Example sentences of "[conj] it was [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge Lauterpacht however felt that extension of the Organisation 's powers could only be justified where it was necessary for the performance of its functions and , in this instance , was caused by South Africa 's non-performance of its obligations . |
| 2 | A new poll commissioned by the Birth Control Trust showed that 82pc of people in the province thought abortion should be legal where it was necessary for the physical or mental health of the woman . |
| 3 | Although it was convenient for the government to appear to be quite separate from Haketa , the relationship was so close that in practice it would be accurate to describe the organisation as an officially sanctioned and sponsored ‘ tame ’ pressure group . |
| 4 | And so the Western machine , although it was responsible for the growth of science , could claim no exclusive ownership of it : it belongs to and supports the materialistic world of modernity , not a particular political or economic system . |
| 5 | ‘ May I observe that this is a rather strange sort of idleness … ’ and he went on to admit that , although it was difficult for him to defend his present way of life , there was purpose in it , even if that purpose was an obscure one . |
| 6 | And although it was customary for the same actor to double as Mr Darling and Captain Hook the way St Ives played them there seemed little difference between the two — he romped in the nursery and he sky-larked aboard the Jolly Roger . |
| 7 | They were also responsible for their own medication — although it was common for users , families to ask staff to remind individuals to take it . |
| 8 | He had insisted on living in Auckland Castle though some people said that it was absurd for the Bishop of Durham to be saddled with such a pile . |
| 9 | Even he had been forced to admit that it was strange for so lovely a young woman to be leading a life devoid of romance . |
| 10 | Mr Laws contended that paragraph 16(2) did limit the doctor 's right to provide treatment by another deputy ; that it was legitimate for the FPC to take into account the doctor 's reasonable needs for time off duty for relaxation and rest , the advantages of continuity of patient care and the paragraph 16 obligation to give personal treatment . |
| 11 | He told me that it was necessary for them to start praying at home every day . |
| 12 | Indeed , it is difficult to justify many of the cases where tapping is strongly suspected on the ground that it was necessary for the detection of really serious crime or to deal with major subversion , even allowing for the very wide definition of subversion announced by Lord Harris of Greenwich in 1975 when he said that |
| 13 | Councillors had an understandable reluctance to commit themselves to a political course which would deprive them of access to patronage , and it was for this reason that it was necessary for politicians to provide demonstrations of power . |
| 14 | It also requires showing that it was necessary for such behaviour and beliefs to have been formerly defined as crimes . |
| 15 | Under this enforced regimen of quiet and rest , he came to understand that it was necessary for him to retire a little from the active life in which he had previously been engaged ; he told William Turner Levy that he would have to learn to concentrate his time and energy upon his real work . |
| 16 | He reiterated his belief that it was necessary for Czechoslovakia " to remain a common state for both nations " and for the " rapid and extensive transformation of our economy " to be continued . |
| 17 | The King afterwards explained his sudden decision in a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury ‘ When I realized how serious the situation both political and financial had become , I felt that it was necessary for me to be in close touch with my Prime Minister and of course he could n't come here . ’ |
| 18 | It is a defence to show that it was necessary for the defendant to enter the plaintiff 's land . |
| 19 | The government 's view was that it was necessary for JMB to continue in operation to maintain international confidence in the banking system and in the London gold market . |
| 20 | Rachel was undeniably wonderful with the baby ; and took such joy from having Maggie with her that it was impossible for even Phoebe to feel much guilt about the times when she was free . |
| 21 | He wrote : ‘ The gods seem to have possessed my soul and turned it inside out … so that it was impossible for me to stay idle at home . ’ |
| 22 | The immediate application of this engine was in pumping water out of mine workings , which had often become so badly flooded that it was impossible for them to be worked , and pumps driven by waterwheels were unequal to the huge drainage problems . |
| 23 | And I thought you felt as I did , that it was impossible for you to have a child . ’ |
| 24 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 25 | While accepting that Roman Catholicism contained many errors and abuses , they denied that the pope was the Antichrist and that it was impossible for Catholics to attain salvation . |
| 26 | I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week . |
| 27 | Like its owner , it was short and stubby , not long like the young man 's , but thick , so thick that it was impossible for most women to put their hand round it . |
| 28 | One young woman stated that it was impossible for her to come off and stay off while her partner was still using : |
| 29 | We do not need to be told that the factory girls were probably doing their best to make sure that it was impossible for her to pass without brushing against them , and that this would be construed as an insult . |
| 30 | His purpose was to demonstrate not that the earth did spin but that it was impossible for human reason to prove that it did not . |