Example sentences of "it [modal v] be for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be for a perfectly simple reason , for example a partner may have found a job which entails moving out of the area . |
| 2 | It was decided in the spring of 1892 to repair and rebuild the tower and as the Vicar in his letter puts it " To rebuild as an ornament to the village with a good clock in it , to make the fabric itself what it should be for a wealthy parish such as ours " . |
| 3 | ‘ So that when this activity is called for it must be for a party of sixteen with the four chalets free to accommodate them . |
| 4 | Every Buddhist boy became a monk for a period , it might be for a lent , or a year or two , it might continue for a lifetime or be as short as a week . |
| 5 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 6 | It could be for a night , or a day , or longer — for example , a week or two weeks . |
| 7 | If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight . |
| 8 | ‘ I do set my bow in the cloud , and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth . |
| 9 | Mostly , these were people in lower socio-economic groups ; but it is worth noting that even in these groups people with high credit commitments , or people who said that if they had to arrange a loan it would be for a relatively large sum of money , generally said they would prefer monthly repayments . |
| 10 | If he ever left Everton now it would be for a modest fee . |
| 11 | Estimate how difficult it would be for a compiler to generate efficient code for these three architectures . |
| 12 | What a conquest you have made , McAllister , and think what a triumph it would be for a maid-of-all-work to become a curate 's wife . |
| 13 | I think life is easier for me than it would be for a lot of working women because of the university creche , which enables me to go to work and sort of see my daughter at lunch time , that sort of thing . |
| 14 | That incident illustrated how easy it would be for an atomic war to develop , so a hot-line was set up by means of a permanent telephone link between Washington in the U.S.A. and Moscow in the U.S.S.R. |
| 15 | ‘ It will be for a month this summer . |
| 16 | The more this principle is understood and the more firmly it is adhered to , whether in practical or in theoretical subjects , the more difficult it will be for a school to organize its teaching . |
| 17 | Well it will be for a for a month at least until people find out the number |
| 18 | It will be for a bit love . |
| 19 | And so it can be for a building or a workbench . |
| 20 | If a local compromise between capital and labour is helpful to both accumulation and the standard of living of labour ( which it can be for a time ) , then most factions of the bourgeoisie and the working classes may support it . |
| 21 | A further question that arises ( and that might be perceived on the face of this problem ) is whether dismissal by the Crown can only be for misbehaviour in office or whether it can be for an offence not related to judicial office or affecting judicial ability . |