Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] be for [pron] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 We do not know what legal or moral basis there was for it .
2 The same day , Mobutu warned the conference against this course , asserting in a statement read on national radio that under the present Constitution it was for him to appoint the head of government .
3 What a terrible thing it is for our literary establishment to be peopled by degenerates like this , he felt .
4 Whatever the uncertainties of the precise dates , events and social connections in Rolle 's life it is clear from external and internal evidence that he felt increasingly compelled towards a solitary life because it facilitated contemplative inner life which was for him the reality to be cultivated above all other .
5 ‘ She 's very clever , ’ William said at once , ‘ making lovely shoes she is for them actresses in the theatre . ’
  Next page