Example sentences of "it [is] for [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's for government to regulate on behalf of the community , to set the standards and environmental goals , ’ Mr Patten said — a statement that would have jarred on his predecessor , and , until recently , on the party faithful . |
| 2 | There 're are complicated members of the terror act and it 's not an entirely frivolous suggesting because if you have any doubts that the performance of this County Council in it 's for duty to maintain the rights of way network to a standard appropriate for the traffic , then go and look even at a small part of John 's film . |
| 3 | We have to have some independent arguments about how easy or difficult it is for life to originate on a planet , before we can even begin to answer the question of how many other planets in the universe have life . |
| 4 | It is just as much an abuse of the process of the House for opposition to seek to talk out or filibuster , as it is for government to stifle opposition . |
| 5 | It is for government to say it will not fund us adequately , not for us to go round saying it rather like a lot of sheep . |
| 6 | ‘ It is for government to regulate on behalf of the community , to set the standards and the environmental goals , ’ said Mr Patten emphatically . |
| 7 | Lord Strathclyde , the minister responsible , said : ‘ It is for parliament to decide the powers , functions and responsibilities of local government . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ In the last analysis , therefore , it is for Parliament to decide the extent to which legal services are to be provided at public expense to meet the needs of the majority of the population . |
| 9 | It is for Parliament to warrant the expenditure estimated to be needed , i.e. to grant supply . |
| 10 | That 's without mentioning how important it is for Suede to hurtle into people 's lives … |
| 11 | And those beetles of yours — the ones that could n't get home because the sheet was moving almost as fast as they could walk — that must be how it is for light moving through our space . |
| 12 | It is for Vendor to take the risk of ‘ intervening events ’ — unless the Vendor is prepared to allow the Purchaser to assume control of the Business at exchange . |