Example sentences of "[is] [adj] for [pers pn] [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 | I very much doubt , though it is unnecessary for me to decide the point , that the use of the plural in paragraph 12 was intended to connote different defendants in several different unconsolidated actions , since there was only one single action in being in the Kalfelis case , and paragraph 13 ( not quoted above ) would seem to envisage a claim by the same plaintiff , unlike the present litigation where there are a very large number of different plaintiff banks in different actions . |
| 3 | In those circumstances it is unnecessary for me to discuss the rival contentions of fact or to reach any conclusion upon whether , if Winchester had been enabled to make representations before 30 October , those representations would have made any difference . |
| 4 | You 're also wise enough to know that finding the person who 's right for you requires a very subtle alchemy . |
| 5 | The probability is low for it to move a long distance at more than the speed of light , but it can go faster than light for just far enough to get out of the black hole , and then go slower than light . |
| 6 | At this time of year , mid-Autumn , the snow has usually not arrived in Tromsø and it is possible for you to have the hills to yourself in Tromsdalen or , better , in Lyngen , but this year there was already a metre of the stuff down at sea level . |
| 7 | It is possible for you to gain the former ( knowledge of Napoleon III 's rule , for instance ) and not the latter ( appreciating the various factors in his rise to power , the expansionist nature of his economic policy and the paternalism of his social policy , etc . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I think it is right for me to receive the report and then to examine it . |
| 11 | What can be said for them is that if the High Priest is acting in the fullest awareness at present attainable by his people , it is right for him to perform the sacrifice , just as it would be right for a Western onlooker to try to dissuade him ; he is not like a Nazi who has voluntarily shut himself off from the knowledge of biology and history and the personal sensitivity attained by the culture of the Weimar Republic . |
| 12 | The afternoon is free for you to explore the delights of classical Vienna . |
| 13 | This morning is free for you to enjoy the Seraglio and discover its selling points for yourselves . |
| 14 | 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 … |
| 15 | That that 's easy for you to get a golf course . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think it 's appropriate for me to give an opinion , ’ Belinda replied firmly , ‘ even as a friend . ’ |
| 17 | It is impossible , in many ways , for somebody who is erm on benefit and living in independent accommodation with a private landlord often it 's impossible for them to get a job and then cover their rent , so they ca n't get a job . |
| 18 | She wrote to him quite sharply , not caring who read her letter , that : — it is impossible for me to post a gun as you ought to know you foolish man for what would the post office officials think were I to turn up with a gun to send ? |
| 19 | It is impossible for me to work the way I want to work when she is on the stage . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is impossible for us to understand the conclusion , then , without realizing that it is false . |
| 23 | Precisely for this reason it is impossible for us to have an ideal plan . |
| 24 | Because they are experts and you are not it is easy for them to take the initiative . |
| 25 | if the student is going to pursue his work further , it is easy for him to insert the marker 's suggested changes if these are embedded within the document . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But it 's natural for them to lick a wound . |
| 28 | The man drew a hissing breath of impatience as he gritted , ‘ Tell your mother it 's imperative for me to reach the other side of the river . |
| 29 | So as you can see , it is imperative for us to attain a constant turnover to maximize profitability . ’ |
| 30 | When an organization invites the Prince or Princess of Wales to make a speech on their behalf , it is customary for them to write a draft , incorporating any appropriate facts and figures or particular message that they want conveyed in the speech . |