Example sentences of "be for it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The argument against a one-party state is shared by many intellectuals , including those in the party and who work for the state , but those in power are for it . |
| 2 | Mugabe and ( Minister of Foreign Affairs Nathan ) Shamuyarira are for it and they are in a position to effect it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Attlee might be , but Bevin and Dalton are for it , ’ Nevil countered . |
| 4 | When the Fates and the mood are for it no entity on earth can move with greater elephantine pondorosity than official Washington . |
| 5 | ( Some of the TRAGEDIANS are for it , others against . ) |
| 6 | Why do you think it is that that you get erm that you have got quite a few girls that become prostitutes , what do you think the reasons are for it ? |
| 7 | Argol is on his way in a kind of steel tub , apparently , and when he gets here we are for it . |
| 8 | It is like going into Europe — the important thing is by reiteration to make people think , whether they are for it or against it , that it is inevitable ’ . |
| 9 | Oh , we 're for it , ’ he said . |
| 10 | We 're for it for patriotic reasons . |
| 11 | Any nonsense and you 're for it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Now we 're for it , ’ whispered her sister . |
| 13 | ‘ Now we 're for it . ’ |
| 14 | I mean , if the police stop you on the motorway , you know you 're for it , whether you 've done anything or not . |
| 15 | If I do n't get them , I 'm for it . |
| 16 | ‘ And I 'm for it , ’ Nevil stated . |
| 17 | He says , ‘ All right , 125 ’ ; and then after ten minutes he says , ‘ On your way , ’ so I got dressed and went out and thought , ‘ Now I 'm for it , ’ but I heard nothing more . |
| 18 | I thought , I 'm for it now , but all she said when she 'd bustled in and taken the coal from the cart , was , 'Ere yar . |
| 19 | " But I 'm for it . " |
| 20 | For the DUP to embrace this accord and attempt to make it work would be for it to abandon its opposition to anything which presages a united Ireland . |
| 21 | Just what does something have to be for it to be called a god ? |
| 22 | Although there is no fundamental objection to life-long medication — many diabetics rely on daily injections of insulin with no prospect of stopping — no drug is without hazard , and the longer the treatment continues , the stronger the case should be for it . |
| 23 | ‘ If that gal gets to the keeper 's cottage he 'll phone the police an' we 'll be for it . ’ |
| 24 | Now he 'd be for it . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll be for it , my girl ! |
| 26 | It is always possible , though unlikely , that a random sample will , by chance , include a higher proportion of one group of people than there should be for it to be truly representative . |
| 27 | One way for Novell to increase its current minority position in USL might be for it convert its shares in Univel , where it controls 51% , into USL stock . |
| 28 | ‘ So you 'd better hurry please , or we 'll be for it . ’ |
| 29 | " They 've gone to turn out the Owsla , and then we 'll be for it right enough . " |
| 30 | ‘ Now it is a general rule , that no court of limited jurisdiction can give itself jurisdiction by a wrong decision on a point collateral to the merits of the case upon which the limit to its jurisdiction depends ; and however its decision may be final on all particulars , making up together that subject-matter which , if true , is within its jurisdiction , and , however necessary in many cases it may be for it to make a preliminary inquiry , whether some collateral matter be or be not within the limits , yet , upon this preliminary question , its decision must always be open to inquiry in the superior Court . ’ |