Example sentences of "[verb] it is [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 Some say it is good for the Prime Minister to mix with the crowd and others that for a Prime Minister it is less than dignified .
2 Senior sources say it is appropriate for Whitbread to move away from being a family-dominated group , saddled with an arcane share structure , in 1992 , its 250th anniversary .
3 They say it is unjust for the publicans and bad for the pubs .
4 Professor Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson , of Manchester University , say it is vital for Britain 's economic future that more young people are persuaded to stay at school after 16 .
5 With all these people formally involved it is easy for one group to lose touch or fall behind with information from other groups , and in some cases numbers become unwieldy and the investigators start tripping over each other and duplicating effort .
6 When that happens it is rare for the band to win the resulting battle and emerge unscathed .
7 When addressing the problem of Germany 's pre-eminent economic power , he either just says it is good for Europe or he says , ‘ I think our neighbours should overcome the tendency to think in terms of nation-states ’ , while the same thought is expressed by one academic : ‘ in many ways , it no longer makes sense to talk about Germany as a distinct national unit ’ .
8 The council , backing the " polluter must pay " argument , says it is unfair for householders to bear the brunt of the cost ; a tax should be levied on pesticide manufacturers , it argues , and motorists should pay for road drainage through the car licence duty .
9 To say this would be to deny the universality of what Professor A. J. Ayer says it is natural for us to assume , namely that we use the same word in different situations because we have noticed a distinctive common feature .
10 He says it is natural for an artist to be concerned with the environment , as he 's exposed to it so often when working outside .
11 When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil .
12 ‘ I imagine it is impossible for just anyone to come in here to see your work , as I have ? ’
13 In that case until the goods are ascertained it is impossible for risk to pass .
14 Once an infection takes hold it is difficult for antibiotics to destroy all the bacteria , so some survive to start more trouble later .
15 As an adjunct to assertion and challenge it is vital for teachers , both individually and collectively , within the school and externally , to be able to clarify the whole structure of the demand/limitation framework within which they are working .
16 It provides an effective descant over voices , and can sound languid and restful , especially when unaccompanied in its bottom octave , rising from middle C. In its middle register it is useful for teaching new tunes or doubling the melody line .
17 Because of this , it is very important not to talk to other people about anyone you know who has HIV or AIDS — unless that person has said it is alright for other people to know .
18 Apple Computer Inc chief John Sculley reckons it is essential for the head of a computer company to have a clear grasp of technological directions and acknowledged that it took him several years before he felt confident to take strategic decisions .
19 Parsytec reckons it is ideal for bank , insurance , legal , database and government operations where it can be used to automate the keying in of information for processing , archival and retrieval .
20 Legal aid is a fundamental part of our system of justice , and we do not believe it is proper for the Lord chancellor to make drastic reductions in it through Regulations , particularly in view of the entirely inadequate consultation on his proposals .
21 This survey shows it is possible for sufferers to help themselves effectively as our programme has proved .
22 If the review shows it is feasible for the work to be done outside the ES , the market testing process is taken to another stage .
23 ‘ That you wear it is sufficient for my purpose .
24 Once a DC is agreed it is possible for work to commence .
25 This is proved by a letter from one Mr. Wildhagen to Sir William le Fleming and dated the 19 October 1721 : " hellip ; your honr know it is impossible for the men to work att your Fells of Conistone in the winter season for long as their houses are unbuilt , they haveing so far to come and go to thir lodgings …
26 " But we know it is difficult for foreigners in Egypt to deal with all the many problems .
27 I know it is hard for those of you travelling a long way , but it is very disconcerting for the poor teacher to have a steady trickle of latecomers all through the lesson — particularly when most of the latecomers are not the people who have travelled furthest !
28 Since each department is responsible for its own buying it is difficult for the store to buy in bulk , and thus cheaply
29 The problem is that when a parent is feeling depressed or overwrought it is difficult for them to think of alternative strategies .
30 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 .
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