Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather odd for someone who tends to denigrate official footpaths to be promoting a link between the Pennine and West Highland Ways . |
| 2 | It is rather good for that . |
| 3 | IT LOOKS a substantial book but there are so many blank pages it is rather expensive for the amount of information . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , Miss Danziger , you must allow it is rather unusual for guests to keep engagements from one year to the next , as you do . |
| 5 | Its breed society considers it to be a dual-purpose type , though it is rather slow-maturing for beef . |
| 6 | It is however possible for one of their number to come back the next day and give the decision , the findings of fact and the reasons of the court , considered at rather more leisure than sometimes time will permit . |
| 7 | It is however essential for the drinks industry to ensure that its advertising campaigns do not target vulnerable groups such as young people . |
| 8 | Obviously , the answer is , ‘ For the ego , ’ but we have no right to suppose that it is equally defensive for the culture . |
| 9 | Not only is it unprofessional to fail to acknowledge your limitations , it is equally unprofessional for managers to delegate care to a nurse who is unsure of her ability to implement it safely . |
| 10 | It is equally possible for the National Curriculum to be used as an instrument for managerial convenience and prejudice . |
| 11 | The implication of all this is that large numbers of firms are unnecessary to achieve economic efficiency , and so it is equally possible for oligopolies to attain an efficient allocation of resources . |
| 12 | However , it is equally likely for Dwarf troops to wear clothes or uniforms they have devised themselves . |
| 13 | It is equally convenient for us to divide this chapter accordingly . |
| 14 | Community involvement is obviously more likely in the latter case , but it is equally vital for large scale systems . |
| 15 | Of course , it is equally important for your therapist to feel at ease with you , to facilitate an exchange of energies , as it were . |
| 16 | It is equally important for them to read and hear and speak the great literature of the past . |
| 17 | It is equally sensible for you , too , to be in membership of a trade union representing you on the appropriate negotiating body , and you are encouraged so to do . |
| 18 | It is strictly unnecessary for me to deal with the issue of discretion which only arises if the court has power to rectify . |
| 19 | Since Rita has been sent to Coventry , she has not been told that it is physically possible for her to open up the incubator herself and put her hands in . |
| 20 | It is similarly unconvincing for UKOOA to say that it is not within its remit to consider trade union or labour relations when the Select Committee was presented with a previous UKOOA agreement and understanding dating from the 1970s , which dealt with exactly these points . |
| 21 | It is simply undesirable for there to be a direct transfer of research findings into the curriculum , particularly the undergraduate curriculum . |
| 22 | In many areas it is simply impossible for them to go out and win a big share in an intensely competitive market without the Government 's explicit support and cooperation . |
| 23 | ‘ It is simply wrong for the Government to suggest that on the basis of these raw figures it 's possible to make valid comparisons . ’ |
| 24 | It is simply convenient for governments , which is not the same thing at all . |
| 25 | Because any religion must , at the root , be dependent upon at least one unprovable assumption , it is utterly wrong for any person to instruct a child about ‘ god ’ or religion without also leaving him in no doubt that the instruction is so based . |
| 26 | In the latter case Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. referred to the ‘ wholly mistaken notion that it is somehow demeaning for the most senior judges to have their decisions examined and passed upon by those who are judicially their juniors . ’ |
| 27 | It is not to be taken seriously — of course , electrons do not " choose " — but it is somehow irresistible for physicists to talk in this way , at least informally when they are not writing grave papers for their colleagues . |
| 28 | Such exposures are destroying long-held notions that it is somehow unpatriotic for American investors to sell short the shares of American companies . |
| 29 | It is wholly unreal for anyone to imagine that such an issue , which he merely describes as ‘ adjusting the democratic framework to suit new circumstances ’ can be so lightly put to one side . |
| 30 | ‘ It is completely novel for a high-street retailer to launch an added-value card like this , through it 's been talked about for some time , ’ says Ian Minors , managing director of Moss Bros agency MHA Direct . |