Example sentences of "[vb infin] [be] [adj] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It would have been possible for British Aerospace to manufacture the wings and for Rolls-Royce to manufacture the engines . |
2 | Because of that prominence , it proved difficult to develop that element of compromise and bargaining which would have been essential for integrative success . |
3 | I 'm ten years older now , and in retrospect I see that if Francesca had lived we would n't have been right for each other . ’ |
4 | Lady Street had returned to what must have been normal for any morning at this time ; the delivery vans had gone , there was sporadic traffic in the one-way street , and people had no time to stand about gawping at the bookshop though they slowed their pace in passing and tried to look in without appearing to do so . |
5 | Since the end of Athens ' archaic war with Eleusis it would have been absurd for any deme of Attica to think of rivalling Athens . |
6 | Just a few months ago walking like this would have been impossible for 12 year old Ashley Smith . |
7 | If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time . |
8 | It is extremely difficult to tame and its shyness , combined with its great ferocity when cornered , suggests that it would have been troublesome for early man to domesticate . |
9 | The Queen 's Press Secretary , Charles Anson , has apologised to the Queen and the Duchess of York for a row after the announcement of the Yorks ' separation which suggested that the Duchess may have been unsuitable for Royal life . |
10 | It would have been unthinkable for former premier Margaret Thatcher to go to America without being received by then-president Ronald Reagan amid tributes to the two country 's ‘ special relationship ’ . |
11 | Prior to 12th April , both women would have been eligible for free advice . |
12 | And so she threw herself at him , leaping for his throat , a tall , strong , totally desperate girl with nothing whatsoever to lose , who would have been hard for any man to handle , even a man as powerful and totally unchivalrous as Christie Goldsborough , had he not been ready for her . |
13 | Police said it 's possible he could have been responsible for two sex attacks in Berkshire … one in Maidenhead and one in Slough . |
14 | This is the last bond to be actively redeemed until 1957 when a minor flurry of interest in activating redemption might have been responsible for some bond buying-in activity , although the Club waited until 1983 for the total buying-in to take place . |
15 | Had local authorities still the influence over schools which was diminished by the Education Reform Act , it would have been commonplace for each authority to compare the performance of its own policies and of its own schools with a national standard . |
16 | A good quality tape-measure that will not stretch is necessary for general sewing use . |