Example sentences of "[vb infin] been [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It would have been easy for any of them to say : ‘ I 'm swimming for shore , it 's every man for himself ’ sort of thing , but they did n't . |
2 | It can not have been easy for either of them . |
3 | It could not have been easy for these men to deliver flocks and herds safely to their destination and the advent of motor transport must have been a blessing to animals . |
4 | Neither of us mentioned it : it would have been intolerable for either of us to accept that he was losing his grip . |
5 | The degree of colonic bioavailability might have been insufficient for other reasons . |
6 | Many of the country lanes were so narrow that it would not have been possible for two vehicles to pass each other , but after half an hour , they cut into the main road that ran south from Cherbourg to Carentan . |
7 | ‘ It would have been possible for one of w to have poisoned his food , perhaps . |
8 | It would have been possible for British Aerospace to manufacture the wings and for Rolls-Royce to manufacture the engines . |
9 | On the other hand , Kemp was a lightly-built , light-boned man , and it would have been possible for most people here , let us say — anyone reasonably mobile , reasonably fit — to have moved that body at least some small distance . |
10 | Because of that prominence , it proved difficult to develop that element of compromise and bargaining which would have been essential for integrative success . |
11 | I 'm ten years older now , and in retrospect I see that if Francesca had lived we would n't have been right for each other . ’ |
12 | The effects of the full implementation of the changes would have been substantial for particular areas and many small businesses would have been badly affected . |
13 | It must be noted however that Alliance and UPNI supporters were also responsible for about 1,300 non-transferable votes and it would have been necessary for these either to have remained non-transferable or to have favoured SDLP as much as UUUC for those votes to have had no effect on the relative position of SDLP and VUPP . |
14 | So I doubt if our hero would have been good for many heroics after swigging that . |
15 | In the yard at the back , a slow burning bon fire added to the pong which could not have been good for those living nearby . |
16 | She must have been asleep for some hours when the sound of her opening bedroom door penetrated her dreams and brought her instantly awake . |
17 | The flapping of their wings and the strange cries they make would indeed have been eerie for those who Mew nothing of bird migration . |
18 | Lady Street had returned to what must have been normal for any morning at this time ; the delivery vans had gone , there was sporadic traffic in the one-way street , and people had no time to stand about gawping at the bookshop though they slowed their pace in passing and tried to look in without appearing to do so . |
19 | Their mutual nature also explains why , until 1983 , the Building Societies ' Association ( BSA ) was able to operate a system of ‘ recommended ( interest ) rates ’ , a form of cartel which would have been illegal for public companies . |
20 | Since the end of Athens ' archaic war with Eleusis it would have been absurd for any deme of Attica to think of rivalling Athens . |
21 | Just a few months ago walking like this would have been impossible for 12 year old Ashley Smith . |
22 | Life , in fact , would have been impossible for most higher forms , with only the hardiest microbes surviving . |
23 | Its sudden arrival on the scene must have been embarrassing for those who have been trying to deny that federalism was on the agenda . |
24 | If the proposals which I put forward on behalf of the Conservative group had been adopted , £15,000 not £1,500 would have been available for practical environmental issues this year . |
25 | If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time . |
26 | Frank and Wallerstein 's versions of the international division of labour may have been accurate for some countries during some periods , but the re-formation of capitalism on a global scale in the latter part of the twentieth century has rendered it increasingly less so . |
27 | It is extremely difficult to tame and its shyness , combined with its great ferocity when cornered , suggests that it would have been troublesome for early man to domesticate . |
28 | The Queen 's Press Secretary , Charles Anson , has apologised to the Queen and the Duchess of York for a row after the announcement of the Yorks ' separation which suggested that the Duchess may have been unsuitable for Royal life . |
29 | Ashton thus created a special style fur a particular character which summed up — as it were — her whole being , but which would have been unsuitable for any other ballet . |
30 | It would have been unthinkable for former premier Margaret Thatcher to go to America without being received by then-president Ronald Reagan amid tributes to the two country 's ‘ special relationship ’ . |