Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Equality brings emancipation : according to Marx it will be ‘ possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow , to hunt in the morning , fish in the afternoon , rear cattle in the evening , criticise after dinner , just as I have a mind without ever becoming hunter , fisherman , shepherd or critic ’ .
2 It was only possible for us to teach four girls and five teachers .
3 ‘ I am delighted to record that the Group 's recovery has been sufficiently strong for us to undertake two acquisitions during the year , Sekers and Mercia Carpets ’ .
4 It would have been easy for you to lose five pounds ’ worth of lead as you saddled up .
5 It 's not essential for me to have four houses .
6 If it is so necessary for us to opt one way or the other , is it perhaps that here too Christianity has caused a split in human nature of which the people of harmony knew nothing ? "
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