Example sentences of "that it be for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It is clearly laid down in the Act that it is for them to consider whether or not the nuisance exists , whether or not it has been abated , and whether it still exists , and , if it does , it is for them to consider which of the requirements of the abatement notice are to be carried out or how otherwise the nuisance is to be abated .
2 He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia .
3 It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war .
4 Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right .
5 But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way .
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