Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is much to be said for the inclusion of a procedure for suspending with immediate effect a partner whose conduct has given ground for expulsion ( Clause 19.02 ) when the surrounding circumstances may not immediately indicate whether it would be in the interests of the firm that the power to expel should in fact be exercised . |
| 2 | The envoy pleaded that there was much to be said for the Duke , to which Gustavus replied that there was much to be said for lice by those who cared for them . |
| 3 | With respect , there is much to be said for the minority view expressed by Lord Pearce which is based upon certainty in transactions and would not expose the parties to shifts in scientific knowledge right up to the time of trial . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , there may be something to be said for the notion of denunciation . |
| 5 | There was at least this to be said for the mainline Catholic and Protestant positions . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's a lot to be said for the barn method . |
| 7 | From the point of view of policy , therefore , there is much to be said for the view that no independent tort is committed when all that is threatened , in the two-party situation , is a breach of contract , though there is not very much authority for such a proposition . |
| 8 | The peculiarity of the electoral system was shown again , for the Conservatives had kept the majority of votes-8.66 million against the Labour 8.36 ; and there was something to be said for the view that a drift of mainly middle-class population southward , and the absence of an up-to-date register of the already enfranchised voters , had benefited Labour in the tally of actual seats . |
| 9 | There 's a lot to be said for the saying ‘ You are what you eat ’ . |
| 10 | If there is something to be said for the project , it 's that Waggoner has been doing his homework . |
| 11 | This meant a lot of work with the Treasury solicitor 's office ; but it did mean that the commissioner had to write the report and not us , so there was something to be said for the arrangement . |
| 12 | I mean , th there is something to be said for the manner towards you is n't there ? |
| 13 | Staughton J. thought there was ‘ a good deal to be said for the argument of agency ’ . |
| 14 | There is in theory a good deal to be said for the submission of Professor Birks in his Introduction to the Law of Restitution ( 1985 ) , p. 295 , that a payer should be able to recover payments demanded ultra vires by a public authority on the sole ground that retention of such payment would infringe the principle of ‘ no taxation without Parliament ’ enshrined in the Bill of Rights . |
| 15 | A time was to be fixed for the expedition in the month of November , and by leaving in the evening on the ebb tide we could expect to reach the shores of Wight with the full morning flood . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) That the necessary paginated bundles of documents are to be prepared for the hearing . |
| 17 | In addition , over 700 students and trainees in these centres are likely to be registered for the Skillstart awards . |
| 18 | In solidarity with his fallen race , though he himself was without any sin , this man called Joshua in the Hebrew and Jesus in the Greek entered the river Jordan to be baptised for the remission of sins . |
| 19 | Future village speakers are still to be arranged for the meeting due to be held on February 25 . |
| 20 | Existing qualifications will have to be recognised for the time being , probably for some years , and APL , or accreditation of prior learning , is something the National Council for Vocational Qualifications is still exploring . |
| 21 | If the only problem was that the price of gold , fixed prewar at $35 an ounce , had to be adjusted for the wartime inflation in order to secure an adequate supply , then perhaps doubling the gold price would do the trick . |
| 22 | A book may have to be examined for the author 's motives in writing it and for the librarian 's motives in buying it ; and though one copy purchased may be regarded as a reflection of user interest in the title the purchase of five may be regarded as instructional support . |
| 23 | Use of the library resource centre means that the children would have immediate access to a much larger collection than can normally be gathered in a series of project or topic boxes , of the kind that were to be gathered for the use of the eight groups in this example . |
| 24 | It will be worth finding out , since the whole operation is to be repeated for the steam runs on the 22nd and 29th of September , and this train should be a sight worth seeing . |
| 25 | It seemed to be run for the benefit of chaps who wanted a good time — not chaps who wanted to re-create their public schools . |
| 26 | 1823 " Now direct the Collector to pay Twenty pounds Sterling as the sum formerly stented , and to be appropriated for the suppression of thieves — of which sum the Collector will be discharged on paying the same to Mr. McAlpine … for his outlay on his dwelling house . " |
| 27 | Can you please arrange for a cheque to be raised for the sum of £55.00 , to be made payable to BROADCAST in payment of continuing subscription fees . |
| 28 | Prisoners who do not of necessity have to be detained for the protection of the public are in some cases more likely to be made into decent citizens if , before completing the whole of their sentence , they are released under supervision with a liability to recall if they do not behave . |
| 29 | It was only the resolute persistence of the dealer Samuel Woodburn who purchased the collection from the artist 's executor in 1834 , together with the support of the collector and academic the Revd Dr Henry Wellesley and the generosity of Lord Eldon that enabled part of the collection to be saved for the nation and for the new University Galleries , Oxford . |
| 30 | Third , if the crude mechanism of totting up the votes for different parties is to be employed for the purpose of supporting a specific contention , there is the inconvenient fact that 79 per cent of those who voted in Scotland backed parties that wish to maintain the Union . |