Example sentences of "for him [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These rules mean that it might benefit the owner of a topography right for him to sit on that right until such a time as it can be exploited to its full potential as long as this is done a reasonable period before the 15 years have expired . |
| 2 | If Vecchi had been to the apartment and got what he wanted before killing Mahoney , there was no need for him to return for another look round . |
| 3 | Maman 's perception had probably told how impossible it would be for him to part with any of her things in his lifetime . |
| 4 | WHEN our grandson reaches 11 , we wish to pay for him to go to public school . |
| 5 | ‘ From what Valesio 's widow has told me , it 's dear that her husband 's contacts with the gang began with a telephone call that was simply a signal for him to go to some prearranged meeting-place . |
| 6 | He remembers asking Control why he was not also given a Thomas Leavy passport , and being told that , as there was enough time for him to go through normal channels to get one , a legitimate passport was always a safer bet . |
| 7 | His stature increased and with such international renown it was natural for him to serve for two years , 1970–2 , as the President of the International Society of Electrochemistry . |
| 8 | Yet some form of coercion or compulsion still resulted from what he considered it right for him to do in certain circumstances . |
| 9 | Perhaps Mr Paxman would at last achieve what we have always been waiting for him to do in one of his interviews : either fall fast asleep or choke to death on one of his own jokes . |
| 10 | John loved beautiful things , she felt sure ; it must be painful for him to live in such surroundings , perhaps humiliating too for him to have her realise that this was all he could afford to live in . |
| 11 | It is no offence for him to engage in other sexual acts with her , unless these are otherwise unlawful , although it is an offence for him to commit an act of buggery or gross indecency with a male patient who is mentally disordered . |
| 12 | However , once in the system it is difficult for him to move to higher-paid employment in another industry , for he would also have to find housing elsewhere for himself and his family . |
| 13 | The empty pot was heavy and Asik found it very difficult to walk without carrying anything , but the pot made it almost impossible for him to move at any speed . |
| 14 | If the official receiver has a number of general proxies given to him , it is usual for him to vote with these proxies in accordance with the wishes of the majority as expressed at the meeting itself or by virtue of special proxies lodged . |
| 15 | Stella , before Howard leaves , will you fix for him to fly to New Canaan for a few days last spring … ? ’ |
| 16 | It was illegal for him to enter into such an agreement . |
| 17 | It was illegal for him to enter into such an agreement . |
| 18 | I hope it will work but I have found that his natural impetuousness and importunity make it difficult for him to stick to any procedure ! |
| 19 | Even then , however , the great majority of successful commanders were of noble origin ; and by the early eighteenth century it was becoming increasingly difficult in many countries for a commoner to acquire commissioned rank in any but the more technical branches of the service , and almost impossible for him to rise to high rank . |
| 20 | It would be paranoia , of course , to suggest that someone had arranged for him to drop into this particular hole , but it was certainly true that no one would be eager to fish him out . |
| 21 | That sort of compartmentalization has been roundly denounced by Bob Jones University and those sections of American fundamentalism with which Paisley is most at home but we will never know if his religio-political system would permit such pragmatism because the constitutional issue so overrides everything else in Northern Ireland that there is no expectation or need for him to work with conservative Catholics . |
| 22 | The court discussed the example of a solicitor 's clerk and said that in such a case it would be improper for him to work for another solicitor in his spare time . |