Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The human epiphanies are rather easier for us to understand . |
| 2 | It must have been rather unnerving for him to see his room thus turned upside down . |
| 3 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 4 | As you 've been reading this book God has been telling the Holy Spirit to make the bits that are especially important for you to stick in your mind . |
| 5 | ‘ I am delighted to record that the Group 's recovery has been sufficiently strong for us to undertake two acquisitions during the year , Sekers and Mercia Carpets ’ . |
| 6 | There are frequent outcrops of red sandstone and these are sufficiently soft for them to have needed to be reinforced with sections of red brickwork in many places . |
| 7 | ‘ Upon review of medical evidence regarding HIV and AIDS together with the evidence of the complainants , I am satisfied that the arguments as presented by the Crown with respect to the vitiation of consent to unprotected sex with the accused are sufficiently persuasive for me to conclude there is some evidence upon which a jury , properly instructed , could … convict of aggravated sexual assault . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps they are so anxious for everything to go well for their offspring that they insist on making all his decisions for him . |
| 9 | ‘ We are so grateful for what has been done for Sheng . ’ |
| 10 | Nor would it have been constitutionally possible for me to have become head of the Church of England . ’ |
| 11 | In any case , it would n't have been so easy for me to start again at something else . |
| 12 | It has been so rewarding for me to read about the happiness and freedom from the prison of obesity that is now enjoyed by so many . |
| 13 | I wish he would walk , he 's been so heavy for me to carry . |
| 14 | By the end of 1969 his success had been just sufficient for him to collect some sponsorship for 1970 , when he raced in a Lotus 59 . |
| 15 | I am not ready for him to achieve that moment of glory . |
| 16 | Shortly before Christmas and in the middle of correcting the proofs , he wrote to Rohde again : " The whole last part , which you do not know , will certainly astonish you ; I have been very daring , and I can cry out to myself in an altogether enormous sense , animam salvavi [ I have saved my soul ] ; for which reason I think of the book with great satisfaction and am not worried for it turns out to cause the greatest possible offence and in some quarters a " cry of outrage " greets its publication . |
| 17 | Parents have a wholly understandable desire for their children to be happy , so ( not surprisingly ) signs of discontent , sadness and storm and stress , are not easy for them to bear . |
| 18 | But these resources are not sufficient for them to reach their migratory goal and it is assumed that they die before the journey is complete . |
| 19 | We 're also happy for you to charter independently . |
| 20 | I am not decrying Sara in any way when I say it might have been more sensible for us to choose the leader . ’ |
| 21 | It has been more difficult for it to investigate the non-physical nature of prehistoric society . |
| 22 | Horses also use other forms of communication , but they are more difficult for us to understand . |
| 23 | I am deeply sorry for what happened , but she had caused us all terrible unhappiness and worry . ’ |
| 24 | Those of us who live in north-east Kent have always believed that there should be a fast link , and we have been perfectly happy for it to go through south London , to where our constituents who will benefit from the link wish to travel . |
| 25 | And in 1944 when Cole wrote his book as part of the Movement 's centenary tribute to the Rochdale Pioneers , when Consumers ' Co-operation could still look back on many decades of unbroken success , it would have been as natural for him to suppose that the Pioneers had in this respect been mistaken and that their mistake stood in need of explanation . |
| 26 | There were some mornings , Monday mornings in particular , when it would have been as quick for him to walk to the main gates and then catch an internal minibus to his office block . |
| 27 | But it 's been really hard for her to juggle . |
| 28 | Up to this stage it will have been fairly easy for them to break off their activities should the occasion demand it . |
| 29 | It would be professionally improper for them to interest themselves in the social or leisure activities of their pupils ; and it would be unsuitable to their professionalism if they were involved in purely supervisory or ancillary duties , which are carried out , where necessary , by unqualified assistants . |
| 30 | As the hon. Gentleman has said , Mrs. X has indicated that she may be taking proceedings further , so it would be most improper for me to go into too much detail on this case . |