Example sentences of "be [adj] for he [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously Wordsworth 's performance in his studies at school must have been outstanding for him to have started off at Cambridge with such a lead , and it is hardly surprising that in the college examination in 1787 he was placed in the first class . |
| 2 | He was twenty — well this June — and he still had n't walked out with a girlfriend , and yet his mother was moving in very exalted circles , where it should have been possible for him to meet the pick of the debutantes . |
| 3 | It had not always been possible for him to observe the phenomenon on his own . |
| 4 | You may remember that Cliff wore a thumb pick and two National finger picks , hence the octaves section in bars 9 and 10 would have been easier for him to pick cleanly than if he 'd used a flat pick and no fingerstyle . |
| 5 | By a notice of appeal dated 20 July 1992 the Official Solicitor appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that since the judge had found as facts that ( a ) T. had been able properly and fully to form a balanced judgment and had not been acting under undue influence but had been acting voluntarily , and ( b ) her several expressions withholding consent were valid refusals which bound the hospital , ( 1 ) he had erred in finding himself entitled to make the declaration ; ( 2 ) it had been wrong for him to assess T. 's subsequent intentions and to make assumptions as to whether she would have qualified or changed her refusal in the later circumstances ; and ( 3 ) he had erred in finding that ( a ) there was no evidence that T. had wished to refuse a blood transfusion even though it was at risk to her life , ( b ) lack of understanding of the risks involved justified acting against her expressed refusal , ( c ) her withholding of consent did not embrace the emergency which had arisen and took no account of changed circumstances , ( d ) her expressed refusals did not evince a settled intention to persist in her refusal even if injurious to her health when her best interests required a transfusion ; and ( e ) he was not satisfied that her refusal was continuing . |
| 6 | It would have been easy for him to take it off . |
| 7 | It had not been easy for him to gain readmission . |
| 8 | This is Tuesday and it would have been appropriate for him to have raised this matter then . |
| 9 | It would been better for him to keep kwiet . |
| 10 | In hindsight , it might have been better for him to have taken up the offer . |
| 11 | He had rightly judged that it would have been unwise for him to associate himself with the movement of the Earl of Lancaster or with Rent 's conspiracy . |
| 12 | ‘ She told me it would n't be right for him to work , her mother said . |
| 13 | It would be possible for him to wear her down , so she must be ultra-careful and protect herself . |
| 14 | I can not promise a statement , but the hon. Gentleman knows that it will be possible for him to raise the matter at other times , such as on the Adjournment . |
| 15 | If we have such a debate , it will be possible for him to raise this matter , as he will be able to do on other occasions . |
| 16 | To help in this , we asked Paul Ingouf if it would be possible for him to obtain maps and plans of the Harbour , and to mark the spot where the aircraft crashed . |
| 17 | He rang the bell and when he was greeted by a rather surly butler he enquired , very politely , if it might be possible for him to speak with the Signora Calvino on a matter of the utmost urgency . |
| 18 | The court discussed the example of a solicitor 's clerk and said that in such a case it would be improper for him to work for another solicitor in his spare time . |
| 19 | John loved beautiful things , she felt sure ; it must be painful for him to live in such surroundings , perhaps humiliating too for him to have her realise that this was all he could afford to live in . |
| 20 | I 'd like to put one simple note and I think it 'll have to be simple for him to understand it but I would like to put one simple notion to him and that is that there is great merit in having public services sharing by people from all social classes . |
| 21 | If this brilliant colt attempts the Triple Crown , in Louisville , Maryland , and New York , it would be impossible for him to take in Epsom . |
| 22 | It would be impossible for him to speak of their past , or of her , without seeming vulgarly proprietary ; or of Jim , without seeming barbed ; or of Sam ; or even of work . |
| 23 | ‘ It may be impossible for him to get home in just a few months . ’ |
| 24 | It will not be easy for him to do so . |
| 25 | It will not be easy for him to justify dismissing you because of any lack of capability on your part where that could have been anticipated when you were originally offered the job . |
| 26 | His mother had been crying as she had rifled the house for money for him , and as she had made sandwiches to put in greaseproof paper because it would be dangerous for him to stop at cafés on his way to the airport . |
| 27 | It 'd be natural for him to meet Maggie . ’ |
| 28 | But it must be tiresome for him to have you constantly tagging at his heels all the time . ’ |
| 29 | It would be hard for him to sell Newmont shares quickly . |
| 30 | I felt sure that Elfed , and still more Cis , would now be unwilling for him to leave . |