Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually it became necessary for a place of safety order to be made and for care proceedings to be instituted . |
| 2 | In fact , it was only as a consequence of this earlier work of literary , linguistic , and historical categorizing that it became possible for a sense of national and vernacular " ancestry " to challenge the cultural and educational rule of the classical languages and literatures . |
| 3 | It was not until the Life Peerages Act 1958 that it became possible for a woman to be created a life peer and sit and not until the Peerage Act 1963 that hereditary peeresses in their own right were allowed to join them . |
| 4 | It became common for a register or matricula of names to be kept . |
| 5 | Nowadays , with psychedelic craziness back on the agenda , it seems overdue for a revival . |
| 6 | It looked surprised for a moment , and then toppled over and shattered into gravel ( trolls being silicaceous lifeforms , their bodies reverted instantly to stone at the moment of death ) . |
| 7 | I was running very slowly , simply because I was so tired , but it felt right for a change . |
| 8 | It went quiet for a while , then we were both rescued by a knock on the door . |
| 9 | When it becomes necessary for a bank to liquidate some of its liquid assets in order that it may then have a desired liquidity position , it will , as has been explained , sell to other banks or discount houses . |