Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No such assurances have been given by the Opposition because it is not possible for them to do so . |
| 2 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 3 | That afternoon he saw the King , who tried to dissuade him , but , as lying George V recorded it : ‘ He assured me that it was absolutely necessary for him to appeal to the Country as he had gone so far that it was not possible for him to change his mind . ’ ’ |
| 4 | As you can imagine , she receives many requests of this nature , and it is simply not possible for her to respond positively to them all . ’ |
| 5 | I am aware that it is not possible for me to call every Scottish Member at Scottish Question Time , but I thought that it was fair today — I hope that the House will agree — to get as far down the Order Paper as I possibily could . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents . |
| 7 | With Uncle 's help we all struggled on after he died , and when I got a bit older and left school it was not possible for me to contemplate leaving home to find a job and a new life outside Baldersdale . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , in the absence of all the facts , it is not possible for me to comment on the individual case , nor would I wish to do so in a public forum . |
| 9 | And it is not possible for us to know anything at all about him unless he is generous enough to disclose himself Another book in this series has tackled the question of revelation ; suffice it to say at this point that without revelation we can not say anything about the Lord who is Spirit . |
| 10 | Even if it is not possible for you to return to your original duties in the near future , there may still be a part that you can usefully play in the organisation . |
| 11 | I hope I do not sound unkind , but I am sure it is not right for you to have her . |
| 12 | Once or twice she said , ‘ It 's not right for you to have so much to do , Em , ’ but mostly she just took the tea and sipped it and looked at Emmie as if she was n't anyone she knew very well , any more . |
| 13 | This fact in itself may be a symptom of the illness , particularly if it is not usual for them to behave in that way . |
| 14 | Young Monodactylus are able to tolerate freshwater conditions but it is not usual for them to survive in a totally freshwater environment beyond a body length of 5cm . |
| 15 | It is obviously not proper for me to comment further on what it concludes , but it is satisfied with our preliminary conclusions . |
| 16 | It was not sensible for her to contemplate enlarging her domains . |
| 17 | → Taking your points in reverse order , David , I think it would be difficult , if not impossible for us to give such data in a way that 's meaningful to guitarists . |
| 18 | Did your husband , or did he not , complain that the houseboat Grace , apart from being damp , needed extensive repairs , and that it was difficult if not impossible for you to resume any meaningful sexual relationship when your cabin acted as a kind of passageway with your daughters constantly going to and fro to gain access to the hatch , and a succession of persons , including the milkman , trampling overhead ? |
| 19 | It was not easy for him to separate himself from Marian . |
| 20 | His discovery of a new freedom both theological and psychological was not easy for him to articulate though his widely circulated letter Ad Amicos revealed his absolute devotion to the search for God . |
| 21 | ‘ Peter wanted to do anything he could to help catch Paul 's killers but it was not easy for him to help with the pictures . ’ |
| 22 | It 's not easy for me to do . |
| 23 | ‘ This is so — how do you say ? — it is not easy for me to say , signorina . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It is not easy for me to talk of such things to you , ’ he murmured , a trifle hesitantly . |
| 25 | That 's not easy for me to admit , after twenty years coaching , but it 's the reality ’ . |
| 26 | But when he was out injured during the early part of the season it was very difficult because it is not easy for me to start creating things . |
| 27 | That is not easy for them to do , for so extremely have their bodies become adapted to life in the air that their legs are greatly reduced in size . |
| 28 | It was appreciated that , being obese , it was not easy for them to climb the three sets of stairs leading to our house . |
| 29 | It is not easy for them to get a meal , but if they do it is likely to be a big one . |
| 30 | When people from this background find themselves in the middle of an industrial set-up , it is not easy for them to adjust their values or frames of reference , just as people from an industrial society , used to individual wages and jobs , would feel confused if suddenly thrust into a peasant society . |