Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Britain has been governed by south-east England for the past 13 years , and it has become possible for London and the Home Counties to ignore some aspects of reality . |
2 | They have meant , for example , that housing policies have endorsed the view that each nuclear family should have its own household , and thus increasingly it has become possible for people to take that option . |
3 | It has done more , for example , for the understanding of music by ordinary people of this country than any other organisation , including the Arts Council ’ — this was a generous admission from the then chairman of the Arts Council — ‘ and it has done much for education and a great deal for general culture . |
4 | It has proved convenient for Conservatives and Labour parties and will probably continue to be so as long as one of them holds office . |
5 | But it had become impossible for Mr Major to plod on with the same soiled team . |
6 | Havel 's first journey abroad as President , to East and West Germany on Jan. 2 , represented a further break with tradition , as it had become customary for leaders of Soviet bloc countries to make their first foreign visit to Moscow . |
7 | It had lain undiscovered for years among the papers of the Grove family ( then of Wiltshire , now of Dorset ) , through which Hawkins was sifting as he researched Hardy 's subsequent relationship with Agnes Grove , Harriet 's kinswoman . |
8 | So it had seemed sensible for Ross to have his old bedroom , while she 'd been far too weary to care where she slept . |