Example sentences of "[is] [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |
| 2 | We have n't even got a system , as far as I understand it , that 's compatible , so that it 's possible for me to send my reading lists to , for instance , so they can be picked up by the library . |
| 3 | I think that 's diff you see I , I do n't think that 's possible for everybody to keep in touch with everybody else , I think you 've got to have one person , that everybody looks to , to say , right |
| 4 | Can I ask , Mr Chairman , if it 's possible for us to have a copy of the reports ? |
| 5 | Nobody and I do n't ever think people will bring up somebody else 's the same as they would their selves , I , I do n't think it 's possible for anybody to do it , I mean look at Julia when she was a , that childminder with that Kerry |
| 6 | Again it is unnecessary for him to explain his reluctance to respond in the circumstances to the hope of this reviewer that he would again delight us with an introduction of the wide sweep of brilliance with which he embellished Volume II . |
| 7 | I very much doubt , though it is unnecessary for me to decide the point , that the use of the plural in paragraph 12 was intended to connote different defendants in several different unconsolidated actions , since there was only one single action in being in the Kalfelis case , and paragraph 13 ( not quoted above ) would seem to envisage a claim by the same plaintiff , unlike the present litigation where there are a very large number of different plaintiff banks in different actions . |
| 8 | In those circumstances it is unnecessary for me to discuss the rival contentions of fact or to reach any conclusion upon whether , if Winchester had been enabled to make representations before 30 October , those representations would have made any difference . |
| 9 | It is normal for me to report to the Council 's Planning Committee the end of year disease statistics and any recommendations which might be necessary in line with the management strategy . |
| 10 | If the official receiver has a number of general proxies given to him , it is usual for him to vote with these proxies in accordance with the wishes of the majority as expressed at the meeting itself or by virtue of special proxies lodged . |
| 11 | It is usual for them to come in two equal length pieces to fit a central ferrule . |
| 12 | It 's right for us to live where we do , between land and water . |
| 13 | It 's normal for you to feel flattered by his attentions , as you must be feeling lonely after the loss of your husband , but your son-in-law should know better . |
| 14 | The probability is low for it to move a long distance at more than the speed of light , but it can go faster than light for just far enough to get out of the black hole , and then go slower than light . |
| 15 | In a small school it is possible for everyone to start their different distances together . |
| 16 | If however a special diet has been recommended by the doctor , you should of course see that it is possible for her to adhere strictly to this , and if she is amongst those who enjoy various products from Health Food shops she should not be criticised for having fads . |
| 17 | Once a scientist has universal laws and theories at his disposal , it is possible for him to derive from them various consequences that serve as explanations and predictions . |
| 18 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 19 | Once man has habituated himself to the world of emotions which is a form of the transcendent , it is possible for him to cross into it at will . |
| 20 | Low-rise houses , on the contrary , can be improved and extended by their occupants as and when it is possible for them to do so . |
| 21 | I hesitate to use adjectives as to what they would be like if they did n't spend at that level , but we believe it is possible for them to do so and there is something wrong with their spending levels if they do n't do it . |
| 22 | When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil . |
| 23 | Members of congress , by contrast , enjoy great power without responsibility ; it is possible for them to wallow in carping criticism and to engage in other negative tactics free from the anxiety of ever having to shoulder the responsibility for government — a burden that the president can not escape . |
| 24 | What emerges from this example is that there can be situations of moral dilemma which impose limits on what it is possible for someone to do . |
| 25 | It is possible for you to insure against loss of income through disablement or illness , but not against redundancy . |
| 26 | BELVILLE : Do you think it is possible for you to love me preferably to any other of my sex ? |
| 27 | At this time of year , mid-Autumn , the snow has usually not arrived in Tromsø and it is possible for you to have the hills to yourself in Tromsdalen or , better , in Lyngen , but this year there was already a metre of the stuff down at sea level . |
| 28 | It is possible for you to gain the former ( knowledge of Napoleon III 's rule , for instance ) and not the latter ( appreciating the various factors in his rise to power , the expansionist nature of his economic policy and the paternalism of his social policy , etc . |
| 29 | Then we need to see that as Jesus prayed for it , it is possible for it to occur ! |
| 30 | Although in some countries participation in practical work is restricted ( because of employment regulations , for example ) , in most places it is possible for anyone to become involved in some aspect of archaeology . |