Example sentences of "it was [adj] for [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She also felt somewhat pleased , feeling that it was better for Mrs Aggie to concentrate her collecting efforts in the nicer part of the town . |
2 | And it was right for John Gummer , Minister for Agriculture , to be regularly , some might say infuriatingly , optimistic : ‘ It would be quite wrong for him to go round wringing his hands . ’ |
3 | The publicity the film attracted in Cannes followed Nicholson back to America where it was due for New York opening in July which , as Karen Black told me later , was an odd time : ‘ It was a college film and so it goes on release at exactly the same time as the colleges are closing down for the summer and everyone is going home . ’ |
4 | It was rare for Frau Nordern to kiss her husband affectionately but she did so now , kissing him on the cheek and ruffling his hair . |
5 | ( He ) said that he considered it was impossible for Mr Asquith to form a Government after what Mr Bonar Law had said about his party . |
6 | Neither picture seemed to me to be appropriate , and I could not quite understand why it was necessary for Aunt Louise to retire at all . |
7 | Of course , it was necessary for S.M.E.T. cars to be towed over L.C.C . |
8 | IT was disgusting for David Mellor to compare himself to Captain Oates of the ill-fated Antarctic expedition led by Scott . |
9 | Martin Scannell of De Pinna , Scorers & John Venn ( 071–409 3188 ) said that in the late 1980s it was fashionable for UK citizens to buy property in France . |
10 | Although I suggested in the last chapter that it was easier for Brian Way than for Peter Slade to challenge the formal drama traditions within the schools , it could not be said that either of them had very much impact on what drama meant and still means to interested people outside our educational institutions . |
11 | It was acceptable for Alexander Pope to describe female desire in ‘ Eloisa to Abelard ’ , but no woman might approach the subject without considerable danger to her reputation . |