Example sentences of "it [was/were] for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do . |
| 2 | No one would know how hard it was for her to act the bride she would never be . |
| 3 | The New York Herald headlined ‘ These Girl 's Do n't Drink , Smoke or Flirt ’ and printed an article , attributed to Mary , in which she explained how difficult it was for her to maintain discipline in a society where young girls were surrounded on every side by such bad examples of free and easy ways in all walks of life . |
| 4 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |
| 5 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 6 | The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement . |
| 7 | And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm . |
| 8 | The same day , Mobutu warned the conference against this course , asserting in a statement read on national radio that under the present Constitution it was for him to appoint the head of government . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 11 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 12 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 13 | So he said I I do n't want to keep you , and I I could see what struggle it was for him to come a er so often in the bad weather , that er I I started the same idea . |
| 14 | Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen . |
| 15 | He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness . |
| 16 | In fact , Galileo 's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina ( 1615 ) shows how difficult it was for him to pursue such an argument , even had he wished . |
| 17 | She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone . |
| 18 | Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat . |
| 19 | Our guide Sam gave us very clear instructions — he did n't need to emphasise how important it was for us to do exactly as he said . |