Example sentences of "[is] [adj] for us [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I ask , Mr Chairman , if it 's possible for us to have a copy of the reports ? |
| 2 | It is possible for us to image a society of saints in which no one committed what we see as crimes , in which everyone behaved in an impeccable manner . |
| 3 | Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true . |
| 4 | Berger impersonates her to a fault , both in the superb egotism of female love — ‘ It is painful for us to judge the man we 've taken , for he 's already ours , like a son ’ — and in the certitudes of peasant thinking : ‘ I will tell you which men deserve our respect … |
| 5 | It is impossible for us to appreciate the impact of this dramatic change amongst people who for more than 40 years had been rigorously controlled by a centrally planned economy , implemented by a national and local bureaucracy . |
| 6 | Indeed it is impossible for us to imagine a social system operated by human beings which was not ordered by language ; human culture , as we know it , could not have been invented by a society of deaf mutes . |
| 7 | It is impossible for us to understand the conclusion , then , without realizing that it is false . |
| 8 | Precisely for this reason it is impossible for us to have an ideal plan . |
| 9 | However , it had not been realised that we process speech as much by our expectations as by our sensations : it is easy for us to hear the same acoustic signal as ‘ It 's easy to recognise speech ’ or ‘ It 's easy to wreck a nice beach ’ according to context . |
| 10 | So as you can see , it is imperative for us to attain a constant turnover to maximize profitability . ’ |
| 11 | The point is not that we in any way deliberately do down the intelligence of animals — although we do this as well — but that it is hard for us to imagine the workings of forms of intelligence that have evolved to cope with environmental circumstances different from our own . |
| 12 | United manager Alex Ferguson said : ‘ It 's important for us to get a win in front of our fans . ’ |
| 13 | This is so contrary to our general assumptions ( namely that the Holy Spirit , however vaguely we conceive of him , is an internal gift for the faithful , appropriate only to be mentioned in church ) that it is important for us to see the crucial link between the Spirit and mission which is presented to us in the pages of the New Testament . |
| 14 | ‘ It is important for us to have the six players who were involved in the Test series against Australia four years ago , plus Peter Winterbottom , who actually played all four Tests here in 1983 . |
| 15 | It is essential for us to improve the funeral profession 's awareness of the benefits of embalming and I would urge that the Members of this Institute , through the offices of public relations continue to provide platforms to promote the Science of Embalming . |
| 16 | ‘ It is vital for us to have a good Christmas , ’ said 25-year-old Dozzell . |
| 17 | It is difficult for us to imagine the characteristics of wines described by critics writing a mere generation ago , let alone those of wines described centuries ago . |
| 18 | As Jung pointed out , it is necessary for us to have a Shadow , since we can not be everything that it would be possible for us to be . |
| 19 | Outside the manor once more , Detective Eddy said to Giles Aplin , ‘ I think that Mrs Putt 's admission concerning the cape is sufficient for us to obtain a search warrant . ’ |