Example sentences of "it [adj] for him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the patient had hobbies before his stroke or head injury , such as drawing , painting or needlepoint , you should try to make it possible for him to take them up again . |
| 2 | Carter , on the other hand , not only had big majorities , but was a centrist ideologically — a self-proclaimed fiscal conservative who was also a liberal on civil rights , the environment and education , making it possible for him to straddle the historical division in the Democratic party . |
| 3 | He admired Jotan 's detachment , and concluded that it was the lack of direct involvement which made it possible for him to behave as if nothing had occurred which could be the source of concern . |
| 4 | I provided the calm , the cleanliness , the order and nourish-ment that made it possible for him to work . |
| 5 | Although the first two rounds of this year 's Davis Cup , one week after the Australian Open and then a week after Lipton , made it possible for him to fit them into his tournament programme for the first three months of the year when his number one ranking was under such threat , he says , ‘ The Davis Cup is certainly one of my priorities now . ’ |
| 6 | His acceptance of what he calls ‘ the doctrine of the manyness of reality ’ , by which he probably means that reality can be conceived of in many different ways , makes it possible for him to approve of the non-creative aspect of God as propounded by the Jains , and the creative aspect of God as propounded by Rāmānuja the foremost exponent of the Viśi ādvaita position . |
| 7 | It was a belief in a designing and orderly God which made it possible for him to think there might be a consistent cause for his ‘ headaches ’ . |
| 8 | If he is to practise standing up , the plinth height may be raised , so that he is perched on the edge with his legs fairly straight : this reduces the support under his seat , but makes it easier for him to stand . |
| 9 | so the most-talked-about terrace-player gets another half-page over here — if Frank play well in the US that might make it easier for him to get a new club . |
| 10 | He ordered Rose to take one of Effie 's legs and lift it on to her shoulders , and McAllister the other , to make it easier for him to help the insistent baby on its way . |
| 11 | A shower fitment on the bath taps facing the patient makes it easier for him to wash himself thoroughly . |
| 12 | ‘ You could make it easier for him to bear , Lavinia , ’ she suggested tentatively . |
| 13 | This had made it easy for him to reach the traps as there were no banks here as such , just fiats of mud and rock . |
| 14 | While Nicholson 's experience made it easy for him to contemplate such preparations , the work of the Perkins at King David For indicated that it was unlikely that more than quart quantities of aniline could be prepared safely on the Kennington Road premises . |
| 15 | Despite the fact that he had come from a long line of soldier forebears , even the combination of breeding , upbringing and training no longer made it easy for him to bear the tedium of army life with good grace . |
| 16 | This made it easy for him to appear younger , simpler and less thinking than he was . |
| 17 | She was n't making it easy for him to rescue her . |
| 18 | Watching her now , in this setting , made it easy for him to believe this . |
| 19 | We can at least bring the case to the light , and make it dangerous for him to harm the boy privily . |
| 20 | The vicious personal attack on him by Ernets Bevin and his humiliating defeat made it impossible for him to remain as leader . |
| 21 | He is dependent on the permission of others for every step he takes , and if they so wish they can make it impossible for him to carry on any concrete activity . |
| 22 | In the case of purely generic goods , if the particular goods which the seller had in mind to supply had in fact perished at the time of the contract this would not make it impossible for him to perform the contract . |
| 23 | He worked slowly but efficiently for nearly two hours , fearing that , if he did not finish the work quickly , frost would make it impossible for him to continue ; then , tired and sweating , he went and sat on the front doorstep to rest . |
| 24 | His perceptual difficulties may make it impossible for him to recognize you and his immediate family or your relationship with him . |
| 25 | You 've made it impossible for him to change his mind , with your carry-on in public . |
| 26 | He had made no plans : fatigue made it impossible for him to think rationally . |
| 27 | His desire to be always in absolute control made it impossible for him to seek the medical and psychological help he needed and he had no close friends to persuade him . |
| 28 | This gravely restricted Law 's room for manoeuvre and made it impossible for him to accept the only compromise that Asquith could offer . |
| 29 | This was not well received , and in fact Blackett 's sympathy with the Russians made it impossible for him to get a visa to visit the US during the McCarthy years . |
| 30 | He hated her for making it impossible for him to bring women home . |