Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [adv] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the reaction that we are getting , it is probably not for us to defend our policy — it is more for the Opposition to tell us how darkness , secrecy and the protection of a closed professional world will serve the public good in education . |
| 2 | It is quite enough for me to try to grasp the way in which God has disclosed himself to us . |
| 3 | But it is really not for him to argue the case about taxes because , as we well know — Opposition Members do not like that . |
| 4 | Despite recession , the pre-tax total of £801 million was just £151 million short of the record profits struck in 1989 and the new chairman , Sir Robin Ibbs , said : ‘ One has to be a super pessimist to think the current year will be worse than the last one , ’ though he warned that ‘ it is too soon for me to predict the extent or timing of the recovery ’ . |
| 5 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
| 6 | Mrs Harvey , a churchwarden who runs a firm of outfitters in Ludlow , Shropshire , said : ‘ It is all over for me now . |
| 7 | We are Muslims and my husband is my cousin , so from the point of view of tradition it is all right for me to marry him . |
| 8 | ‘ It is all right for us , it is the younger generation I feel sorry for , ’ a Devonshire councillor told her companion . |
| 9 | He is still there for me . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , 't is all right for you to be superior … ’ |