Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] for such " in BNC.

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1 There is much to be said for such a theory .
2 There is something to be said for such a view .
3 Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war .
4 There is much to be said for such increased participatory rights .
5 The evidence nationally regarding ‘ new long-stay ’ patients was equivocal , with the need for residential provision to be made for such patients being strongly contended outside Worcester .
6 In my opinion , moreover , if the answers to both those questions are in the affirmative , leave ought to be given for such a substantive hearing unless , taking into account the other matters to which I have referred , the court is clearly of the opinion that such further proceedings would not be in the child 's best interests .
7 He seemed to be bound for such great things …
8 The Committee was warned , however , that while under the terms of the Public Health Act of 1925 reasonable subscriptions by a local authority to a voluntary hospital or institution were permitted ; their expenditure was not to exceed the equivalent of the penny-in-the-pound ( 0.4° ) rate on the property liable to be rated for such expenditure .
9 The third note , Treatment of Directors ' Claims as ‘ Employees ’ in Insolvency Administration , explains the criteria that have to be met for such claims to be accepted .
10 There is , however , a price to be paid for such power .
11 There was , however , a price to be paid for such concessions .
12 These are inconsistent with those contained in the Acquisition of Land ( Assessment of Compensation ) Act , 1919 , and then s. 46 , sub-s. 2 , of the Act of 1925 provides : ‘ Subject as aforesaid , the compensation to be paid for such land shall be assessed in accordance with the Acquisition of Land ( Assessment of Compensation ) Act , 1919 . ’
13 Red deer are ideal animals to be considered for such sustainable management , because they are already maintained by human intervention on open hill land , very different from the forest habitat which they once occupied in Scotland and still inhabit in the rest of Europe .
14 The covenant , the breach of which is complained of , expressly forbids the tenant to permit the premises to be used for such a purpose …
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