Example sentences of "[noun sg] that it was [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 It is no mere epilogue , but a striking demonstration that it was possible for men and women to co-operate in the printing trade .
2 In a fine speech that preceded the president 's , Colin Powell , the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , said in essence that it was wrong for servicemen to hold back respect for their commander-in-chief simply because of what he did long ago .
3 Well , my Lord , the plaintiff 's case would be that had the solicitor ascertained from the plaintiff that it was alright for him to just check with the bank this could easily have been done , and if the bank had given authority by the plaintiff for .
4 All items had to be packed so that they weighed less than twenty-two pounds and sometimes there were so many parcels filling the room that it was impossible for other customers to pass through the door ; the postmaster would then telephone the Newtown depot to request a special van to come and collect them .
5 This talk , too , was very much influenced by French fashions and preoccupations ; and from it Zeinab acquired the notion that it was possible for a single woman to set up house on her own .
6 She had a feeling of being carried such distances by the water that it was impossible for any more harm to come to her .
7 He reiterated his belief that it was necessary for Czechoslovakia " to remain a common state for both nations " and for the " rapid and extensive transformation of our economy " to be continued .
8 Their belief that it was possible for the individual to maintain a direct , unmediated relationship with the state made their position additionally vulnerable .
9 Mr Justice Garland ruled last week that it was impossible for the former officers to receive a fair trial because of the saturation publicity that followed the release of the six , two years ago .
10 He arranged as quickly as possible for the vault under the House of Lords to be vacated by its tenant and the news that it was available for renting to be passed to the associates of Guy Fawkes .
11 Indeed , it is difficult to justify many of the cases where tapping is strongly suspected on the ground that it was necessary for the detection of really serious crime or to deal with major subversion , even allowing for the very wide definition of subversion announced by Lord Harris of Greenwich in 1975 when he said that
12 Councillors had an understandable reluctance to commit themselves to a political course which would deprive them of access to patronage , and it was for this reason that it was necessary for politicians to provide demonstrations of power .
13 Site value rating would tax ‘ the market rental of each site on the assumption that it was available for the most profitable permissible development ’ ( Layfield 1976 : 170 ) .
14 And maybe then you would like to see society move towards a situation in which the role of women was recognised in such a way that it was possible for them to leave their babies in creches , would you , or
15 There would certainly be some , including many of considerable eminence , who would not find it easy to assent unquestioningly to the proposition that it was constitutional for Parliament to ignore the terms of union at will .
16 The profusion of newer universities have taken to offering franchised versions of their courses at further education colleges , while breaking with the tradition that it was unbecoming for a university to do anything so crass as advertising its wares .
17 If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in .
18 The Fao area was repaired to the extent that it was possible for loading to be resumed at a restored Mina al-Bakr terminal .
19 Richard Baxter 's view that it was advantageous for a pastor to be celibate in order to give himself fully to the work of the ministry was well known .
20 It is fair to say that the greatest violators of human rights across the world are terrorists , but I stressed the fact that it was important for the Government of India to be more open in dealing with the accusations .
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