Example sentences of "[pron] is [adj] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I already had a mailing list of over 7000 people , which is healthy for someone who is n't a household name , and is a good base for putting out a single , if those people then go and buy it . |
| 2 | With the advent of punk music in 1977 I transferred my energies and enthusiasm from the military and spent a lot of time dressing up and putting Vaseline in my hair , much to the annoyance of my house master , a quiet Benedictine who wrote on my term report , ‘ Christian seems to have developed a nihilistic attraction for punk rock , which is strange for somebody who avoids violence even on the rugby field . |
| 3 | While he was working for insurance brokers Alexander Howden ( running its 350-strong management services company , which is responsible for everything from staff canteen to computers and the chairman 's Rolls-Royce ) he decided he ‘ wanted to run a company from A-Z . |
| 4 | We 've now come to expect it of him , which is remarkable for someone so young and with very little experience . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ This one cost only 25,000 dollars , which is incredible for something sired by a champion sprinter . ’ |
| 6 | Many of the changes we have already discussed reflect a changed role for women , which is important for everyone 's experience of contemporary Britain . |
| 7 | Instead , one has to adopt the effective theory that one has free will and that one is responsible for one 's actions . |
| 8 | Although the latter cases are probably a diminishing minority , especially now that budgetary delegation under LMS has made it essential that heads in their turn delegate a greater proportion of their managerial functions to senior staff , our studies indicate a more general need for primary schools to continue to review the role of deputy headship , to define more exactly the range of tasks it is appropriate for someone at that level of seniority to undertake , and to ensure that all deputy heads have appropriate job specifications . |
| 9 | PC SASPAC is therefore not useful to someone who will want to study low-level data for a large number of counties , though it is suitable for someone who is only interested in one or two and not fond of computers ! |
| 10 | If they grow , then it is good for everyone . |
| 11 | It is essential for everyone — student , shop assistant or retail manager — to learn how to manage their money . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . |
| 16 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is necessary for everyone , male or female , to maintain adequate muscle strength . |
| 19 | It is necessary for everyone to stand up and be counted in a combined effort to make all MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates state their stance on free public access . |
| 20 | Once people have been diagnosed as suffering from food poisoning , or have been struck down by viral infactions and diseases caused by doubtful practices , it is necessary for somebody to step in and legislate for the industry . |
| 21 | At some point it is necessary for someone to provide clear guidelines regarding how others should interact with that child in order to promote learning and developmental changes most effectively . |
| 22 | Although this review has so far concentrated on those findings which reveal most clearly opposite visual hemifield superiorities for verbal and non-verbal ( especially visuo-spatial ) stimuli it is impossible for one familiar with work in this field not to be struck by the lability of the laterality effects reported ( Cohen , 1982 ) . |
| 23 | The Bishop quotes , with approval , G. Bennett on spider webs : It is impossible for one who has watched the work for many hours to have any doubt that neither the present spiders of this species nor their ancestors were ever the architects of the web or that it could conceivably have been produced step by step through random variation ; it would be as absurd to suppose that the intricate and exact proportions of the Parthenon were produced by piling together bits of marble . |
| 24 | ‘ It is impossible for someone to marry into the Royal Family and have separate but equal status . |
| 25 | Without proof of an undisclosed agreement , it is impossible for anyone to bring a successful prosecution . |
| 26 | But it is impossible for anyone to feel depressed for long at Liphook . |
| 27 | Well I think it is impossible for anyone to totally avoid bringing in their own values into work that they 're doing to some extent , but I think it is possible to deliberately set out to involve the values of other people in the way that you carry out the work . |
| 28 | There are very few cases in which it is automatic for one relative to offer support and unproblematic for the other to accept it . |
| 29 | Is all this easy , and does the book explain that it is easy for someone who is not Elizabeth Taylor to achieve this ? |
| 30 | They argue that it is easy for someone to appear to be above the age of 17 and say laws should be introduced that place less onus on the newsagent , who may be an innocent victim . |