Example sentences of "it would [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 2 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 3 | He confirmed that he did think it would be for the best if I dropped out of family life , and in my heart , I knew he was right . |
| 4 | War had been declared , and the fate of Czechoslovakia , Austria and Poland was sealed , as it would be for several other countries . |
| 5 | We will also be showing why continued research should be permitted , and how disastrous it would be for all women if the policy advocated by the Pro-Life lobby were to be adopted . |
| 6 | How much better it would be for ministers to be seen in the constituencies giving us the ammunition we need to fight on the doorsteps . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 8 | A writer should suffer and all that — it would be for her own good in the long run . |
| 9 | While I am the last to recommend such surgery unnecessarily , there 's no doubt that in Sombro 's case it would be for his own good . |
| 10 | I suspect that for many young Germans it might be pretty meaningless , as it would be for their British or French contemporaries , who simply want to get on with their lives without having to attend to the doings of another generation . |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | ‘ How sad it would be for us to lose you to the sea , Señor Capitano . ’ |
| 13 | The winner of the President 's Cup , as it would be for at least three more years , was Artisan Secretary and Club Greensman , Bill Steptoe . |
| 14 | It was only after I had mentioned Miss Kenton that I suddenly realized how entirely inappropriate it would be for me to continue . |
| 15 | I insisted that the Unit must be responsible for its own training and operational planning and that , therefore , the Commander of the Unit must come directly under the C in C. I emphasised how fatal it would be for the proposed unit to be put under any existing branch or formation for administration . |
| 16 | The further west Allied aircraft could be stationed , the easier it would be for them to protect the sea lanes which were vulnerable to enemy air power based in Sicily and Crete . |
| 17 | What a wonderful thing it would be for us all if we could think of ‘ family ’ in this extended way ! |
| 18 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I thought what a good idea it would be for me to do the same and I kept this in mind . |
| 21 | Of course , if you are musical yourself , then what a wonderful excuse it would be for composing a tune for someone special and writing it out neatly on manuscript paper . |
| 22 | Tonight , if the bombers came , it would be for the seventh night in a row ; a whole week without sleep . |
| 23 | I had always imagined that when I finally lost my virginity , it would be for the same reason I smoked and drank , because it would have seemed unsophisticated not to . |
| 24 | The only way to get rid of it would be for enough Tory MPs to join with the Opposition parties to throw it out . |
| 25 | If he ever left Everton now it would be for a modest fee . |
| 26 | Contrary to such a view , black kids believe that , for them , being successful is more difficult than it would be for the white person of comparable proficiency . |
| 27 | The prestige and repute connected to sporting success at school made it a viable , intriguing and challenging venture for her , as it would be for many otherwise nondescript black kids already faced with the adversity of being black in what is perceived to be a hostile environment . |
| 28 | It would be for the benefit of every member of the community in the country ’ . |
| 29 | She knew that if she were whirled down again it would be for the last time . |
| 30 | Estimate how difficult it would be for a compiler to generate efficient code for these three architectures . |