Example sentences of "be [adj] for they [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They knew only , as they retraced their steps through the deep woodland of the park , that they could no longer be content at Racedown , even had it been possible for them to remain there . |
| 2 | The Commission so stirred the Poles , that while it had initially been possible for them to buy up Polish estates for German settlement , by 1898 , when the Prussian Landtag voted an additional 100 million marks for the Commission 's use , the Poles had already begun to see the sale of land to the Commission as a crime against the nation and had begun to organise their own agricultural co-operatives and credit unions . |
| 3 | Obviously a transfer of allegiance in the feudal way was much less of a strain than the submergence of a national spirit , and there was a great difference between the national spirit of Englishmen and the allegiance to the King of France or to the Great Moghul felt by the inhabitants of New France and of Bengal ; if the inhabitants of Bengal had felt that they were citizens of the nation of Bengal it would hardly have been possible for them to change to feeling they were Englishmen , but for them to feel that they used to owe allegiance to the Nawab of Bengal and now owed it to the British businessmen who had conquered the Nawab was not such a difficult transition . |
| 4 | Their closeness was less due to their nearness in age — though with only eighteen months between them it had been easy for them to grow up with similar interests and shared confidences — than to the fact that neither of their parents had ever made much of them . |
| 5 | But the working papers state that the list in the White Paper is not definitive , and that DHAs will be able to decide what core services are appropriate for them to maintain . |
| 6 | So if you 're happy for them to use the tape okay . |
| 7 | I 'll send up the chaps from the mortuary van if you 're ready for them to take him away . " |
| 8 | It has always been hard for them to translate their music success into a sustained movie career . |
| 9 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 10 | find it had been better for them to have left their in the bank ! |
| 11 | A lump sum , we wo n't ask for it back , and maybe it 's been useful for them to adapt their lives in the meantime . |
| 12 | But in some parishes it er had been useful for them to stand out because the parish council was made up of people who had grown old with parish priests and er it was a chance to make a new start . |
| 13 | She considered approaching him and asking if it might be possible for them to spend more time together , but the difference of nine years in their age put her in awe of him still , and she decided it was not her place to make such suggestions . |
| 14 | We also told him that , as a matter of policy , regardless of the legal situation , we certainly would n't be prepared to offer the painting for sale unless it had first been offered to the museum to see whether it would be possible for them to re-acquire it . |
| 15 | If the obvious person to handle the case is busy will it be possible for them to delegate enough of the work for them to take it ? |
| 16 | If a person develops these attributes over time , it must be possible for them to develop with practice in later life or through training . |
| 17 | In the first place developing countries accepted the loans that were thrust at them because they believed what the West was telling them — that it would be possible for them to industrialize , to develop their economies to the point where paying back the loan later on would be an easy matter . |
| 18 | They are not equipped to care much about the management of the individual firms they own , nor would it be sensible for them to do so : their benefits come from the market 's general performance , not from the particular . |
| 19 | ‘ It would hardly be proper for them to speak to such women . |
| 20 | It also advocated that the local authorities should ‘ maintain their presence in higher education ’ , adding that it would only be acceptable for them to do so if they could all ‘ restrain themselves from excessive and unreasonable interference in the running of large , developed polytechnics with the skills and competence to look after themselves ’ . |
| 21 | It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’ |
| 22 | Subjects might pause out of habit at points where it would be appropriate for them to pause when reading aloud . |
| 23 | To avoid duplication , where Newco 's lawyers are undertaking their own investigations , it may be appropriate for them to prepare a report and address it to the investors , provided the investors ' lawyers review the work carried out by the Newco 's lawyers ; however , it is unlikely that such a course would be acceptable to the bank . |
| 24 | Linfield 's search extends throughout the British Isles and the League of Ireland but until the championship is completed it will be impossible for them to open negotiations with certain players . |
| 25 | For him the laws of settlement hardly prevented the " idle poor " from wandering and a stricter enforcement of vagrancy laws would " compel the poor to starve or beg at home ; for there it will be impossible for them to steal or rob without being presently hanged or transported out of the way " . |
| 26 | It is unlikely to be easy for them to decide , on their working-class pupils ' behalf , that personal fulfilment derives solely from their inner selves and their environment , unrelated to questions of higher social status and improved working and leisure conditions . |
| 27 | ‘ The children do not have much mobility and it can be dangerous for them to ride in the rain . ’ |
| 28 | But it will be crucial for them to move on quickly to those considerable differences — on politics , the boycott and the role of sport in social change — which have set them at odds and made tonight 's meeting necessary . |
| 29 | German firms are said to be dumping in Eastern Europe waste which it would be costly for them to dispose of in Germany itself , including radioactive uranium , used tyres and banned pesticides . |
| 30 | ‘ It must be frightening for them to see Ryan on the bench . |