Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it were possible for you to decide that one of these options , one to eight , were to suit your regular and usual purposes at these meetings for general discussion then that obviously would be both a saving in erm time and labour and is one of the reasons why one installs computerized equipment so that you do n't er then have to do it all manually as well . |
| 2 | I wish it were possible for you to come away with me . ’ |
| 3 | I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory . |
| 4 | He was n't a very good poet , I do n't think , but it was nice for him to see his poems printed for once . |
| 5 | Eileen 's commanding officer took them to a room and gave them tea , and tried to explain to them that it was better for her to remain . |
| 6 | It 's not my family you know , ’ because it was better for her to stop . |
| 7 | Schiller had pleaded , once again going through the many reasons why it was right for him to gain a seat on the council . |
| 8 | I explained that we men were ready to stay if the meeting felt it was right for us to do so . |
| 9 | It was illegal for him to enter into such an agreement . |
| 10 | It was illegal for him to enter into such an agreement . |
| 11 | ‘ It was crucial for us to secure this contract . |
| 12 | ‘ But both Graham and I knew it was impractical for me to continue in the job and remain as manager of Exeter . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The cases in which the principle has been applied are cases in which the nature , scope and purpose of the function vested in the repository made it unlikely that Parliament intended that it was to be exercised by the repository personally because administrative necessity indicated that it was impractical for him to act otherwise than through his officers or officers responsible to him . |
| 14 | It was easy for them to feel that they were struggling to restrain their ally from some madcap act . |
| 15 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 16 | It was easy for me to pretend to be in love with the Princess . |
| 17 | It was easy for me to summon up this everyday vision , because whenever I sat on the toilet the hem was stretched between my calves , and if I leant forward it was always the salient object in my view . |
| 18 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 19 | Joe wrote nearly every day to Sarah , enclosing the letters in an envelope addressed to Maureen , and now it was easy for her to deliver them . |
| 20 | And it was simple for you to take a holiday ? ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | When Daniel saw his wife coming towards the cubicle to offer comfort where he could n't he flailed his arms and drove her away , leaving Mrs Marriott to cry on , not even telling himself it was good for her to cry , since how could he know , how could he imagine ? |
| 23 | So it was good for me to imagine Freddie sitting there . |
| 24 | Chris Law , who had calculated it was possible for him to stay in the series , led the fleet after a blinding first beat sailed in a wind of 20 knots . |
| 25 | Thus it was possible for him to find his own men in the army which he was attacking . |
| 26 | I did n't think it was possible for somebody to stand in the middle of the fairway and say it 's an iron of any description . |
| 27 | Alexandra wondered if there was a feature in it : successful younger women , the varied careers it was possible for them to take up these days , the chances they had to rise to the top in their chosen professions , whether or not those professions were less orthodox than the ones chosen by their male counterparts . |
| 28 | For this reason she remained at Saint Cloud while the Ministers remained in Paris , since it was possible for them to consult the Regent if they thought it necessary . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | At last it was possible for them to achieve absolute precision . |