Example sentences of "[pers pn] was for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , it was for the governors to determine the admissions policy at the school after consultation with the local education authority . |
| 2 | A group of fifth form pupils when asked for their response after using a simulation on the Arab-Israeli situation , remarked that one thing it had demonstrated was how easy it was for the countries to slide into war ! |
| 3 | She saw how it was for the others : that they were suffering while we , fortunate as we were , had enough . |
| 4 | whilst , if a privilege existed , it was up to the House to decide whether there had been a breach , the existence of the privilege in the first place was for the common law to decide and it was for the courts , and not the House , to declare the common law . |
| 5 | The reform of censorship ( 1865 ) was based on the principle that it was for the courts to decide when the press had broken the law , and pre-publication censorship was significantly reduced . |
| 6 | The Attorney-General , while submitting that such use of Parliamentary material would breach article 9 , accepted that it was for the courts to determine the legal meaning and effect of article 9 . |
| 7 | " As a matter of fact , it was for the birds , sir . " |
| 8 | This situation was worse for the Communist Party women than it was for the men . |
| 9 | There had always been a continued physical Jewish presence there over the centuries ; it was for the Jews too an ancient homeland . |
| 10 | Of course she could say it was for the children , as people always did … |
| 11 | In few cases was the curriculum criticized adversely , but in one or two cases a particular course was questioned in terms of how appropriate it was for the pupils , or because an aspect of the curriculum was underdeveloped . |
| 12 | He would n't be allowed to race if his eye was bad , but she knew only too well what a punishing endurance it was for the drivers . |
| 13 | They could only speak Greek to the Romans , and it was for the Romans to decide whether they wanted an interpreter . |