Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There would be opportunities for him to rejoin the council at a later date , however . |
| 32 | It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’ |
| 33 | At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent . |
| 34 | Describing himself as ‘ a retired fiddler ’ , he was reluctant to say which of the many festival events would be highlights for him , but could hardly deny , that one will certainly be a performance by his former pupil , Claire Roff , now 18 , who began playing the violin when she was only four . |
| 35 | ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery . |
| 36 | ‘ Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you , ’ God tells Noah and his sons . |
| 37 | When each main idea has been sufficiently tested and sufficient knowledge has been gained , the chief executive goes public and announces the decision secure in the knowledge that there will be support for it , because the decision merely ‘ crystallizes ’ the views already put to him , whether he subtly induced them or not . |
| 38 | ‘ Some of the fellows talk of coming back here in peacetime , but it will be England for us , Anne , once I 'm safely home . ’ |
| 39 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 40 | After the hearing Marcos stated her belief in " divine justice " and claimed that " there is no place in the Philippines that will be jail for me " . |
| 41 | I ca n't say that we 'll approve every one , but obviously we know that if you introduce a general charge there will be people for whom you do not want it to affect unfairly . |
| 42 | Downhill running will be torture for them , poor devils . ’ |
| 43 | That is , assuming there will be room for them once the full panoply of testing and assessment is in place . |
| 44 | It will be time for something completely different on Saturday when Sid Kipper brings his simple country wisdom to the West Cliff . |
| 45 | But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children . |
| 46 | Soon it will be time for them to do it again . |
| 47 | ‘ There will be time for us to have a look round Westminster Abbey , ’ said Lady Selvedge , not in the least disturbed by the upsetting little incident of the pudding . |
| 48 | But is there anything I can be doing for you , my heart ? |