Example sentences of "it be for [pron] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , now that I am here and can have the tale formally , direct from the prior , it 's for me to join him in sending word to the bishop .
2 The specimen may be of blood or urine , but it is for me to decide which .
3 Parliament has placed the primary responsibility for their enforcement on local authorities and it is for them to decide their own course of action .
4 It is clearly laid down in the Act that it is for them to consider whether or not the nuisance exists , whether or not it has been abated , and whether it still exists , and , if it does , it is for them to consider which of the requirements of the abatement notice are to be carried out or how otherwise the nuisance is to be abated .
5 It is for them to accept your instructions in this matter .
6 The older the child is the harder it is for him to overcome his difficulty , but there are courses and there are techniques available which definitely do help children to overcome their problems with reading and with spelling and with language as a whole .
7 Unfortunately many employees also know how difficult it is for us to stop them simply imposing changes without agreement from the people that are affected .
8 The fitter we become and the more energy we expend on a regular basis , the easier it is for us to maintain our new figure .
9 Each image is like a candle and it is for us to embroider our minds so that they are like the constellations of the heavens — Rumi 's harvest of stars .
10 You do n't know Stella , what er a delight it is for us to have you .
11 ‘ All right , well I have told you that the facts are for you ; you have seen all the witnesses in the case , you have heard them and it is for you to assess their evidence and to decide which of them you believe , if any , which of them you disbelieve , if any .
12 It just shows , I think , how vigilant Councillors need to be when you get all these documents , and you do get many of them if you 're a District County Councillor , and how necessary it is for you to read them and study them and to remember because these things are very very important when they 're put in when it goes to higher authority at that time .
13 The more people who stand firm the harder it is for anyone to whisk it away . ’
14 No , it was for himself to protect his dallta , as usual .
15 They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do .
16 At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it .
17 Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen .
18 She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone .
19 He knew how easy it was for someone to conceal himself amongst the clutter of hanging garments , unseen and unsuspected , while even grown-ups went about their business in ignorance of his presence .
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