Example sentences of "for [pron] to be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed the IRA had the capacity to bomb more towns , and Mr Mallon called for everyone to be on the alert . |
| 2 | If temporary workers are to be brought in , they will press for them to be of the latter category . |
| 3 | It would be paradoxical for them to be in the vanguard of social change , for as Templeton ( 1980 ) points out , they are ‘ there to preserve the structure ; to uphold the state of play ’ . |
| 4 | After Nightmare in the Netherlands , it was great for me to be at a happy , good-tempered game where the sun shone brightly and we were n't held back for an hour by ugly policemen with argumentative dogs and bolshie attitudes . |
| 5 | But er I knew that it was n't poss always possible for one to be at the branch meeting you see . |
| 6 | She knew how important it was for him to be in a good army , and if the war had ended in Rhodesia , then perhaps another might start in one of France 's old colonies so that the Legion could get involved . |
| 7 | But better for him to be in a lavatory somewhere than for him to be sick on the programme ! |
| 8 | For example , a receptionist at a solicitor 's office will no doubt meet clients but it would be most unusual for her to be in a position to take advantage of that connection to the detriment of her employer once she has left his employment . |
| 9 | It is in Britain 's interest for us to be at the heart of that Europe — where the Prime Minister said that he wanted us , but where he signally failed to put us at Maastricht . |