Example sentences of "is [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again it is unnecessary for him to explain his reluctance to respond in the circumstances to the hope of this reviewer that he would again delight us with an introduction of the wide sweep of brilliance with which he embellished Volume II . |
| 2 | I very much doubt , though it is unnecessary for me to decide the point , that the use of the plural in paragraph 12 was intended to connote different defendants in several different unconsolidated actions , since there was only one single action in being in the Kalfelis case , and paragraph 13 ( not quoted above ) would seem to envisage a claim by the same plaintiff , unlike the present litigation where there are a very large number of different plaintiff banks in different actions . |
| 3 | In those circumstances it is unnecessary for me to discuss the rival contentions of fact or to reach any conclusion upon whether , if Winchester had been enabled to make representations before 30 October , those representations would have made any difference . |
| 4 | It is normal for me to report to the Council 's Planning Committee the end of year disease statistics and any recommendations which might be necessary in line with the management strategy . |
| 5 | If the official receiver has a number of general proxies given to him , it is usual for him to vote with these proxies in accordance with the wishes of the majority as expressed at the meeting itself or by virtue of special proxies lodged . |
| 6 | It is usual for them to come in two equal length pieces to fit a central ferrule . |
| 7 | The probability is low for it to move a long distance at more than the speed of light , but it can go faster than light for just far enough to get out of the black hole , and then go slower than light . |
| 8 | In a small school it is possible for everyone to start their different distances together . |
| 9 | If however a special diet has been recommended by the doctor , you should of course see that it is possible for her to adhere strictly to this , and if she is amongst those who enjoy various products from Health Food shops she should not be criticised for having fads . |
| 10 | Once a scientist has universal laws and theories at his disposal , it is possible for him to derive from them various consequences that serve as explanations and predictions . |
| 11 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 12 | Once man has habituated himself to the world of emotions which is a form of the transcendent , it is possible for him to cross into it at will . |
| 13 | Low-rise houses , on the contrary , can be improved and extended by their occupants as and when it is possible for them to do so . |
| 14 | I hesitate to use adjectives as to what they would be like if they did n't spend at that level , but we believe it is possible for them to do so and there is something wrong with their spending levels if they do n't do it . |
| 15 | When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil . |
| 16 | Members of congress , by contrast , enjoy great power without responsibility ; it is possible for them to wallow in carping criticism and to engage in other negative tactics free from the anxiety of ever having to shoulder the responsibility for government — a burden that the president can not escape . |
| 17 | What emerges from this example is that there can be situations of moral dilemma which impose limits on what it is possible for someone to do . |
| 18 | It is possible for you to insure against loss of income through disablement or illness , but not against redundancy . |
| 19 | BELVILLE : Do you think it is possible for you to love me preferably to any other of my sex ? |
| 20 | At this time of year , mid-Autumn , the snow has usually not arrived in Tromsø and it is possible for you to have the hills to yourself in Tromsdalen or , better , in Lyngen , but this year there was already a metre of the stuff down at sea level . |
| 21 | It is possible for you to gain the former ( knowledge of Napoleon III 's rule , for instance ) and not the latter ( appreciating the various factors in his rise to power , the expansionist nature of his economic policy and the paternalism of his social policy , etc . |
| 22 | Then we need to see that as Jesus prayed for it , it is possible for it to occur ! |
| 23 | Although in some countries participation in practical work is restricted ( because of employment regulations , for example ) , in most places it is possible for anyone to become involved in some aspect of archaeology . |
| 24 | It is possible for us to image a society of saints in which no one committed what we see as crimes , in which everyone behaved in an impeccable manner . |
| 25 | It is possible for us to do it — we carried out one test in France — but it is very expensive . ’ |
| 26 | Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true . |
| 27 | Sometimes Bentham is represented as having held a significantly different view from that just described , according to which an action which it is right for me to do at any moment is either one which produces a greater surplus of pleasure over pain than any alternative action then open to me ( in which case it is the one right action ) or produces as great a surplus as any alternative ( in which case it is a right action ) , while all actions not thus right are wrong . |
| 28 | But Yanek said , " I have thought about it , Grandfather , and I think it is right for me to go . " |
| 29 | I think it is right for me to receive the report and then to examine it . |
| 30 | In this year , the 25th anniversary of Shelter , does the Minister agree that the time is right for him to give effect to the Prime Minister 's boast in his letter of support to Shelter that the Government would employ public expenditure where necessary ? |