budget excessive — or , indeed , considers it an excessive increase on the previous year 's budget — that is sufficient reason for him to cap that authority .
25 Surely the ultimate prize of motivating and supporting a wide cross-section of the communities of Wales to care for their local environment in a practical way is sufficient incentive for us to get our collective acts together ?
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