Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it [was/were] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 2 | It also remained a source of controversy among the Canadian electorate , its supporters maintaining that it was essential for competing with the world 's other large trading blocs , while its opponents blamed it for Canada 's current economic malaise . |
| 3 | She had thought long and hard before deciding that it was best for him to hear it from her rather than risk it reaching him through the more sensational tabloids , but she had braced herself for an outburst of shock , anger , even disgust . |
| 4 | The Supreme Soviet also resolved on Oct. 25 to send a delegation of observers to the USSR Supreme Soviet 's Soviet of the Republics [ see below ] , noting that it was inexpedient for Ukraine to take part in inter-republican structures which could entail its forming part of another state . |
| 5 | Kisling , Lipchitz , Utrillo , all his friends were selling and it was bitter for him to realize that his work was not yet marketable , not to the public taste . |
| 6 | I was wondering whether it was common for women when they were found they were pregnant to talk amongst their women friends and really leave the men out of it as it were . |
| 7 | In considering whether it was reasonable for an applicant to continue to occupy accommodation in another country the local authority might take into account the custom and lifestyle in that country . |
| 8 | The poet 's wife tried to avoid going , by saying that it was late for the child and that she would have expected her husband not to be curious . |
| 9 | It also requires showing that it was necessary for such behaviour and beliefs to have been formerly defined as crimes . |
| 10 | The Jewish bodies turned the offer down flat , arguing that it was immoral for them to accept a loan which they had no reason to believe they would be able to repay . |
| 11 | I might vary this if one was arguing that it was easier for a chap in some circumstances to become a bomber pilot than it would be to become a fighter pilot , and I would concede that argument . |
| 12 | Soon she was leaving and it was easy for him to be charming . |
| 13 | She also felt somewhat pleased , feeling that it was better for Mrs Aggie to concentrate her collecting efforts in the nicer part of the town . |