Example sentences of "[adj] it is for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should have thought anyone with a grain of sensitivity would realise how painful it is for all of us to have this all raked up again . |
| 2 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
| 3 | The measures which we can use include indications that the animal is failing to cope with its environment ( with the difficulties which it encounters ) and measures of how hard it is for that individual to cope with the difficulties . |
| 4 | And Dr Neil and Matey — Miss Mates — taught me so much about … life … so much that is useful … and I learned how hard it is for most people to live even halfway decent lives … and now I am home again . ’ |
| 5 | In theory , the higher the pitch of a sound , the better it is for accurate sonar . |
| 6 | ‘ The figures are a movable feast , but they show how important it is for anonymised prevalence testing to get under way so we can get a true picture of infection in the population . ’ |
| 7 | I shall be dealing more fully with the use of the library in the next chapter , but I can not stress too strongly how important it is for all researchers to be knowledgeable about bibliographical sources and , sadly , how few social science undergraduates are actually taught the necessary skills . |
| 8 | With around 700 people a year dying in house fires , doctors from Cardiff Royal Infirmary stress how important it is for all homes to have smoke detectors . |
| 9 | A comparison of such different ballets as Enigma Variations , Fancy Free and The Rake 's Progress emphasises how important it is for young choreographers to remember that ballet is an art of the general as well as of the particular . |
| 10 | I wonder how important it is for those players because the the competition over here has its detractors , what about over there , I ca n't imagine the Italians being that bothered about doing well in this competition , certainly the gates over there do n't suggest that it 's that important ? |
| 11 | The level of provisions ‘ demonstrates the immense damage which is done by extreme economic cycles and just how important it is for this country to strive to secure steady growth on a low-inflationary basis ’ . |
| 12 | We all know how vital it is for good health . |
| 13 | Most of your colleagues will be parents or will know young people ; they will recognise how vital it is for these young people to leave school with relevant knowledge and appropriate skills and attitudes . |
| 14 | These results show how common it is for small mammals to become trapped in pitfalls , and although there is some selection in species trapped , depending on local circumstances , the degree of bias is less than might be expected . |
| 15 | The less upward social mobility is possible , the more visible class boundaries become , and the harder it is for energetic , ambitious and talented people from non-elite backgrounds to move into positions of power and prestige through their own efforts . |
| 16 | You know how difficult it is for two women to live together , especially if they 're mother and daughter . |
| 17 | The widespread unease with several of the measures proposed in the welfare reforms felt by many Conservative MPs , demonstrates how difficult it is for any government ( even one with a large parliamentary majority ) to reform the Welfare State . |
| 18 | For men under 20 , the job offer arrival rates are at least nine times higher than for men aged 55 and over ( at the mean wage ) , emphasising how difficult it is for older unemployed men to obtain a job . |
| 19 | and they 're not appreciating how difficult it is for some of them families to send them there . |
| 20 | How necessary it is for each one of us to apply the cross to our daily lives — to our giving to one another and to God of our money , our time , our talents . |
| 21 | But this shows how necessary it is for proud , independent , self-reliant people to be broken , re-educated , and redirected to walk in the ways of the Lord . |
| 22 | Thus , the more suitable the application is for bit-pattern index handling ( small numbers of possible attributes ) , the less suitable it is for inverted file handling . |