Example sentences of "it is [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Italy young women live with their families ; it is unheard-of for them to leave home . ’ |
| 2 | Barbara has always known what emotion it is appropriate for her to feel . |
| 3 | That being so , it is appropriate for us to act in a similar way . |
| 4 | That is why I think it is good for me to go back to Scotland to remember that there is a world outside London and television . |
| 5 | It is good for me to get out and do the shopping ; I enjoy that bit of fresh air every day , and it is something I have got to do because this is when I meet people . |
| 6 | It is foolhardy for you to play around with your dog 's diet when he is known to have had urolithiasis . |
| 7 | There is no shortage of advice available to local authorities to enable them to decide whether , in uncertain circumstances , it is politic for them to seek to start proceedings , whether criminal or civil . |
| 8 | It is essential for us to improve the funeral profession 's awareness of the benefits of embalming and I would urge that the Members of this Institute , through the offices of public relations continue to provide platforms to promote the Science of Embalming . |
| 9 | It is cheaper for them to get a garden fork and go out digging for their own . ’ |
| 10 | Clearly , it is cheaper for them to operate like this because they do not have regular wage bills to pay . |
| 11 | But Yanek said , " I have thought about it , Grandfather , and I think it is right for me to go . " |
| 12 | I think it is right for me to receive the report and then to examine it . |
| 13 | Sometimes Bentham is represented as having held a significantly different view from that just described , according to which an action which it is right for me to do at any moment is either one which produces a greater surplus of pleasure over pain than any alternative action then open to me ( in which case it is the one right action ) or produces as great a surplus as any alternative ( in which case it is a right action ) , while all actions not thus right are wrong . |
| 14 | What can be said for them is that if the High Priest is acting in the fullest awareness at present attainable by his people , it is right for him to perform the sacrifice , just as it would be right for a Western onlooker to try to dissuade him ; he is not like a Nazi who has voluntarily shut himself off from the knowledge of biology and history and the personal sensitivity attained by the culture of the Weimar Republic . |
| 15 | Although I accept that it is right for us to do that , a counterbalance should be a more effective way of scrutinising affirmative and negative orders . |
| 16 | By far the most important provision of the Gas Safety ( Installation and Use ) Regulations for the home plumber is that it is illegal for anyone to carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting who is not ‘ competent ’ to do so . |
| 17 | Remember it is illegal for anyone to use a metal detector on a scheduled ancient monument unless permission has been obtained from the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 18 | At many clubs it is compulsory for everyone to have at least one dual flight at the beginning of the season before flying solo again . |
| 19 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . |
| 20 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . ’ |
| 21 | Surely it is better for them to strive to be literate than to engage themselves in the fruitless task of emulating the speech of the hearing . |
| 22 | ‘ It is better for us to say we are going to have to institute a series of strict priorities . |
| 23 | if the driver is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his control or it is necessary for him to stop in order to avoid an accident- or |
| 24 | They include power to enter , at any reasonable time , any premises which he has reason to believe it is necessary for him to enter for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the legal provisions within the field of responsibility of his enforcing authority . |
| 25 | What we have said what members have already resolved is that they do not believe that it is necessary for him to intervene . |
| 26 | Consequently it is necessary for him to provide her with feedback so that she is aware that her opinion is duly considered . |
| 27 | So money can be found when the Government feel that it is necessary for them to sustain their vote throughout the country . |
| 28 | It explains how , from a very early age , it is necessary for everybody to experience stressful situations as a preparation for later years , and how parents and teachers , through their own behaviour , can help the child . |
| 29 | I do not believe that it is necessary for me to put into words the outrage of the House |
| 30 | I would also advise that prior to commencing negotiations on the matter of a new working pattern , also discussed at the meeting , it is necessary for me to formulate proposals . |