Example sentences of "[vb base] it [is] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They say it is unjust for the publicans and bad for the pubs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They say it 's good for children to grow up with pets around them . |
| 7 | They let all the big companies go round digging holes in the road , and when people fall in and complain they say it 's all for their own good , and after a while they hope the people will revolt so they can give the police guns and thin out the population , and then they 'll have a police state — which is what they 've always wanted — and the rich will be able to live in peace . ’ |
| 8 | But the Mohammedians say it 's impossible for Jesus to be the son of God because did n't have a wife , and it 's as simple That 's ex that 's exactly how the Islamics view it . |
| 9 | An inquest has been told how an elderley man died from the treatment he was taking for his athletes foot.John Ellis took a revolutionary new drug for his condition , after years of suffering.But within a couple of months , he died from liver failure.But the makers of the drug say it 's safe for most people , and it wo n't be withdrawn.Chris Moore reports . |
| 10 | ‘ I imagine it is impossible for just anyone to come in here to see your work , as I have ? ’ |
| 11 | Once an infection takes hold it is difficult for antibiotics to destroy all the bacteria , so some survive to start more trouble later . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ That you wear it is sufficient for my purpose . |
| 15 | 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 … |
| 16 | " But we know it is difficult for foreigners in Egypt to deal with all the many problems . |
| 17 | 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 ! |
| 18 | In spite of himself Joe was impressed by the earnestness in Chris 's voice and said less forcefully , ‘ I know it 's easy for me to talk , I 've never been in this situation , but what 's going to happen ? |
| 19 | Most people want to like art — they know it 's good for you , or at any rate looks good on you — but face to face with a great painting they feel like gate-crashers at a Mayfair reception . |
| 20 | Oh gosh , that 's good for you , you know it 's good for your co-ordination . |
| 21 | Now I know it 's traditional for Daleswomen not to have an interest in politics , but our family was Liberal by and large . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , Maud , ’ pleaded Mildred , ‘ I know it 's hard for you to believe me , but that frog in the pond really is a magician and he can only be changed back by another magician . |
| 23 | I know it 's different for men . |
| 24 | ‘ Serve the Captain first — and do n't give me any , you know it 's bad for me , not more than a taste , one slice — that 's enough ! |
| 25 | I know it 's bad for you , but what is n't these days ? ’ |
| 26 | Time Out publisher Tony Elliott , who is chairman of the TV Listings Campaign lobby group , says : ‘ We ended with a decision which was very favourable to us — about £1,000 a year for Time Out — and we know it 's unrealistic for us to complain , although a large number of publishers believe this information should be completely free . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I know it 's difficult for you , living in a world of make-believe as you obviously do . |
| 28 | I know it 's disturbing for people to watch these attacks . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But usually I decide it 's OK for them , but not for me — I could n't bear it , I 'd feel fat . |