Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] for any " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal rejected the view that had previously held sway , namely that it was possible for any employee to work both ordinarily in Great Britain and outside it . |
| 2 | It was impossible for any society to absorb without hardship a shock like that of the massive loss of trade to Gdynia . |
| 3 | She had a feeling of being carried such distances by the water that it was impossible for any more harm to come to her . |
| 4 | Now , if it was impossible for any reason for the next of kin , the oldest brother to do it , then it would go down to the second or on down the line , whoever was the nearest to become the kinsman redeemer . |
| 5 | Nourse LJ thought it worth mentioning Lord Blackburn 's comment , based on Blackstone , that ‘ the sheriff also was bound to raise the hue and cry , and call out the posse comitatus of the county whenever it was necessary for any police purposes ; in so doing he was acting for the Crown ’ . |
| 6 | Up until the 1950s , it was difficult for any human beings who suffered from an allergic response to cats to become cat owners , no matter how much they longed to share their lives with a feline companion . |
| 7 | Some of the defenders of the domestic load , such as Dennis Bellamy ( chairman of the Yorkshire Board ) , occasionally quoted cost and load data to justify their views , but these were based on such a biased sample of observations that it was difficult for any serious enquirer to accept them at face value . |
| 8 | In particular it was almost universally agreed , at least until near the end of this period , that it was wrong for any group of politicians to unite to offer systematic and continuous opposition to the government . |
| 9 | It was unprecedented for any woman to have that effect on Davidson , whose success in this field was legendary . |
| 10 | It was common for any one tenement to have Jews , Scots and Irish families living together . |