Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] is for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's astonishing how easy it is for us grown-ups to lose touch with the ability to shake off our responsibilities and inhibitions . |
| 2 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 3 | I want him to know how futile it is for him to try and escape my influence … " |
| 4 | She said this with a certain violence , and Clara 's attention quickened , for she thought she was about to witness the emergence of one of the buried conflicts of which she had heard so much : but Mrs Denham said quickly , " For goodness sake , Clelia , you know how good it is for me to have James around , it takes me back to those lovely days when you were all so small and docile . " |
| 5 | You should know how lonely it is for us . ’ |
| 6 | I can tell him how important it is for us to have a home of our own . |
| 7 | Broadly speaking , the higher a person is in the management structure , the more essential it is for him or her to be given work when it is available . |
| 8 | I 've got a sale to go to at nine , and you know how difficult it is for me to get back to sleep once I 've been woken . ’ |
| 9 | The larger the number of firms already supplying a market and the more difficult it is for them to collude , the more competition there is likely to be . |
| 10 | ‘ The more radical the slogans , the more difficult it is for us the day after in the corridors of power in Moscow . ’ |
| 11 | Unfortunately many employees also know how difficult it is for us to stop them simply imposing changes without agreement from the people that are affected . |
| 12 | A sense which can work against his best interests — for I need not repeat how much I respect Amaryllis , how entirely delightful and suitable I find her and how wonderfully rare she is for me who has — as man to man I can tell you what you must guess — several times been urged to marry . |
| 13 | Now at the bottom of your sheet , shh , shh , I , there are two boxes , one is for me to scribble in , the other one is for you to write neatly in , I 'm the only one here who 's allowed to scribble . |
| 14 | It just shows , I think , how vigilant Councillors need to be when you get all these documents , and you do get many of them if you 're a District County Councillor , and how necessary it is for you to read them and study them and to remember because these things are very very important when they 're put in when it goes to higher authority at that time . |
| 15 | Can you imagine how bitter it is for me to have to write that sentence ? |