Example sentences of "be [adj] for they " in BNC.

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1 Very clearly we are not in the business of directing people into modes of prayer that are unsuitable for them .
2 I believe that truths which were there from the beginning in the Christian faith can lie dormant until the social and psychological conditions are right for them to be perceived .
3 Truths which were there from the beginning in the Christian faith can lie dormant until the social and psychological conditions are right for them to be perceived .
4 Like other gender differences , this too is becoming more blurred as both sexes become more liberated — that is , more free to express themselves as individuals in ways that are right for them .
5 When they get together and they need money , the old school tie , the old party tie comes into play and money can be found for things that they think are profitable for them and their consultancies , and their companies , and their interests .
6 My hon. Friend puts his remarks well , and I am grateful for them .
7 They knew only , as they retraced their steps through the deep woodland of the park , that they could no longer be content at Racedown , even had it been possible for them to remain there .
8 The Commission so stirred the Poles , that while it had initially been possible for them to buy up Polish estates for German settlement , by 1898 , when the Prussian Landtag voted an additional 100 million marks for the Commission 's use , the Poles had already begun to see the sale of land to the Commission as a crime against the nation and had begun to organise their own agricultural co-operatives and credit unions .
9 Obviously a transfer of allegiance in the feudal way was much less of a strain than the submergence of a national spirit , and there was a great difference between the national spirit of Englishmen and the allegiance to the King of France or to the Great Moghul felt by the inhabitants of New France and of Bengal ; if the inhabitants of Bengal had felt that they were citizens of the nation of Bengal it would hardly have been possible for them to change to feeling they were Englishmen , but for them to feel that they used to owe allegiance to the Nawab of Bengal and now owed it to the British businessmen who had conquered the Nawab was not such a difficult transition .
10 Their closeness was less due to their nearness in age — though with only eighteen months between them it had been easy for them to grow up with similar interests and shared confidences — than to the fact that neither of their parents had ever made much of them .
11 ‘ It ca n't have been easy for them either over the past week , not knowing who they 'd be playing . ’
12 But the working papers state that the list in the White Paper is not definitive , and that DHAs will be able to decide what core services are appropriate for them to maintain .
13 A baby then would have been impossible for them both .
14 If , if you 're stuck for them come and see me cos I 've got them
15 So if you 're happy for them to use the tape okay .
16 Erm if it 's if you 're desperate for them we can rush it in
17 Erm leatherjackets , they 're bad for them .
18 They 'll come in when you 're ready for them . ’
19 I 'll send up the chaps from the mortuary van if you 're ready for them to take him away . "
20 This must have been irksome for them , but Mrs Webster accepted it as her war work with good grace .
21 One hundred and six officers are on duty and these people are resonsible for them .
22 It has always been hard for them to translate their music success into a sustained movie career .
23 Tablet foods are ideal for them , and again these come in a range of sizes .
24 You would have thought it would have been good for them .
25 Well presumably with , what we 're trying to do is create some sort of alternative family units , we do n't want , although , er , laudable what the youth service does , is , we would n't want , if they do n't want to plugged , clubbable together , if , if , if , if the , the unit could provide that , or provide alternatives to pick up the , the correlation between that and , and ordinary normal family unit , I would hope that that would have been the best way forward , erm , er , because often some youngsters are in this situation because they , they have n't found the , that sort of provision has been helpful for them .
26 But in some parishes it er had been useful for them to stand out because the parish council was made up of people who had grown old with parish priests and er it was a chance to make a new start .
27 A lump sum , we wo n't ask for it back , and maybe it 's been useful for them to adapt their lives in the meantime .
28 Again David may have learnt a valuable lesson — children need to learn how to select friends who are good for them .
29 I wish that it were possible to bring more of those who are responsible for them to justice , but , as my hon. Friend knows , because he makes a close study of such matters , it is often impossible for the police to identify those who are responsible .
30 Describing the alleged war crimes as ‘ a threat to international peace and security ’ , the resolution expresses a determination to ‘ put an effective end to such crimes and to take effective measures to bring to justice the persons who are responsible for them ’ .
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